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Avoid Asian Epicanthoplasty w/ this doctor
Do NOT undergo Asian epicanthoplasty with Dr Kwak. I’ll be traveling to Korea for revision in 6 months. Paid 3x as you would in Asia for an unnatural shape. He does not have the precision or aesthetic eye to perform an elegantly shaped epicanthoplasty on Asian eyes. It is such a delicate area and he just cuts a cookie cutter shape that would better suit Caucasian eyes. You don’t just cut the inner corner, stitch it up and call it a day. There are DIFFERENT SHAPES and lengths to the inner corner that he never discussed with me.
- One side is cut deeper/longer than the other in a ? shape, exposing more of the caruncle/pink area, the other eye is D shaped
- The inner corners of the Asian eye are supposed to have a > pointed shape, otherwise it looks unnatural. I’ve seen MANY epi pictures from surgeons in South Korea, and ?, D shapes are considered fails that require revision, because it looks weird on asian eyes!!
- Due to the over cutting of the inner canthus, the lower lid has also dropped down, exposing the white area under the iris, losing the S curve that I had before. Now my eyes look round/hollow instead of almond. The doctor did NOT tell me beforehand that my lower eyelids will drop and look hollow! I will need revision to restore the S curve.
- One eye of the double eyelid is also sutured too tightly, and the crease is still present when I look down or close my eyes. I noticed it immediately post op, and still there 5 weeks later. Only one eye, the one where most of the swelling is gone, whereas the other eye with more swelling is fine.
Yes, there is some minor swelling, but time will not restore the OVER CUT, uneven canthus with unnatural ? and D shapes. Go ask any eye plastic surgeon in Asia, you’re not supposed to expose 80-90%, should be a 50-60% exposure with a > shape in order to look natural. Avoid this doctor for Asian eyelid surgery.
- One side is cut deeper/longer than the other in a ? shape, exposing more of the caruncle/pink area, the other eye is D shaped
- The inner corners of the Asian eye are supposed to have a > pointed shape, otherwise it looks unnatural. I’ve seen MANY epi pictures from surgeons in South Korea, and ?, D shapes are considered fails that require revision, because it looks weird on asian eyes!!
- Due to the over cutting of the inner canthus, the lower lid has also dropped down, exposing the white area under the iris, losing the S curve that I had before. Now my eyes look round/hollow instead of almond. The doctor did NOT tell me beforehand that my lower eyelids will drop and look hollow! I will need revision to restore the S curve.
- One eye of the double eyelid is also sutured too tightly, and the crease is still present when I look down or close my eyes. I noticed it immediately post op, and still there 5 weeks later. Only one eye, the one where most of the swelling is gone, whereas the other eye with more swelling is fine.
Yes, there is some minor swelling, but time will not restore the OVER CUT, uneven canthus with unnatural ? and D shapes. Go ask any eye plastic surgeon in Asia, you’re not supposed to expose 80-90%, should be a 50-60% exposure with a > shape in order to look natural. Avoid this doctor for Asian eyelid surgery.
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Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
737 Park Ave., New York, New York