Operations for creation of the superior palpebral fold in the oriental eye are increasingly popular in both the Orient and other areas with large Asian populations. As the desires of each patient vary, careful preoperative evaluation is mandatory to define the type of “double eyelid” that the patient requests. A reliable and predictable surgical procedure for the oriental eye that allows individualization of both the level of the superior palpebral fold and the depth of the sulcus is described.
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