Epicanthic fold?

[Turul Karom]

Yeah I know that and I like how it makes me look different and the way it covers my eyes but I kinda hate it because I don't like how it mostly covers half of my eye and my inner eyelid on the nose corner isn't hidden the same way. It makes my eyes look droppy and sad lol

like i hate this



and I wish it looked more like this


fully covered

I disagree. It is not a "bad" different. All because something looks different, does not mean it is good or bad. You could have three ears or no arms. That is "different" too. Your eyes are not a bad different, and liking them just because they make you look different could apply to anyone's features. They look nice and represent your heritage. You do have Magyar and Bulgar, and you do have nice eyes. There are all kinds of different epicanthic folds, and yours certainly do not make you look "droopy and sad".

[IrisSelene]

Those eyes (pseudo-Mongoloid) that you describe are found throughout Europe with the exception of Mediterranean countries. Do you think they are only in Russia? In Germany, they are no less, they are found even in the west of Ireland. I'm not talking about Scandinavia, where they are even more.
You have normal eyes, no operations are necessary.

Yeah I know but the article I read stated that it is a common surgery done in Russia to remove said eyelid fat to make the eyes look more youthful...

[IrisSelene]

Here's some info.

Geographic distribution
The highest frequency of occurrence of epicanthic folds are found in: East Asians, Southeast Asians, Central Asians, North Asians, some Polynesians, Micronesians, Native Americans (as well as Mestizos), the Khoisan, and the Malagasy. In some of these populations the trait is almost universal, specifically in East Asians. Epicanthic folds occur, but at considerably lower frequency, in: Europeans (e.g., Scandinavians, English, Irish,[6] Hungarians, Russians, Poles, Lithuanians, Finns, Estonians and Samis),[7][8] South Asians, Western Asians, Nilotes and Amazigh people.[9] The degree of development of the fold between individuals varies greatly and its presence or absence is often subjective, also its frequency varies clinally across Eurasia. Its use, therefore, as a phenotypic marker to define biological populations is debatable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicanthic_fold

So a lot of populations can have people that have epicanthic folds but but it is more common in the usual suspects.

This anthropologist said it's even in the Irish.

According to Poirier, the problem with this theory is that a substantial portion of the Asian population evolved in areas outside of the tropical and arctic regions. In addition, he says epicanthic fold is not limited to Asians. ''John F. Kennedy had a variance of the fold and it is found among Europeans, especially the Irish,'' he said. ''It`s just less prevalent.'' The fold is also found among infants worldwide. Poirier attributes the fold to pleiotropic genes--single genes that control more than one characteristic or function--but he has no explanation for its origin.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...141-story.html

Here's a video on the topic.

Yeah I have seen that video! I find it weird that it's common among Irish and English people lol the other ones don't surprise me as much

[IrisSelene]

I have a friend who is completly Swedish and both him and his Little brother got although none if there parents have them. Dont remove them with surgery, they look good on you. It exist alot of peapole with much "weirder" eyes then you and your eyes arent even weird.

Yeah... my father sorta had them too, and my grandma from my mom's side too, but mine are somehow more exaggerated.

And thank you!

[itilvolga]

Yeah I know... I just hate how it makes my eyes look sad all the time lol and family told me they wil only look even more droopy as I get old

Eyebrows change the face more than eyes/eye lids imo. You should pluck them so you can get rid of that sad looking.

[IrisSelene]

I disagree. It is not a "bad" different. All because something looks different, does not mean it is good or bad. You could have three ears or no arms. That is "different" too. Your eyes are not a bad different, and liking them just because they make you look different could apply to anyone's features. They look nice and represent your heritage. You do have Magyar and Bulgar, and you do have nice eyes. There are all kinds of different epicanthic folds, and yours certainly do not make you look "droopy and sad".

Yeah you're right thank you. I am proud of my heritage that's for sure and I like the way my eyes are kinda unique especially while living in Spain, I see no one with eyes like mine here lol but just sometimes they look off XD

[IrisSelene]

Eyebrows change the face more than eyes/eye lids imo. You should pluck them so you can get rid of that sad looking.

Yeah I did, went from this:



to this:

[itilvolga]

Yeah I did, went from this:



to this:

Nice. Btw light brown hair color would suit you way better i think

[Root]

quite a bit visible shape.. epicanthic fold is not limited to Asians, it could also be found among the Euro & Afro population. Plastic surgery? don`t change your natural features you might regret.. you need to think twice before taking any further action

[nittionia]

I've seen west euros with them too, I don't think you should change them! My dad has epicanthic folds a bit but I didn't get them.