Asian Double Eyelid Surgery Controversy
Can you guess which is the most requested plastic surgery procedure in the world? If you've guessed breast augmentation, you are not even close! “Asian double eyelid surgery” is the name of the procedure which, at the moment, tops the list of the most often requested ones at the plastic surgery clinics around the world. Blepharoplasty – or eyelid surgery – used to be reserved for esthetic issues connected with the process of aging, such as drooping upper eyelids and bags below the eyes. Today, however, the clients for blepharoplasty are much younger, and overwhelmingly – Asian, or of Asian descent. Since when is having “Asian eyes” being considered as an esthetic problem? This is a question which is, understandably, posed by many. And, in case you're wondering, “nose jobs” used to be the most popular plastic surgery procedures. However, things have changed. For example, Brazil is not the plastic surgery capital of the world any more – it's Seoul! South Korea now has the highest number of esthetic surgeries performed per capita. South Korean girls, immersed in western celebrity culture since an early age – some argue – want to have a more westernized look, and that's behind the recent boom of “double fold surgery”. That would mean that the very idea of beauty is westernized! Can you say “cultural imperialism”? Or, at least, pushing image over substance? While some are left worried by this new beauty craze, others are willing to try literally anything that they believe is going to make them more competitive in the global marketplace. Looking more like Americans is an important part of this idea, the opponents of the “Asian double eyelid surgery” say. Only fifty percent of Asians, however, have what can be described as stereotypical “Asian eyes”, possibly as a result of having strong Mongolian genes and/or the lack of the upper eyelid crease. Since it is considered that the eyes are the most esthetically important feature on an Asian face – just think Anime and Manga characters with their huge eyes – changing their appearance through plastic surgery has become commonplace. Removing the Mongolian folds and creating an eyelid crease where there wasn't any, makes the eyes appear larger, and – at least in some people's opinion – more beautiful, more expressive and feminine. But, this has nothing to do with “westernizing” one's look, they say. Neither it is something entirely new: the first documented example of Asian blepharoplasty goes back well over one hundred years.
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