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Best Method for Asian Double Eyelid Surgery?

asked 1 year ago by august in L.A.
Latest answer by Kenneth K. Kim, MD
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Tags: eyelids, DST

Hello, I am in my mid-20s.

1. What are the pros and cons of laser double eyelid surgery vs. non-incisional DST double eyelid surgery?

2. Is it true that DST method has a 1% non-permanence (breakage) rate, or is it relatively non-permanent?

3. Does DST create a full fold across the eye, or often a partial fold (since only a few sutures are holding fold in place, instead of a fully lasered line)?

4. How long does it take for laser surgery to fully heal/be completely reduced in swelling?

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Best Method for Asian Double Eyelid Surgery

1. The suture technique double eyelid surgery is by far superior to laser double eyelid surgery. The reason is that laser double eyelid surgery uses laser to cut the skin. There are many surgical devices that surgeons can use to cut skin in soft tissue as well as to stop bleeding. Those are either traditional electric cutter or they could even be sound wave cutter or laser. The problem with laser is that it burns and thus desiccates or dries/chars out the skin. Therefore, even though it... more
Kenneth K. Kim, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

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