Eye surgery, including double eyelid surgery, ptosis correction and under-eye fat surgery, has become one of the most common forms of cosmetic surgery. Because the eyes shape a person’s first impression, a growing number of people, from university students and job seekers to office workers, are considering eye surgery.
What matters most in eye surgery is harmony with one’s own face. When people insist on eyes that are as large and striking as possible, the result often fails to fit the face and looks unnatural. Eye surgery should be performed only after analyzing the overall structure of the face and the proportions that suit the patient’s own eyes.
Many people also consider revision eye surgery when the double eyelid line turns out too thick or forms several folds, when the fold comes undone, or when heavy scarring or an artificial-looking line remains after surgery. To avoid such side effects, the decision to have eye surgery calls for a careful approach that weighs many factors.
Dr. Hwang Ho, director of Hyundai Aesthetic Surgery and a board-certified plastic surgeon, said, “For natural-looking eye surgery, the first step is to understand which eyes suit you. We look at the face as a whole and then consider details such as the appropriate size and angle of the eyes for each person.”
He added, “Revision eye surgery in particular has to be tailored to each patient’s condition. We keep scarring to a minimum so the revision leaves little trace, analyze the characteristics of the patient’s skin and tissue, find the exact cause of what fell short in the previous surgery, and choose the revision method that fits the patient.”