This is a review from a woman who had double eyelid surgery for uneven eyes with ptosis.
I first had eye plastic surgery during winter break in my second year of high school. My friend had eye surgery first in Cheonan, and it turned out so well that I also made a reservation and got a consultation. But even though I originally had monolids, a double eyelid formed on one eye and made my eyes uneven. Even at a fairly well-known clinic, they said the surgery would be difficult. They said I might need at least 3 or more surgeries and that I should probably go to a large hospital.
That’s what they told me. After that, I went straight to the ophthalmology department at a university hospital, and found out that I had ptosis severe enough to be covered by insurance.
I’ll explain how uneven-eye ptosis is different from ordinary eye plastic surgery and how difficult it is.
First, there is a muscle above the eye that opens the eye, but in my case most of that muscle had been replaced by fat, so the muscle strength was weak. They removed the fat and gave it tension by tying and suspending the muscle.
People say typical double eyelid surgery is over within an hour, but in my case, because my eyes were uneven, it took a long time to match them. I think I was lying on the operating table for about 2 and a half to 3 hours. In the middle, the local anesthesia wore off, so they anesthetized me again.
Because the muscles on both sides are different, they have to be compared while doing it, and once the surgery starts, swelling from the anesthetic and blood makes it even harder to check the eye height. It took a long time to correct this, and even after the surgery was over, the doctor couldn’t guarantee that both eyes would look exactly the same. They said they had tried to match them as much as possible.
After my first surgery, I was very satisfied with my eyes, but maybe my eyelid was heavier than expected, because one eye loosened. So during winter break in my third year of high school, I had a second surgery. At that time, only the loosened eye was revised, but it was overcorrected too much, so there was a big size difference from the eye that had not loosened. The pretty line I had at first was gone, my eye became too round, and the white of the eye was visible. So I decided to have revision surgery again.
At that time, the professor (the university hospital doctor) said that lowering the overcorrected side would be a more difficult surgery, and suggested leaving the overcorrected eye as it was and instead lifting the opposite side more.
But I really hated the idea of both eyes becoming doll-like, round, and showing the whites. My original eyes had been prettier... So even if it was difficult, I said I wanted to lower the overcorrected side, and after more than 3 hours of surgery, I was able to have eyes of a similar size. Even now, both eyes are not completely identical and there is a slight difference, but the ptosis has been resolved and they have become somewhat similar, so I like them much more. When my eyes were uneven, I avoided taking photos, but now I don’t do that anymore.
-About overcorrection-
If you have some knowledge about plastic surgery, you’ve probably heard the word “overcorrection.”
It means performing the surgery a little more strongly than originally planned, taking into account that the operated area will change during the recovery process after surgery. In the case of eyes too, at first in the operating room my eyes wouldn’t close completely, but as time passed, the swelling went down, the tissue settled, and my eyes closed all the way. Deciding the degree of this overcorrection depends on the doctor’s skill, so it’s good to choose your doctor carefully.
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This review is a surgery review pursuing a natural look.