Eyelid Surgery, Chosen After Long Thought

An editor at Harper's Bazaar has written about her own eyelid surgery, a procedure known in beauty circles as a "bleph." The puffiness beneath her eyes had bothered her for as long as she could remember. After a difficult stretch of years and a lot of careful thought, she went ahead with it, hoping to ease a weight that was as much emotional as it was visible in the mirror. In a beauty culture that tends to hide this kind of choice, the decision here was made slowly and with open eyes, and her essay shares it.

With reporting from Harper's Bazaar.