A plastic surgeon ties a knot in thread he has just stiched through the eyelids of Zhao Yan, 27, to give her double eyelids.

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BEIJING CHINA MAY 2006 A plastic surgeon ties a knot in the surgical thread he has just stiched through the eyelids of Zhao Yan, 27, a nurse, to give her double eyelids at the Yaliang Medicine Aesthetic and Plastic Hospital Beijing. Double eyelids are considered more beautiful in China. In this operation the surgeon passed a thread through the inside of the lid from one side of the eye to the other to create a new fold in the skin or a second eyelid. Her eyes will have fully recovered in a month. It is the the simplest and cheapest form of this type of operation costing approx 2 000 RMB (250 US dollars) but may need to be re-done in a few years.

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Size: 5632px × 3754px
Location: China
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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