About the Appropriate Height of Double-Eyelid Lines

Let me ask beginners in double-eyelid surgery: what is the proper height for a double eyelid? 7 mm? 9 mm??

Among those who come in for consultations about eye surgery, there are sometimes people who ask how many mm is appropriate. When setting a double-eyelid line, they ask how many mm is suitable, and how many mm should be made for the inner corner and outer corner of the eyes.

To conclude first, in plastic surgery, it is actually not that important to decide exactly how many mm to do things by. For a doctor with a lot of experience who has performed many surgeries, the idea that a person’s facial skin or bone tissue can be operated on in fixed mm or cm units, like cutting paper or metal, is not very meaningful.

For example, when a double-eyelid line is designed to be exactly 7 mm, the possible line shape or double-eyelid size can vary from person to person. Even in the same person, the double-eyelid line can appear differently on each eye. This shows that in cosmetic design, mm and cm do not always match the visible surgical result exactly.

Even if the design length or height is matched the same in double-eyelid surgery, the resulting eyelid shape can vary greatly depending on the size of the eyes, the strength of eyelid opening, the degree of eye protrusion, skin sagging, and the amount of eyelid fat.

Therefore, when deciding the appropriate height of a double-eyelid line or the size of the double eyelid, the surgeon should keep in mind the eye condition of the person receiving surgery, as well as the appearance when the eyes are open and closed, and should use the shape the person wants only as a reference. The first design should be made in the consultation room, and the second design should be done on the operating table.

Each person has a different idea of the shape they want after looking at someone else’s double-eyelid line, but it is not possible to make it exactly the same as desired because each person’s eye shape, eyelid-opening strength, and degree of eyeball protrusion are different, so the same shape cannot come out for everyone. In fact, if you copy a large eye by designing the double-eyelid line too high, problems can occur, such as a thick sausage-like eyelid or one side loosening because it cannot support such a high line.

Having surgery by copying someone else’s double-eyelid shape because it looks pretty can ultimately become something that is not for your own benefit. So, the proper double-eyelid line should be decided after 충분한 상담 with a board-certified plastic surgeon in the consultation room. That is the path to avoid regrets.