Reason I wanted revision surgery: 4 years ago, I had non-incisional ptosis correction and medial epicanthoplasty with an in-out line, but the line got swallowed at the inner corner of my eyes, so the double-eyelid line was only visible at the outer ends. Even before surgery I didn’t exactly have puppy-like eyes, but somehow my impression became sharper than back then, so I wanted revision surgery. It was inconvenient going around wearing double-eyelid tape because the line was swallowed. The line I wanted was a semi-out line that looked open and refreshing toward the outer side, but not too puppy-eyed. I wanted an eye feel like Jennie, Winter, and Ryujin. I wanted a natural yet dramatic line, but if I had to choose one of the two, it was naturalness. Even if the cosmetic effect decreased a little, naturalness came first. So I was thinking of lateral canthoplasty and revision double-eyelid surgery.
NSH Plastic Surgery, Director GDH: He drew the problems with my eyes and explained them in a way that was easy to understand. He said I didn’t need lateral canthoplasty because the issue wasn’t that the lower part of my eyes was upturned, but that the inner corners were lowered. So the lower part of my eyes is just right, and he didn’t recommend lateral canthoplasty because it wouldn’t look pretty. If I had lateral canthoplasty, my pupils would actually look like they were floating and I’d get sanpaku eyes.. Also, because there is distance between the pupil and eyelid, the line at the inner corner had gotten swallowed. To improve the issue I wanted, he recommended upper epicanthoplasty and raising the line slightly. When I said I disliked sausage-like eyes, he said then we should raise it only slightly. I kept emphasizing naturalness, and he said the outer end of the eyes could be a little noticeable. But from his point of view, that level of noticeability seemed okay, so he recommended surgery. He said he wouldn’t have recommended it if it looked like sausage eyes. In conclusion, I was recommended upper epicanthoplasty and natural adhesion double-eyelid surgery.
ON Plastic Surgery, Director KTG: He said that because my eyes are deep-set, if I do lateral canthoplasty, the flesh under the eyes will protrude and it can’t help but look noticeable, and he explained while setting the line. When I said I was pursuing naturalness, he said he didn’t recommend it. He also said the fierce look wasn’t a lateral canthoplasty issue, but because the inner corners of my eyes roll inward. He said that because there’s no line at the front of the eyes, the back line can also look thicker.. So he said even without lateral canthoplasty, if I just do upper epicanthoplasty and natural adhesion, the fierce-looking issue would improve. I said I wanted a line that was both natural and dramatic, but since it’s hard to achieve both, if I had to choose, I’d prefer naturalness even if the dramatic effect dropped a bit. While I was saying this, he said, “So we need to find the right midpoint between naturalness and drama.” My trust went up here. He held the line several times and recommended doing upper epicanthoplasty together because of the Mongolian fold. He said the back double-eyelid line is fine now, and since I’m pursuing naturalness, we decided not to raise the back line and to raise only the front line while doing upper epicanthoplasty. He recommended natural adhesion, citing the fact that the non-incisional surgery I had 4 years ago had not come undone. I said I thought I had heard that ptosis correction or upper epicanthoplasty can make the eyes look too intense, and that I disliked that intense look. He said upper epicanthoplasty doesn’t look that way, and that excessive ptosis correction can make it look that way. He said ptosis correction might be okay to do a little more now, but since I want naturalness, I probably don’t need to. The conclusion was that here too, I was recommended natural adhesion and upper epicanthoplasty. I liked the line he set the most, so I was most drawn to this place.
JST Plastic Surgery, Director GGR: He said that if I did a semi-out line, the scar from the previous medial epicanthoplasty would become visible, so it could look noticeable. He said he didn’t recommend it if I disliked an obvious surgical look. So he said a semi-out line would be difficult for my eyes and that an in-out line was the best option. He suggested keeping the back line as the existing line and raising only the front line through incisional surgery. If I wanted a semi-out line with the front line visible, he recommended a forehead lift. But I didn’t know anything about forehead lifts, and it felt like too much surgery for me, so it didn’t really go into my ears.. Other hospitals recommended natural adhesion and upper epicanthoplasty and said a semi-out line was possible, but here they said a semi-out line wasn’t possible and recommended incision, so I was a little puzzled. For lateral lower canthoplasty, like the other hospitals, he said the back of my eyes already shows enough sclera and has enough space, so there was no need to do it. Even if I did it, the effect wouldn’t be great.. The doctor was kind and seemed honest, and everything was fine, but I just sensed this wasn’t the hospital where I’d have surgery, so I thought this wasn’t it. But after going to DBY, I did think I should have listened more carefully to the consultation and talked more about the forehead lift. In conclusion, I was recommended incisional surgery.
