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The problems I want to fix on my eyes: -crease...
The problems I want to fix on my eyes:
-crease height increase
-asymmetry
-eyes don't close all the way when sleeping
-crease definition that highlight my eyes
I had my original lid surgery 6 years ago, by a board-certified opthalmologist as well as an oculoplastic surgeon. I found him only because a doctor referred me to him for this procedure. I was young then and thought that I had done enough research. He "said" he performs the double eyelid procedure on "asian" clients, but the truth was even though he specialized in the eye and plastic surgery of the eye, he lied (to this day, his site has NOTHING about his ability to perform asian double eyelids). As you can see from my pictures, they were done horribly. The funny thing was, immediately after - and I'm talking 1 week after- I noticed the assymetry and weird creases on the inner corners of my eyes even with so much swelling. For the right eye, at the time, as the crease begins from the inner corner, there was a double fold that eventually disappeared if you look at my pic now (the crease looks like it begins only from the middle of my eye outwards). For the left eye, again with the crease beginning from the inner corner, the height of the crease was much bigger but had a double fold there too that eventually my eye decided it wanted to go with the lower fold which resulted in an odd looking crease. Look closely at my left eye and you'll see what I mean. I asked him about the obvious inconsistencies and of course the default answer was to wait until the swelling went down. At 3 months post-op, even though my lids were still slightly swollen, the apparent asymmetry and height were essentially what it is now. I went back to him and he praised me (himself essentially) that it was "good". I told him I didn't like it. He said let time pass. Time has passed. They look horrible still. -_- I have only myself to blame- he could show me only 3 total photos of his asian clients and I jumped at the possibility because I wanted to get the procedure done soooo bad. I didn't want to fly out of state at that time and wanted convenience. Looking back now, so many mistakes made. He was impersonal, didn't really take the time to hear about ME. About what I want. He was evasive with my concerns. Once the money got paid, any sort of rapport I felt with him dissipated. Anyways!!! It is done and over with and I want to get a revsion done. I started my research process all over again. This is how I came across this site and I was hoping to find others in the same boat I'm in. I *think* I have found the doctor who I want to perform the revision- Dr. William P Chen in Long Beach, CA. I am super scared and apprehensive that I'll just be disappointed again. I don't believe this doctor is a part of realself.com and so I'm hoping to hear from the community either about him or other doctors who have done REVISIONS. I plan to have a consult with Dr. Chen soon but I've gone through this process before and the more feedback about potential surgeons I could see the better.
******And to anyone who is considering this procedure for the first time, here is one thing I recommend : make sure to ask to see their galleries containing pictures of patients that are more than 6 months post-op AND smiling. I am unhappy with my lid height (too small) and when I smile, it's almost like, "did I even have eyelid surgery?!" Ok, I KNOW some of you want the "natural" look and that's great! Me, I want to be able to smile and STILL SEE MY LIDS! I want to be able to put on my eyeliner AND STILL SEE MY LIDS. Please don't misunderstand- I do not want "western" eyes. I only want what will enhance my eyes and what im paying for: double lids!
Ok I'm really looking forward to feed back- either way I will be documenting my experience here once I make my decision.
*side note* I don't remember how much I actually paid.
