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Double Eyelid Surgery - What is It?

What is double eyelid surgery? I don't understand what it means to have double eyelids?

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Lid crease creation

The term for this surgery is unusual as we are not forming a double eyelid. The purpose of the surgery is to form a more distinct crease in the upper eyelid that many Asians do not have. It is usually done under local anesthesia.

Mikel Lo, MD

Tucson Plastic Surgeon

Asian eyelid surgery- Double eyelid surgery in Los Angeles

Double eyelid surgery is a type of upper Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery designed for oriental eyelids which do'nt have an eyelid fold. this procedure creates the upper eyelid fold to make the eyelids look more Caucasian.

S. Sean Younai, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

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"Double Eyelid Surgery" Creates a Crease in the Asian Eyelid

About half of people of Asian descent will not have a distinct crease in the upper eyelid. Some may elect to have a surgeon create this crease. "Double Eyelid Surgery" is the term used for creating the crease.

Paul C. Zwiebel, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon

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The crease separates the eyelid into two segements

Double eyelid surgery refers to a procedure used to create a crease in the eyelid for those who don’t have one. Roughly 50% of Asians have a crease that forms when they open their eyes. This crease essentially divides the eyelid into two segment, hence the therm “double eyelid”. When a patient does not have a double eyelid but desires ones, the surgery creates a tiny scar under the surface of the skin that tethers the skin to the underlying muscle so that when the eye is... more

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Thomas Buonassisi, MD

Vancouver Facial Plastic Surgeon

Definition of Double Eyelid Surgery

Double eyelid surgery refers to a procedure to give an Asian eyelid with no upper eyelid crease a more western appearance (also called eyelid westernization). This procedure typically involves approaching the eye through a blepharoplasty incision in the upper eyelid crease. Extra skin and fatty tissue is often removed. The skin is then sewn down to the deeper layers of the eyelid to create a crease. This allows for the different appearance. It also allows women to place make-up on their... more

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Mark Hamilton, MD

Indianapolis Facial Plastic Surgeon

Double eyelid surgery

Double eyelid surgery is intended for patients frequently of Asian heritage to create a more “westernized look”. A westernized look means creating a distinctive upper eyelid crease just above the lash line.

Yael Halaas, MD

Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon

Double eyelids means having a fold in the upper eyelid

Double eyelid usually means that there is a transverse fold across the upper eyelid roughly parallel to the eyelid margin. In most caucasians, this fold is naturally present, but may be obscured in elderly people with very loose upper eyelid skin. In Asians, the fold is usually not present, but can be surgically created in what is commonly called "double eyelid" surgery. This surgery is generally performed under local anesthesia with IV sedation. It involves... more

James Tang, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon

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The term “double eyelid surgery” often refers to the creation of a crease, or fold, in the upper eyelid.

The term “double eyelid surgery” often refers to the creation of a crease, or fold, in the upper eyelid. This surgery most often applies to Asian patients who do not have a natural crease above their eyelid or have an incomplete upper eyelid crease. Double eyelid surgery may also refer to modification of a portion of the upper eyelid crease that exists, with the goal of making it more pronounced.

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Michael R. Macdonald, MD

Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon

What is double eyelid surgery

Some patients (most commonly of asian background) have an absent or ill defined eyelid crease on their eyelid. Double eyelid surgery is done to create the crease for the patient. A good working knowledge of Asian vs caucasian eyelid anatomy is necessary to give a good result.

Chris Thiagarajah, MD

Washington DC Oculoplastic Surgeon

Creating a crease in the lid

A double eyelid procedure is simply creating a crease in the lid to accentuate the lid margin and give enhanced definition to the upper lid. It is frequently done to give a more highly defined look to the upper lids in patients of Asian descent. Tal Raine MD

Talmage J. Raine, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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Double eyelid surgery

It doesn't literally mean creating two eyelids. Some people have no eyelid crease and the extra skin during eyelid opening is just shifted inferiorly sometimes covering the eyelid margin and the eyelashes. Double eyelid surgery is the surgical creation of an eyelid crease so that when someone opens up the eye the skin catches at some point above the eyelid margin so that a fold of skin slides under the more superior areas of skin. The result is that it creates a scaffold of skin that... more

Philip Young, MD

Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon

Double Eyelid Surgery creates an eyelid crease or fold

This refers to the creation or accentuation of an eyelid crease, most commonly performed on an Asian eye. For that reason, it's often called the Asian Blepharoplasty. This procedure is performed in order to make an Asian eyelid look more like a Caucasian eyelid by creating a visible fold.

Scott W. Mosser, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

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Double eyelid surgery changes the Asian eyelid to look more caucasian

Double eyelid surgery, also called Asian blepharoplasty is done to create a visible fold in the Asian eyelid to make the eyelid look more like the Caucasian or Occidental eyelid. The term double eyelid is a misnomer because only one fold is created. If the Asian eyelid has no visible fold, then creating a fold does cause two different visible skin contours to the eyelid-skin above the fold and below the fold thus two separate patches of skin are visible--thus the double eyelid.... more

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Brooke R. Seckel, MD

Boston Plastic Surgeon

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Anatomic difference in an asian eyelid

Double eyelid surgery is the creation of a fold above the lash line on the upper eyelid. There are several methods available to create this result. This is primarily an anatomic difference found in the Asian eyelid.

Jeffrey Zwiren, MD

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

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Double eyelid surgery is a very apt lay term

Dear Oishii Double eyelid refers to the appearance of two upper eyelid contours: The actual eyelid margin where the eyelashes are and the upper eyelid fold that distinctly breaks above the actual eyelid margin. A double fold exisits when there is a low attachment between the upper eyelid skin and the tendon that raises the eyelid called the levator aponeurosis. The line in the upper eyelid that accounts for this attachment is called the eyelid crease. When there is no upper eyelid crease a... more

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

Double eyelid

Double eyelid is a poor term to describe the creation of an upper eyelid crease. Most patients that request this procedure are patients of Asian descent who do not have a well defined upper lid crease when they open their eyes..

Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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What is double eyelid

It is the term used for normal caucasian type of upper eyelid. It is called double eyelid as you see a lid margin where the eyelashes are and a second edge of the skin above the lid margin. In oriental population the upper edge of the skin can be missing. The creation of that margin by surgery is called double eyelid surgery. Regards

Tanveer Janjua, MD

Bedminster Facial Plastic Surgeon

Double eye-lid

It is an odd term, I agree. It refers to the upper lid crease that is not present in many Asian eyelids. A double eyelid surgery means to create the crease by producing a connect between the underlying levator muscle that raises the eyelid and the overlying skin, thus causing the skin to fold in when the eyelid is raised. Curiously enough, most Asian have a double eyelid naturally even though we think of creaseless upper eyelids as symbolic of the Asian eyelid.

Robin T.W. Yuan, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

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It refers to asian eye lift

This a specific procedure for the asian eyelid lift . there are different techniques for this procedure . The goal for this procedure is to create fold in the upper eyelid.