Double eyelids and monolids, or single lids, are two different shapes of the eyelid. When, though, is surgery to change your eyelid shape necessary?

Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Eyelids with a noticeable arch-shaped crease on the upper eyelid are called double eyelids, while eyelids without this crease are monolids. Your chance of ...

A minority of all Koreans are born with the fold, but most of my family members had naturally endowed double eyelids. It seemed like a cruel twist of fate to me at the time.

The double eyelid operation, or Asian blepharoplasty, which adds a fold in the eyelid to make the eye seem larger, has turned from a controversial procedure to a common practice in China.

The procedure to give people with single eyelids a crease above their lashes often provokes controversy. NPR's Kat Chow steps past the debate over whether people should do it to get at the why.

Types of double eyelid surgery Blepharoplasty can either come as incisional or a nonincisional double eyelid surgery. The latter is good for people with thin skin or minor sagging eyelids.

Double-Fold Eyelids This glasses-like contraption pledges to provide a double-fold eyelid after five minutes a day of wearing it, as an alternative to the increasingly popular 20-minute eyelid ...

To create a double-fold for Asians, the surgeon scrapes away some eyelid fat, then stitches it to create a fold. To actually "Westernize" an eye, the surgeon would remove all the fat.

The young college student is considering eyelid reconstruction, the most popular - and most dangerous - cosmetic procedure in China. During the 30-minute surgery, doctors will cut, fold and sew ...

This is the second half of a look at the history and motivations behind the Asian blepharoplasty, popularly known as "double-eyelid surgery." On Monday,… ...