-crease height increase
-asymmetry
-eyes don't close all the way when sleeping
-crease definition that highlight my eyes
I had my original lid surgery 6 years ago, by a board-certified opthalmologist as well as an oculoplastic surgeon. I found him only because a doctor referred me to him for this procedure. I was young then and thought that I had done enough research. He "said" he performs the double eyelid procedure on "asian" clients, but the truth was even though he specialized in the eye and plastic surgery of the eye, he lied (to this day, his site has NOTHING about his ability to perform asian double eyelids). As you can see from my pictures, they were done horribly. The funny thing was, immediately after - and I'm talking 1 week after- I noticed the assymetry and weird creases on the inner corners of my eyes even with so much swelling. For the right eye, at the time, as the crease begins from the inner corner, there was a double fold that eventually disappeared if you look at my pic now (the crease looks like it begins only from the middle of my eye outwards). For the left eye, again with the crease beginning from the inner corner, the height of the crease was much bigger but had a double fold there too that eventually my eye decided it wanted to go with the lower fold which resulted in an odd looking crease. Look closely at my left eye and you'll see what I mean. I asked him about the obvious inconsistencies and of course the default answer was to wait until the swelling went down. At 3 months post-op, even though my lids were still slightly swollen, the apparent asymmetry and height were essentially what it is now. I went back to him and he praised me (himself essentially) that it was "good". I told him I didn't like it. He said let time pass. Time has passed. They look horrible still. -_- I have only myself to blame- he could show me only 3 total photos of his asian clients and I jumped at the possibility because I wanted to get the procedure done soooo bad. I didn't want to fly out of state at that time and wanted convenience. Looking back now, so many mistakes made. He was impersonal, didn't really take the time to hear about ME. About what I want. He was evasive with my concerns. Once the money got paid, any sort of rapport I felt with him dissipated. Anyways!!! It is done and over with and I want to get a revsion done. I started my research process all over again. This is how I came across this site and I was hoping to find others in the same boat I'm in. I *think* I have found the doctor who I want to perform the revision- Dr. William P Chen in Long Beach, CA. I am super scared and apprehensive that I'll just be disappointed again. I don't believe this doctor is a part of realself.com and so I'm hoping to hear from the community either about him or other doctors who have done REVISIONS. I plan to have a consult with Dr. Chen soon but I've gone through this process before and the more feedback about potential surgeons I could see the better.
******And to anyone who is considering this procedure for the first time, here is one thing I recommend : make sure to ask to see their galleries containing pictures of patients that are more than 6 months post-op AND smiling. I am unhappy with my lid height (too small) and when I smile, it's almost like, "did I even have eyelid surgery?!" Ok, I KNOW some of you want the "natural" look and that's great! Me, I want to be able to smile and STILL SEE MY LIDS! I want to be able to put on my eyeliner AND STILL SEE MY LIDS. Please don't misunderstand- I do not want "western" eyes. I only want what will enhance my eyes and what im paying for: double lids!
Ok I'm really looking forward to feed back- either way I will be documenting my experience here once I make my decision.
*side note* I don't remember how much I actually paid.
Dun dun dun...Forgot pics!! lol
Another tip for you guys out there looking into eyelid surgery for the first time and can't quite tell the height of the crease relative to the person in the pic--Look at the upper lash line. I remember when I first looked at hundred of pictures, some crease heights were pretty obvious, others looked "okay". Then after I got mine done AND waited until they were completely healed.. then I could see how "high" they really were. Mine are very small and disappear with makeup and smiling- something I explicitly got this surgery for!
So here is a recap of the problem areas:
Right eye:
-crease seems to begin from mid-eye outwards - causes my eye to take on a weird shape when smiling
-I forgot to mention this in the original post, but as the crease tapers towards the outer corner of the eye, it curves downwards vs the left eye where the crease shape is parallel to the eye (imagine when I try to do a cat eye for going out: FAIL)
Left eye:
-weird skin folding on the inner corner of the eye - it causes my eyes to take on a triangle-ish shape when smiling
BOTH:
-eyes don't close all the way when sleeping
-both lids are very small and I wanted them bigger
***And sorry for the hideous eyebrows, LOL!! I'm growing them out plus I haven't groomed them in the pics.
So here is a recap of the problem areas:
Right eye:
-crease seems to begin from mid-eye outwards - causes my eye to take on a weird shape when smiling
-I forgot to mention this in the original post, but as the crease tapers towards the outer corner of the eye, it curves downwards vs the left eye where the crease shape is parallel to the eye (imagine when I try to do a cat eye for going out: FAIL)
Left eye:
-weird skin folding on the inner corner of the eye - it causes my eyes to take on a triangle-ish shape when smiling
BOTH:
-eyes don't close all the way when sleeping
-both lids are very small and I wanted them bigger
***And sorry for the hideous eyebrows, LOL!! I'm growing them out plus I haven't groomed them in the pics.
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