Options for Enlargement of Asian Eyes

A double eyelid procedure will give the illusion of a larger eye, but in addition, you appear to have some weakness in the muscles that open the eyes. Thus the vertical dimension of your eye is smaller than ideal. This is very common situation and I find that almost all eyes have some degree of what is called ptosis. When you undergo the double eyelid procedure, the muscle that opens the eyes lie in the surgical field - this can tightened up as part of the procedure to help open the eyes more. In addition, removing the inner fold of skin - an inner epi - will increase the visible amount of the whites of the eyes.

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 the double eyelid configuration that some prefer.