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Originally, I thought I had ptosis which caused my left eye appear to be much smaller than my right eye. So I found Dr. Zoumalan on Realself. His staff is really nice and immediately, they set me up for a skype consultation. It went well, I booked the surgery right away. The day before the surgery, I went in and Dr. Zoumalan did a careful measurement of my eyes, then he told me I don't have a ptosis, what I need is an Asian double eyelid surgery to remove some extra skin. I was so shocked at first, but he is REALLY gentle and caring. I decided to trust him and told him I want to have an epicanthoplasty as well to open the inner corner of my eyes ( this is a popular procedure in Asia countries). He said he is not comfortable with leaving a scar around my eyes, but he would try his best to remove the excess skin to reduce the distance of my eyes. The day of the surgery, I am very lucky to be the first patient. The staff even offered me a mint cake given me empty stomach. I did't feel much pain during the surgery (I have high pain tolerance though), the hard one is when he was doing some anesthesia and it hurt a little. After a while, I heard he saying, " This is perfect. This is perfect." (He is cute:D) I was of course really glad to hear that and he knew how stressed out I was, so he tried his best to calm me down and I appreciate that. I had a rhinoplasty scheduled with another doctor which happens to be his friend, he then made a call to tell my rhino doctor to be gentle with my eyes with the general anesthesia. (So sweet!) At first, I thought my eyelid is too large (due to the swelling), it didn't feel that natural for the first month, Dr. Zoumalan told me to be patient and wait for at least three months. And it did come down a lot! I absolutely LOVE my results! It looks so natural to me and everything has been healing well. He even managed to open the inner corner of my eyes without leaving any scars! What can I say? I couldn't be happier! I am always going to be grateful for finding Dr. Zoumalan and for going through this journey with him. He made such an impact on my life. Thanks, doctor! I have included a before/after photo, the top two are my previous eyes. It looks worse actually, I felt like I can't really open my left eye all the time. Hope my experience helps! Dr. Zoumalan is really an eyelid expert.