DBY Plastic Surgery, Director SSH: The hospital atmosphere was the best among the places I visited. It really had an atmosphere worthy of being called a “hospital.” He said that because I have deep-set eyes, a semi-out line is impossible. He said the line could be raised with incision, but it would become sausage eyes, so he didn’t recommend it. He recommended medial epicanthoplasty and the Lovely canthoplasty he developed. He also recommended a forehead lift, and when I asked whether I was too young for a forehead lift, he said many people younger than me do it too. He said age isn’t the issue; if a forehead lift is needed to create the eye shape you want, you should do it. He said first of all, medial epicanthoplasty and Lovely canthoplasty are necessary, and that at some point in my life I would probably need a forehead lift. He said the double eyelid is already at the maximum line from the ptosis correction I had 4 years ago, and if it’s raised more it will become sausage eyes, so he did not recommend it. In conclusion, instead of revising the double eyelid, he recommended medial epicanthoplasty, Lovely canthoplasty (lateral lower canthoplasty), and a forehead lift.
TK Plastic Surgery, Director GHS: The wait time was too long, and the attitude of the desk staff was not good. At some of the hospitals I visited, I could understand if a few staff members spoke or acted half-heartedly. After all, I choose a hospital based on the director. But here, all the staff I spoke with had bad attitudes. I arrived more than 20 minutes earlier than my appointment time, but I waited more than an hour just in wait time. I went to the bathroom for less than 5 minutes, and during the first consultation with the manager, they said I needed to be waiting so they could consult me quickly, and asked if I hadn’t answered the phone. There were too many people in the hospital, and the director also looked busy. I think I only consulted with the director for 5 minutes. During the consultation with the manager, I had said that two hospitals suggested a forehead lift and two hospitals suggested natural adhesion and upper epicanthoplasty. The director said a forehead lift is not necessary right now, so I should do upper epicanthoplasty and natural adhesion, and do a forehead lift when I’m a bit older. He said to keep the back line as it is and proceed by raising only the front line while doing upper epicanthoplasty. He also said ptosis correction probably wasn’t necessary. I liked that the director didn’t overtreat and was kind.
OOO Plastic Surgery, Director GHO: He said he pursues naturalness. Since I visited after going to 5 hospitals, I told him that some hospitals recommended a forehead lift, and he said I don’t need to do a forehead lift now. He said that to get eyes that look open and refreshing like the photos I showed, he recommended dual canthoplasty (=lateral canthoplasty?). When I said I had heard that because I have deep-set eyes, lateral canthoplasty would make the flesh under the eyes rise up and look noticeable, he said my eyes aren’t that severely deep-set, so if it’s done just a little, that won’t happen. He said he also tends to pursue naturalness, so he can do it naturally. He said natural adhesion is possible, but because the flesh at the inner corner of my eyes is drooping and the line is buried, if I want to do it for sure, he recommends incision or partial incision. We decided to keep the back line as is and proceed by raising only the front line. He also recommended upper epicanthoplasty because of the Mongolian fold and drooping eyelid skin. The conclusion was to proceed with partial incision + upper epicanthoplasty + dual canthoplasty. I decided on this place because aftercare includes unlimited swelling laser treatments and swelling injections, and because they said lateral canthoplasty, which other places didn’t recommend or said would inevitably look noticeable, was possible. The line they set during consultation was my second favorite, and when I told the manager this, she said that on the day of surgery we could keep checking and adjusting the line to create the feel I wanted, so I decided on this place. She said the line roughly set during consultation kept changing because of my eyes and skin texture, so before surgery I could coordinate opinions with the director and create the feel I want.