| South Korean Eyelid Surgery
"Korean eyelid surgery" is not really a unique operation but rather refers to Asian eyelid surgery as performed in South Korea.
Cosmetic double eyelid surgery is of great importance to Korean plastic surgeons since it is the most common operation performed and accounts fo over half of all cosmetic procedures undertaken in the country.
In contrast to Japanese surgeons' preference for the less invasive suture technique, most Korean double eyelid surgery is performed using the full incisional technique because of its many advantages.
Most patients are in their late teens and early twenties and come from throughout East and Southeast Asian and even the West.
During vacations, the waiting rooms of plastic surgery clinics in Seoul are packed with students requesting surgical enhancement to make their eyes look bigger, wider, and more expressive.
Korean plastic surgeons have introducted a number of secondary eyelid procedures over the years including Asian lateral canthoplasty, the "love band" operation, and seemingly countless variations on medical epicanthoplasty.
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