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Documentaries

operculum

14m

Directed by Tran T. Kim-Trang • 1993 • United States

The artist visits with seven cosmetic surgeons specializing in blepharoplasty (cosmetic eyelid creasing surgery) in the West Hollywood/Beverly Hills area for initial consultation sessions. The doctors demonstrate different reshaping options and comment upon the prevalence and success rates for different Asian nationalities while artist Tran T. Kim-Trang presents statistics and facts in text that frame the consultations.

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