Eyelid Q&A: How I Went from Monolids to Double Lids

Eyelid Q&A: How I Went from Monolids to Double Lids

Eyelid Q&A: How I Went from Monolids to Double Lids

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Hi!! It’s Remi here!

I’m gonna get really vulnerable with you in this post. For a long time, I struggled with being super insecure about my hooded eyelids. Not only was it hard to see unless I opened my eyes wide, but they made me look sleepy all the time, and it was difficult to wear eye makeup. I started wearing eyelid tape every day to give me double lids, but whenever I went to photoshoots or went swimming, I struggled with feeling insecure.

Four years ago, I decided to do something about it. In this post, I will walk through all of the questions that you guys had for me on my eyelid procedure and give you honest answers about how everything went!

If you’re like me and have monolids, I hope this post gives you the courage you need to seek treatment if that’s something you want! And even if you don’t have monolids, we all struggle with body insecurities of some kind — my hope is that my answers encourage you to face your own insecurities and work through them, too!

What Did Your Eyelids Look Like Before Treatment?

Like I said above, I didn’t have any lid whatsoever. My eyelid flopped over my eyelashes, and I legit had to open my eyes big to see better. Wearing mascara and eyeliner was always a pain because I had to compensate for the monolid by putting two centimeters + of eyeliner on for it to even show. So long story short, it was a daily STRUGGLE.

Did You Use Eyelid Tape?

Oh yeah…LOTS of it. My mom told me about tape because it’s something she did to train her monolid to become a double lid. I wore tape for about eight years every single day and just used regular scotch tape.

All I did was cut off one inch of tape in a half-moon shape and give it rounded edges. I’d put the piece of tape right above my lash line, and it would magically give me a lid. I did this every single day, and I wouldn’t leave the house without it.

Here’s the thing though: My eyelids didn’t become double lids like my mom’s. And even though the tape wasn’t noticeable, I had to worry about my tape whenever I went to the beach, swam or did shoots. It would always be in the back of my mind. I literally had nightmares about losing my tape or not being able to get it on before I went somewhere. arrgg.

So while tape is a solution for some people, it didn’t work for me. I knew that in order to get past this, I had to do something different.

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