Options for Enlargement of Asian Eyes

Height & width customization There is no doubt that your eyes can actually be larger or bigger/brighter. Doing this takes more than simply removing some skin. Eyes can be enlarged in two dimensions: width and height. Height: In a young person like yourself it would be a small amount of skin, possibly a concervative amount of fat, and a simultaneous advancement of the muscle that opens your eyelid. Performing all these things together in a single... more

You’re correct in that traditional double eyelid surgery does not make the eyes bigger. One would think that their eyes have gotten bigger after getting traditional double eyelid surgery because double eyelid surgery takes up the excess hooding on the upper eyelid. Therefore, if there was excess skin that’s covering a significant portion of the color aspect of the eye that is being shown then after the double eyelid surgery one would think that his eyes have gotten bigger since... more

There are several methods to open the eyes: 1. Asian blepharoplasty - this is when a certain amount of skin is removed to create a crease that is seen in western eyelids. It can create the appearance of a bigger eye aperture. 2. Levator advancement - This is when the main muscle to lift the eyelid is tightened. Probably not recommended in your case 3. Muellerectomy - This is when the second muscle to lift the eyelid is tightened. It may or may not help in you 4. Botox -... more

The double eyelid procedure will help to make your eyes look bigger. Based on the picture, it doesn't look like you have any crease. Sometimes skin is allowed to override your eyelid margin which can make the eye opening look smaller.  Also by creating an eyelid crease, the shadowing contributes to the appearance that your eyes are bigger by creating the shadow the meets up with the dark part of your eyes.  Another procedure that can help open up your eyes is the medial... more

Hi Ghprime - Upper eyelid surgery can be done, as you've found out, to "open up the eyes" for Asian upper eyelids.  This will add to the size of your eyes and make the appearance "bigger."  The surgery is pretty easy with minimal downtime and discomfort.  Good luck!

Your desire for larger eyes is a simple desire but not easily answered. It depends on a number if factors including where you would like to position your eyelid crease, how low (ptotic) your upper eyelid is, and the function of your two eyelid muscles (levator and müllers muscle)? If your eyelid is droopy 2mm or less and you have good response to a phenylephrine drop (administered during examination of your eyes) then a müllerectomy performed during your double eyelid... more

You can make the opening larger by shortening the levator muscle as it attaches into the tarsal plate of the upper eyelid. It can be combined with an upper eyelid blepharoplasty.

Many of our patients request treatments to make there eyes larger. In reality we don’t make the eyes larger but can make them appear to be more open. This is done mainly through a procedure called Blepharoplasty. This allows the surgeon to remove some of the extra eyelid skin so that the lid margin and eyelashes are more prominent visually. It gives the appearance of larger more open eyes. In addition for some Asian patients a crease in the upper eyelid can be created to give... more

Double eyelid surgery combined with medial epicanthoplasty will make your eyes bigger. When double eyelid surgery is properly done, eyes look bigger when opened.  With medial epicanthoplasty (treating the Mongolian fold), eyes actually get wider.

There are two things you can do to make your eyes bigger. The first and easiest is to place Botox or Dysport into the orbicularis muscle of the lower eyelid in one or two places. This will relax the muscle so the eye will appear bigger whenever you smile. Only a little bit is needed. If this does not open your eyes enough then consider a double eyelid surgery. Depending on the amount of excess skin you have you may only need a lid crease placed or you may also need skin removed. Make... more

The only difference in the upper lids of Asian VS Non-Asians is WHERE on the upper lid the muscle which lifts the lid attaches. In Asians it attaches very low while in others it attaches almost a cm above the lash line. In so doing, upper lid fat is kept 1cm or so above the lash line. "Double eyelid" or "Eastern to Western Eyelid" operations is VERY popular in the Far East where economic affluence leads many to appear more western. The operations raise the location of... more

The double eyelid surgery treats the redundant skin on the upper eyelid to create a crease. Women comment that there eyes appear more open and awake but you are correct. the eye does not really become any bigger. It is difiicult to "open" up the lower eyelid. In some selected individuals, I will place Botox into the pretarsal orbicualris to weaken it and allow the lower eyelid to relax. This will give the illusion of a more open eye but it will require repetition....