Zhang Ding Ling, 23, seen as she goes through the so-called "double eyelid surgery", which adds a crease to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger, in a plastic surgery clinic in Shanghai November 4, 2007. Zhang received the procedure as a present from her parents for her 23rd birthday. Chinese government officials estimate that $2.4 billion was spent last year on plastic surgery procedures, with 1 million operations taking place. Double eyelid surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in China. Picture taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Korean plastic surgeon Kim Byung-gun explains the so-called "double eyelid surgery", which adds a crease to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger, for Zhang Ding Ling during a consulting session in his clinic in Shanghai November 4, 2007. Zhang received the procedure as a present from her parents for her 23rd birthday. Chinese government officials estimate that $2.4 billion was spent last year on plastic surgery procedures, with 1 million operations taking place. Double eyelid surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in China. Picture taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Korean plastic surgeon Kim Byung-gun explains the so-called "double eyelid surgery", which adds a crease to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger, for Zhang Ding Ling during a consulting session in his clinic in Shanghai November 4, 2007. Zhang received the procedure as a present from her parents for her 23rd birthday. Chinese government officials estimate that $2.4 billion was spent last year on plastic surgery procedures, with 1 million operations taking place. Double eyelid surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in China. Picture taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) 

A patient waits for her so-called "double eyelid surgery", which adds a crease to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger, to begin in a plastic surgery clinic in Shanghai November 4, 2007. Chinese government officials estimate that $2.4 billion was spent last year on plastic surgery procedures, with 1 million operations taking place. Double eyelid surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in China. Picture taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Korean plastic surgeon Kim Byung-gun draws the lines to be cut for the so-called "double eyelid surgery", which adds a crease to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger, for Zhang Ding Ling, during a consulting session in his clinic in Shanghai November 4, 2007. Zhang received the procedure as a present from her parents for her 23rd birthday. Chinese government officials estimate that $2.4 billion was spent last year on plastic surgery procedures, with 1 million operations taking place. Double eyelid surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in China. Picture taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) 

A patient is seen as she goes through the so-called "double eyelid surgery", which adds a crease to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger, in a plastic surgery clinic in Shanghai November 4, 2007. Chinese government officials estimate that $2.4 billion was spent last year on plastic surgery procedures, with 1 million operations taking place. Double eyelid surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in China. Picture taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) 

A patient rests in a recovery room after double eyelid surgery, which adds a crease to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger, in a plastic surgery clinic in Shanghai November 4, 2007. Chinese government officials estimate that $2.4 billion was spent last year on plastic surgery procedures, with 1 million operations taking place. Double eyelid surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in China. Picture taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Zhang Ding Ling, 23, smiles in a teahouse in Shanghai December 5, 2007, a month after she went through double eyelid surgery, which adds a crease to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger. Zhang received the procedure as a present from her parents for her 23rd birthday. Chinese government officials estimate that $2.4 billion was spent last year on plastic surgery procedures, with 1 million operations taking place. Double eyelid surgery is the most popular cosmetic procedure in China. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA)