Few topics collect more internet folklore than failed double eyelid surgery. Patients arrive carrying myths that either scare them away from fixable problems or rush them into unfixable timing. JW Plastic Surgery in Sinsa, Seoul, which runs a dedicated eye revision program, sorts the five most common claims into myth and fact.
Myths about whether revision works
“Revision always turns out worse” is false. Planned on matured tissue by experienced hands, revision satisfaction is high; what raises risk is repeated hasty surgery. “The more revisions, the better it gets” has it backwards: each surgery consumes tissue, so each revision calls for more caution than the last. “Any eye surgeon can revise” ignores that scar release, fold reconstruction and ptosis correction are a sub-specialty. Ask any clinic what share of its eye cases are revisions.
Myths about timing
“You can redo it immediately if you hate it” is mostly false: operating in swollen, immature scar multiplies failure odds, which is why the six-month rule exists. The real exceptions are narrow: clearly excessive fold height in the first two weeks, infection, or eyes that cannot close. “If the line loosened once, it will always loosen” is also false. Lines that loosen after non-incisional methods are routinely converted to stable incisional folds.
Myths about outcomes
“Revision scars are always worse” does not hold when the previous scar is excised and closed well; many revisions finish with a cleaner line than the first surgery. “Natural is impossible after revision” confuses cause and effect: unnatural results usually come from over-high folds, and revision specifically lowers them. “Revision means starting from zero” overlooks the records of your first surgery and how your lids responded to it, which give the second plan more data than the first ever had.
JW Plastic Surgery evaluates revision candidacy on examination and prior records rather than internet folklore, with international consultation available. Most of the fears on this list take a few minutes of anatomy at the consult to resolve.