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Asian Double Eyelid Surgery
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Question: My brother points out that Asians who have undergone or are considering the
surgery wouldn't tell you that it has anything to do with wanting to look
Caucasian. It's only recently that anything that can be labeled as a part of
the "Western" culture has had a notable presence in Taiwan. American TV
shows were first introduced just prior to the '90s, and eyelids were a
mainstream issue way before that. Actually, it's far trendier to mimic
Japanese pop stars than anyone Caucasian.
Having grown up experiencing the "issues" of the "Asian eyelids" myself, I'd
like to bring these facts to your attention:
1) The creased eyelids are actually more common than the smooth ones, for
Taiwanese. As for Koreans, I don't believe I've ever seen anyone with
naturally creased eyelids.
2) It's a long-standing female beauty standard to have the so-called double
eyelids. The great majority of females in show biz have them.
Though I've heard plenty from my parents ("That's the only thing amiss about
you!") and even from their friends, it's never even crossed my mind to
change it. People like me for my entire person, strangers find me attractive
because of the whole package, and the eyelids won't make any difference.
So does anyone in the group have any comment about this experiece?
Answer: This is my expriece:
Growing up as the only "monolid" child in a Chinese-American family, I
always admired my mom's and my aunt's beautiful and expressive big eyes. Now
that I am older, I love my own eyes for their wonderful almond shape and
probably will not undergo double-lid surgery. I do, however, respect the
choice some Asians and Asian-Americans make when they opt to undergo plastic
surgery on their eyelids. I do not believe that they want double lids
because they (subconsciously or not) desire the Caucasian look. I think
their reason is rather simple -- most eyes with single lids appear puffy and
tired, whereas obtaining double lids might help reduce that appearance. I
really do not see any problem with that, and I dare anyone objecting to the
double-lid procedure because they think Asians are trying to look like
Caucasians to choose the puffy look over the more polished, alert one.
Just for now, pass me the eye shadow. And for you gals annoyed by your
downward-pointing eyelashes but do not want surgery, grab an eyelash curler!
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