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What are epicanthal folds?
People often confuse epicanthal folds with monolids, because East Asians tend to have both traits.
All people with monolids have some sort of epicanthal folds, but not all people with epicanthal folds have monolids.
Monolids are characterized by a lack of supratarsal crease, "double eyelid".
The epicanthal fold is a semilunar-shaped flap of skin that descends from the upper eyelid towards the nose, somehow hiding part, or all of the lacrimal caruncle(pink thing located in inner eye corner) in the process.
This foid has a supratarsal crease (double eyelid) on the left, and a monolid on the right. Brutal asymmetry. Both her eyes have (mild) epicanthal folds that hide part of the lacrimal caruncle :
But there is more to double eyelid creases. There are 3 types of double eyelid creases.
Far left are double eyelids with mild epicanthal folds.
Center are "in-fold", or "nasally tapered" double eyelid creases, characterized by very low medial crease height, that is lower than the central crease's height.
Far right are "outfold" double eyelid creases, where the medial crease height is almost equal to the central crease height.
Ice hooding and double eyelid creases
Ice hooding, or just generally adding fat in the upper eyelid which can also be done through lipofilling agents, affects (double) eyelid creases differently.
If you have in-fold double eyelid creases, you can fraud mild epicanthal folds. Ice hooding will decrease the height of your medial crease to the point you will appear to have epicanthal folds(though you don't). This might not be a good idea (?) since it will hide your lacrimal caruncle more. You might also get a longer medial crease that make your eyes look more positively tilted and give definition to your medial canthus tilt, not sure if it's a good thing but it has a similar effect as when foids use eyeliner :
If you have mild epicanthal folds, same thing happens but more pronounced.
Illustration of the concept.
Example of someone with in-fold (?) double eyelid creases who ice hooded :
@blackpillmemez on IG
Notice how the crease gives more definition to his medial canthus tilt. His central crease reduced so much that he appears to have near monolids, but those aren't monolids. They are double eyelids with very low crease heights. Model Tyson Beckford is similar, he has very low crease heights but double eyelids.
Example of someone with mild epicanthal folds ice hooding
@Racky
Notice how the crease got deeper and longer, going downward towards the nose.
Example of someone with outfold double eyelid creases ice hooding
@bigjuicy's results :
the height of the central and medial crease decreased but not to the point where he got results of previous examples.
Questions and ideas
Some people with in-fold might not want to affect their medial crease when ice hooding, and some people with mild epicanthal folds might not want for them to become more pronounced and reduce lacrimal caruncle show more. Could ice hooding by using an ice cube, and specifically targeting the central crease while avoiding the medial crease, be a way to create more hooding while keeping your original medial crease height? Or will ice hooding, regardless of where on the upper eyelid you do it, produce fat in the entire upper eyelid?
Some people have out-fold double eyelid creases with no epicanthal folds, but their lacrimal caruncle is not well exposed, and the medial canthus has a pointy shape
The user @Aeonxdro is a great example of that
While people like the model Andreas Eriksen have very well exposed lacrimal caruncle, and their medial canthus has more of a roundish shape :
What determines lacrimal show and shape?
What is more ideal?
What are surgeries that could be considered?
What is the relationship between double eyelid crease anatomy and ancestry? We know epicanthal folds are very common with Asians, but from what I have seen it's also common for black Africans to have double eyelids with (mild) epicanthal folds. Evolutionary speaking, why did some people develop different types of eyelids?
What type of crease do you have and what's your ethnic background? What trends do you notice in personal experience? If you increased fat in your upper eyelid through methods like ice hooding, how were your medial and central crease heights affected?
People often confuse epicanthal folds with monolids, because East Asians tend to have both traits.
All people with monolids have some sort of epicanthal folds, but not all people with epicanthal folds have monolids.
Monolids are characterized by a lack of supratarsal crease, "double eyelid".
The epicanthal fold is a semilunar-shaped flap of skin that descends from the upper eyelid towards the nose, somehow hiding part, or all of the lacrimal caruncle(pink thing located in inner eye corner) in the process.
This foid has a supratarsal crease (double eyelid) on the left, and a monolid on the right. Brutal asymmetry. Both her eyes have (mild) epicanthal folds that hide part of the lacrimal caruncle :
But there is more to double eyelid creases. There are 3 types of double eyelid creases.
Far left are double eyelids with mild epicanthal folds.
Center are "in-fold", or "nasally tapered" double eyelid creases, characterized by very low medial crease height, that is lower than the central crease's height.
Far right are "outfold" double eyelid creases, where the medial crease height is almost equal to the central crease height.
Ice hooding and double eyelid creases
Ice hooding, or just generally adding fat in the upper eyelid which can also be done through lipofilling agents, affects (double) eyelid creases differently.
If you have in-fold double eyelid creases, you can fraud mild epicanthal folds. Ice hooding will decrease the height of your medial crease to the point you will appear to have epicanthal folds(though you don't). This might not be a good idea (?) since it will hide your lacrimal caruncle more. You might also get a longer medial crease that make your eyes look more positively tilted and give definition to your medial canthus tilt, not sure if it's a good thing but it has a similar effect as when foids use eyeliner :
If you have mild epicanthal folds, same thing happens but more pronounced.
Illustration of the concept.
Example of someone with in-fold (?) double eyelid creases who ice hooded :
@blackpillmemez on IG
Unfortunately, we do not have the best picture for that example's "before", and I'm not even sure he ice hooded. But let's assume he did, he is a "looksmaxxer" after all and those look like ice hooding results.
Example of someone with mild epicanthal folds ice hooding
@Racky
Note that in the first image that example was much younger and there are other things that changed his eye area other than icehooding. He believes his supraorbital ridge and infraorbital rims grew a bit during puberty just based off how eyebrow placement and shape changed for example.
Example of someone with outfold double eyelid creases ice hooding
@bigjuicy's results :
the height of the central and medial crease decreased but not to the point where he got results of previous examples.
Questions and ideas
Some people with in-fold might not want to affect their medial crease when ice hooding, and some people with mild epicanthal folds might not want for them to become more pronounced and reduce lacrimal caruncle show more. Could ice hooding by using an ice cube, and specifically targeting the central crease while avoiding the medial crease, be a way to create more hooding while keeping your original medial crease height? Or will ice hooding, regardless of where on the upper eyelid you do it, produce fat in the entire upper eyelid?
Some people have out-fold double eyelid creases with no epicanthal folds, but their lacrimal caruncle is not well exposed, and the medial canthus has a pointy shape
The user @Aeonxdro is a great example of that
While people like the model Andreas Eriksen have very well exposed lacrimal caruncle, and their medial canthus has more of a roundish shape :
What determines lacrimal show and shape?
What is more ideal?
What are surgeries that could be considered?
What is the relationship between double eyelid crease anatomy and ancestry? We know epicanthal folds are very common with Asians, but from what I have seen it's also common for black Africans to have double eyelids with (mild) epicanthal folds. Evolutionary speaking, why did some people develop different types of eyelids?
What type of crease do you have and what's your ethnic background? What trends do you notice in personal experience? If you increased fat in your upper eyelid through methods like ice hooding, how were your medial and central crease heights affected?
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