Hi,
I just want to talk about the different Asian looks and how diverse they are.
I am an Asian woman originally from Hong Kong. I go to Asia annually and watch TV shows and movies from Asia all the time. One thing I noticed is that Asians from Asia look very different from Asian-Americans in the United States. I am not sure the reason, maybe the weather or maybe there are more diverse Asian ethnicities/populations in Asia.
Asians in US, espcially American-born ones tend to have darker skin and a more "ethnic" look. I am Chinese so I am comparing the American-born Chinese and the Chinese originally from China or Taiwan. (I live in San Francisco, so there is a large population to compare with. ) My parents when vacationing in San Francisco from Hong Kong often mistake the Chinese Americans in SF as Mexicans and even as African Americans. That's just to show how different the same race can look when they live in different countries and after living in a place for a few generations.
So back to the eyelid surgery. One of my eyes already have a good size fold and my other eye has a crease but no actual fold. I have a very asymetrical face but I have never thought about surgery because it is going to make me look un-natural. A lot of the girls want to look prettier, but having the surgery does not necessary make you look prettier. Some actresses in Asia have the heavier eyelids just to show that beauty is beauty and it does not have to do with just your eyelids. It's the whole package!
So why do Asian women have the surgery done...when I grew up in Hong Kong, the beauty standard was big eyes (like the Japanes cartoons), long hair and small mouth. So the girls who do not have the big eyes want surgery to open up their eyes to meet the beauty standard. It's like the big lip trend right now- people want the Angelina Jolie lips and I see a lot of Caucasian women have rediculously full lips, which I don't quite understand because it is not beautiful culturally for Asians to have full/big lips. That's the best I can come up with to explain to folks why some Asian women want the eyelid surgery.
