2 years 1 month

The above pictures were all taken in 2017.

First 2 pics had eyeliner + mascara on, and the second 2 pics were totally bare in the eye area.

I think that in all 4 pics, I can see my right eyelid behaving as a parallel line.

By the way, if you want to have a parallel line, you have to opt for a high crease. My crease was about 8mm-8.3mm.

Previously, I blogged a post talking about 'Who Will Notice?' and 'Who Will Notice Part 2' because I believe one of the issues we face with doing surgery is being judged by people who'll notice a difference in our faces.

Well, in Part 2, I mentioned that most friends didn't even notice I had my eyes done.

Anyway, I met up with one of those friends a few months back, and she suddenly started talking about my eyelid surgery (which I thought she didn't notice!!). I was shocked and asked her 'So you knew all along?' and she said yes, but she didn't bring it up before because she was afraid of embarrassing me.

So I guess I was cheated into thinking that none of my friends noticed. They simply kept quiet out of courtesy :)

Anyway, my point is - She was talking about how badly her friend's double eyelid surgery turned out and she was very amazed with mine. She commented that it looks completely natural.

Basically, I just wanted to share with you what kind of comments I've gotten from friends in real life, and how they have perceived my surgery outcome.

1 year 5 months

Hello!

Here are some updated pics of my eyes.

Face & eyes relaxed


Smiling


I've almost forgot what it's like to be pre-surgery me.

Recent pics of 2015

These are pics that I cropped from various photos in my phone's album where I am posing for the camera.

In all of the pics, I'm wearing circle lens. Hehe.

#1

In this pic, I have only mascara on (You probably can't see it though...)

But would like to point out this is one of the instances where the line (of the left eye) is not meeting the corner of my eye (aka "Parallel")

Also, this is my most recent pic. Taken on 22 Nov 2015.

#2

No eye make-up on this pic.

Notice my eyelids get pretty 'squashed' when I am just slightly looking up to the camera.

#3

Oops, why is this the smallest...

The line on the right eye is not meeting the corner of my eye (aka 'Parallel).

Actually I think this is the same eye seen in #1 because this picture was taken using the front camera which the iPhone will then 'flip' because it's mirrored.

Anyway, yes, I'm still trying to 'prove' my eye is parallel. But I'm also trying to show you what can happen in situations IF you request for parallel. Depending on how your eye heals, you MAY not get the parallel that you expected. I am assuming most pple think parallel = way bigger gap between the line and the corner of your eye. And of course, the bigger the gap, the prettier the eye looks (in my opinion).

Have been thinking about how convenient (and I guess, happier) my life has been since I got the surgery done. I shall pen my thoughts down in the next post so as not to muddle up this one :)

Who will notice (part 2)

Read Part 1 here.

In Part 1, it seemed pretty obvious to others that I had surgery done. I now realise that it was because my eyes were still swollen!

Now that my eyes are not swollen anymore and I look normal, I am still observing whether people notice or not.

I placed them in 2 categories below-

Not-so-close friends/acquaintances: Don't notice at all. Including females. They don't even look at me weirdly or say things like 'You look different'. Or perhaps they're just trying to be polite... well, I'll never know.

Also, if it helps, prior to the surgery, I almost always had black eyeliner on.

Best friends: Pretty no-brainer. Yup, they notice. I do have best friends and really close friends that I unfortunately meet really, really rarely. One of my best friends who I haven't seen since before the surgery saw a photo of me on FB and immediately noticed and said I looked much livelier!

Day 152: Hi-res photos, including scars

Here are the photos of my 'scars'.

I think they're not really obvious unless someone is really, really close to your face. Like my sister told me it looks like a scratch. Maybe because it's a little bumpy. At least it is 100% skin-coloured!

And no, it doesn't bother me. I don't find it obvious.

I used a digi camera for this post to get sharper and clearer pics. All of my other pics in the previous posts were taken using the front camera of my phone.

Day 127

Erm, I admit I'm not "posing" my eyes well since it looks really lopsided and 1 eyelid is higher than the other but I did this deliberately to show that my eyelids eventually DID turn out to be parallel BUT it is hardly obvious.

This is true to what Dr Tay observed during my last review - that my eyelids are not actually touching the corner. Just barely touching only.

It is also hardly noticeable in photos but this is the best I could do to "prove" that my eyelids did not become tapered. 

Also, this is what my eyelids look like now. I will probably post one a proper one that is not so lop-sided next.

Finally, now that my eyelids are at their most natural state that I'm getting compliments on them. Hehe. I love them and am very glad I had them done!

I am still not putting eye make-up because I still haven't mastered drawing eyeliner on double eyelids AND it makes my eyes look weirdly huge (like wow).

I strongly recommend taking photos consistently because I am still in awe that months back I was actually telling myself that my eyelids were not that swollen when actually compared to now, they were freakishly swollen yet I thought they were normal??? Lol!

Really, take photos to keep track of your progress. It's so funny to look back at them and go like omg, how did I go out in public like that...

2nd review

Photos were taken on 22 June 2015.

I am very pleased with the progress and it definitely does not look swollen anymore. The scar is completely skin colored but I do notice it up close in the mirror. It looks like a little squiggly line. This doesn't bother me at all. I never expected it to disappear anyway. 

I went back to the clinic on 6 June for my 2nd review with Dr Andrew Tay. As I'm already satisfied with the outcome of my surgery (because nothing has turned out horribly and I'm already toward the end of my recovery process), I didn't have much to say to the doctor. Yet, as meticulous as he always is, he gave my eyelids a thorough inspection.

He asked me how I felt about the outcome and mentioned that the scars are still healing and will soon become barely noticeable (the current state is already good enough for me!). He also mentioned that I still have some more time to go before my eyelids settle (really? But they look so low already, oh no).

Finally, I made a comment that they didn't turn out to be parallel as I requested but I'm fine with the way I look now. Somehow he was very frustrated by this because he said that if we have a goal we should make sure we reach it. And I could tell he was really disappointed that he didn't manage to reach the goal with me. 

I still don't feel it's totally the doctor's fault because he is not able to control the way we heal and how my eyelids will eventually choose to settle.

He mentioned that my eyelids are also not fully tapered. And it's only noticeable when I look really closely, but indeed the there is a tiny gap between the lines.

I have my 3rd review coming up (omg, I've no idea why there are so many). And he'll be taking a concluding photo of my eyes then.