What Does an Incision Double Eyelid Surgery In-Out Line Look Like?

The most common eye surgery is double eyelid surgery. It is also the most basic type of eye plastic surgery, and many people are interested in it. Because of that, there are many surgical methods and many different desired shapes.

There are broadly two surgical methods: the buried suture method and the incision method. In fact, the somewhat ambiguous partial incision method was designed to combine the advantages of the buried suture and incision methods, but because it leaves a partial incision scar, the scar can be more noticeable than with the incision method. Recently, except for some plastic surgery clinics, it is not commonly performed.

The surgical method may depend on personal preference, but it is better to choose a method that suits various circumstances such as eyelid skin thickness, amount of fat, recovery period, eye shape, and concerns about scarring. For people with little fat and thin eyelid skin, the buried suture method is appropriate, and when you want a clear eye-opening correction effect along with removal of sagging skin, the incision method should be used.

There are in-line, out-line, and in-out line shapes for double eyelids. An in-line means the double eyelid line is hidden inside the epicanthic fold, while an out-line means that when there is no epicanthic fold, the double eyelid line is visible all the way to the inner corner of the eye. An in-out line is, as the name suggests, a form between an in-line and an out-line: the double eyelid line gets smaller as it moves toward the inner corner of the eye, but it does not meet at the very tip.

During incision double eyelid surgery, an in-out line can be created together with an epicanthoplasty incision. By slightly removing the epicanthic fold and designing the double eyelid line slightly higher, it is possible to create an in-out line that looks both refined and natural. Since the in-out line can show the advantages of both the in-line and out-line, there are almost no cases where revision surgery is needed because the line is unsatisfactory.

When an in-out line is created through incision double eyelid surgery, sagging skin can be removed at the same time, and the double eyelid can be fixed more carefully than with the buried suture method. Because it is less likely to come undone and can show both naturalness and a more glamorous look in terms of shape, it can create a highly satisfying double eyelid line.