Asian Eyelid Surgery: Q&A

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Reverse Asian Eyelid Surgery and Recreate Monolid?

Clarifying - I chose a wrong procedure undergoing double asian eyelid surgery. I wanted to keep my monolid, but simply wing out my lid and get a lift on the sides. My goal is to re-create my mono-lid. I may need to defold the double lid that was created, because it is pulling my eyes too far open, too big. (Probably through weakening link to elevator muscle, correct?) Furthermore, I need a skin graft and fat injections to create my monolid. Please tell me if this is possible and met with success?

2 Doctor Answers | Asked by pleasehelpme in Toronto
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Reversing an asian eyelid surgery

Unfortunately you cannot reverse the surgery that you had done. The reason is simple.  Skin has been removed and to replace it would require a skin graft and this would look dreadful.  Also, the levator muscle has been attached to  your skin and releasing it  would require the possibility of injuring your levator muscle.  I would suggest that  you do nothing.. Do not do fat injections in your case since there is scar tissue and it would require force to... more
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What you are describing is impossible.

Dear Pleasehelpme You need to see an eyelid specialist who devotes a large part of their practice to addressing unsatisfactory eyelid surgery and who has experience with anchor blepharoplasty.  Generally it is essentially impossible to lower a crease or recreated a fold.  There are circumstances such as when there is upper eyelid ptosis, it is possible to significantly improve a situation by correcting the ptosis and performing a very small anchor blepharoplasty.  However,... more

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