Lower Eyelid Tucking, and a Good Place for Eye Surgery

In the previous post, I said that ectropion can never occur with lower eyelid tucking, and that there may instead be a possibility of entropion. Today, let’s look at the eye shape, surgical effects, recovery period and progress, reviews, and more regarding lower eyelid tucking.

Lower eyelid tucking is a procedure that changes the curve of the lower under-eye line, and because it can create a doll-like eye shape, it is also called Barbie lower eyelid tucking. After lower eyelid tucking, the eyes often look brighter than before, so when you see a celebrity with deer-like eyes, it can even make you wonder whether they had lower eyelid tucking.

The effects of lower eyelid tucking vary. It can make the eyes look larger and give them a puppy-like appearance. It is especially a procedure often chosen by people who frequently wear circle lenses.

Because lower eyelid tucking involves turning the lower eyelid outward and operating on the inside, the recovery period is usually shorter than with outer corner eye surgery, but depending on the individual, redness may last for a long time. Also, unlike outer corner eye surgery, it is not fixed to the periosteum; instead, soft tissues are pulled together, so there are cases where the tissue itself stretches and loosens.

From reviews, when lower eyelid tucking has a short recovery period, people often say it loosens quickly, while when the recovery period is long, they often say it is maintained for a long time. The reason we look at reviews for any type of cosmetic surgery is not to hope for the exact same outcome as the person who wrote the review, but to obtain practical information such as how long redness or swelling lasts in general, and whether there is pain.

But it is also important to check where these reviews are posted. If they are not posted on an individual plastic surgery clinic’s website, but instead on a cosmetic surgery cafe or a cosmetic surgery app, you should consider whether they are reviews posted by a surgery broker for some specific purpose.

Therefore, rather than blindly trusting the words of brokers on cosmetic surgery apps and choosing lower eyelid tucking without thought, you should visit a plastic surgery clinic that has specialized in lower eyelid tucking for more than 10 years, consult in person, and clearly understand the eye shape and possible problems after surgery before deciding to proceed.