My previous double eyelid gradually loosened, making my eyes look blurry, and my face also looked wide because of my cheekbones and square jaw, so this time I had revision eye surgery and facial contouring together at [Clinic A].
For the eyes, I had non-incisional ptosis correction and medial canthoplasty; for contouring, I had the three-part procedure of cheekbones, square jaw, and chin tip. Since I did both together, my whole face was swollen at first and I couldn’t really tell what had changed, lol.
But as the swelling went down and everything settled, I realized there was quite a synergy between doing my eyes and facial shape together. The loosened double eyelid line became clear again, and it was easier to use force when opening my eyes. With medial canthoplasty, the blocked-looking inner corners became more open, but they do not look excessively wide or burdensome.
For the contouring, the change was initially more visible from a 45-degree angle than from the front. Before, the cheekbone protruded and then another angle appeared at the square jaw below, but now the outer line of my face flows naturally all the way to the chin tip. The chin tip does not look intentionally very sharp; rather, it feels like my formerly wide, angular face has been neatly reduced by one size overall.
What’s fascinating is that once the contouring settled, the revision eye surgery became more noticeable too. Maybe because attention is drawn less to the outer facial line, my eyes look clearer than before and my whole set of features seems more vivid. A friend who saw me after a long time first asked whether I had redone my eyes, then said my facial shape seemed different too, haha.
I had deliberated because doing revision eye surgery and contouring together meant a difficult recovery, but now I think that if I had done them separately, I would have gone through this process twice... I think doing them together was the right choice. These days I rarely check whether the double eyelid on the looser side has come undone or look at my cheekbones and jaw first when taking photos. I like most that my overall impression was naturally refined instead of one area changing dramatically, haha.