When I was younger, my mom encouraged me to get double eyelid plastic surgery.
This term seems foreign to you because its mainly used by people of Asian descent to correct their monolids.
This is done to get to mimic the fold in eyelid skin that white people naturally possess.
Larm Rmah
Its not a big deal, my mom would say to me.
I got the procedure too in my twenties.
Its so simple, but youll look so much better!
At the time, however, I didnt question it.
The women on the magazine covers and TV screens never resembled me.
I used eyelid tape, which was supposed to give the temporary appearance of double eyelids.
I bought colored contacts off sketchy websites, which couldve blinded me.
But I didnt care.
It was about so much more than looks.
It was what she thought best for me, and I could never blame her for that.
Help her unlearn these toxic beauty standards at an early age.
It will make all the difference.
