Ever since she was a young girl, Ge Shuhui, from Heze, Shandong Province, had been unhappy with the appearance of her eyes. She believed her monolids—skin folds on the upper eyelids that make it appear that there’s no visible crease line below the brow area—made her look lethargic. She’d dreamed about getting double-eyelid surgery that would make her eyes pop. And so, one day in 2015, her dream became a reality—marking her first dabbling in the world of medical beauty treatments.
Today, the now 34-year-old office worker has upped the ante as she’s become somewhat of a pro when it comes to beauty salons and cosmetic surgery hospitals. She regularly injects Botox to make her face look smaller;