Blepharoplasty! (no it wasn't a sneeze)


After jason's post of my 'bad profile', it got me thinking about asian eyes and the practice of "Asian eyelid surgery," which creates a permanent crease in the eyelid," making eyes look rounder" and some say more westernised and 'pretty'.It's a practice that's been going on for decades in asian countries - and everytime i flip through hongkie mags (since i can't actually read any of it except point and guess) I see ads for eye surgery. And infact I know a handful of people that have had it done and yes they did look make their eyes look bigger.Which leads me to the issue that some chinese americans are embracing eyelid surgery which makes them look more 'awake' while others are embracing their 'monolids', declaring the surgery as a self-inflicted form of 'ethnic cleansing'.

I actually have one monolid and one creased lid - it basically means I can wear mascara on one eye, while the other one turns into a panda eye 5 minutes later because i lack the muscle which holds up my eyelid like a window blind (that's what I learnt after my internet research).

So I guess you want to see pictures of monolids vs. double lids? Not all of them turn out so successful and you're basically paying someone to cut your face! Do I want to get the surgery done? Half half - one eye says yes, one eye says no! ha!

what say you? (i know some people can't tell the difference from before or after!)