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Update:
A lot of gals had asked me to post photos of my double eyelid surgery. I am a little apprehensive about putting my pictures online, but I found someone who is more than willing to share! Here is it: Cindy's Double Eyelid Surgery Pics
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| Wow, haven't been updating, but today I got some major new! I went to get double eyelids too!! 
I've been participating on a forum about Asian Double Eyelids. Here's what I had to say:
I can certainly refer you to try the doctor that both my cousin and I went to (yes, I did it too!). The website is: http://www.beverlystyle.com
It only hurt on the first night after you come back from the surgery/procedure. I actually just came back from my 4th follow up appointment. I am still glad that I've gotten this done, but there was one thing that bothers me, so I brought it up and ask the doctor if it can be fixed. Basically he said that I can try to redo it, but there is no guarantee, and it will cost an additional $500 ($1200 for my first procedure that took 20 minutes, which I thought any future fixes are factored in - apparently not).
I found this website with all the pictures of before/after surgery. There are many examples from other places that turned out nice and natural too:
http://www.hi-pretty.com/imgaa01.htm
However, my crease is similar to hers:
http://www.hi-pretty.com/2003new_imgs01/eyes/075_6_1.gif
where both of my crease look like her eye on the left, the crease stops short before it reaches the inner corner.
I want that fixed, along with that one eye looks bigger than the other due to slightly different shapes of the crease, but the doctor basically said that it's no fault of his. I am simply unlucky because my lids are different, which I sadly accept. Personally, I don’t understand why I need to pay $500 more to fix it. I didn’t particularly ask for uneven creases. At one point he practically gave me a fit when I brought up my various concerns regarding having the procedure to fix it. It makes me question about his work ethic and how much he really cares about making sure his work more than just "not THAT bad".
I don't want it redone really, because it took me 8 months to look *not as weird*, but still very glad that I went forward and gave it a shot. My condition is fixable, and definitely reversible. When I go to Asia this summer, I'll probably try one of those single suture, instead of going through this ordeal with DST again. See if I can add just one suture at the inner corner of my eyes. |
But what I don't understand is, that why some people, who I don't even know, are so upset that I went to change my appearance? Isn't it a personal choice?
| I respect people who want to stay with their natural looks, and I also respect people who would like to alter their looks to their satisfactions and go for it...... |
 I am not denying being disappointed at the fact that it didn't turn out as I expected, but I'm glad I did it because now I have thin crease that doesn't make me look a lot different, but at the same time makes my eyes look brighter and more energetic. It's almost what I wanted and I am not completely hopeless in perfecting it (not easily but certain is very possible)! Picking non-incision technique is a big thing for me. If I didn't know about it, I wouldn't want to try because the other choice was the cutting technique, which is irreversible when something goes wrong. I am certainly not encouraging anyone either, just please stop judging me for what I've chosen to do for myself. 
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Double Eyelid Surgery Update:
Well, I didn't do it, but my cousin Lin did! She's the one told me about this non-cutting type of double eyelid surgery. Lin told me after she came back from the surgury. She called me and I drove over to her house right away, mainly to give her a hard time for betraying me  . It looked pretty ugly the first day  . Her eyelids were swollen and brused, could bearly open her eyes. I am sorry, Lin, but it was so gross  !
My main concern was what went on in the sugery room. She said it didn't hurt. All she felt was the doctor pulling on her eyelids and stitching them up, tickled most of the time. It only took about 20 minutes, and then the doctor put an ice-cold eye mask on the eyes and made her lay there for half an hour. What hurt, she said, was her wallet, $1400 to get it done! 
A week later I went to see her (more for my amusement and of course wanted to get more information on how her eyes were doing). I was amazed rather than amused. She looked totally normal!! Swelling had gone down a lot and the brusing was completely gone. Still a little puffy, but puffy-eye like she just woke up. There were barely any signs of surgery, except when you touch it, you could feel 3 little pumps where the stitches were still inside holding up the skin of the eyelids. She looked good, it made me a little jealous  .
I've started using tape to create temporary crease (thank you, NoLuv4UfRmE ). This I have to do every day, and some days it's tempting to do the surgery like Lin did and get it done with forever! But I don't have $1400, and NoLuv4UfRmE is right, I am afraid of any mistakes that the doctor could make. So still taping! |
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| I've been seriously thinking of getting double eyelid sugery...
There is a procedure called Double Sutures and Twisting (DST) method. It is a non cutting technique, by sewing up the skin of the eyelid to the muscles with a thread to create the crease. Supposedly I can heal within 3 days and look normal within 7 days, which is wonderful! I am so ready to go for it!
But apparently there are 2 kinds, what do you girls think looks better?
Seriously, I would  to know what you think!
Parallel or Tapered???
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ShoppingGal's Deal Site 
You're all right, I want to make sure I don't end up looking unnatural, so I think I want to try small crease. Something like this:
