1. A method of detecting eye defects within digital images, comprising: acquiring an image including one or more faces including red and non-red eye defects; performing in a first stage an initial segmentation of candidate redeye regions to determine a first set of one or more confirmed redeye regions designated for correction; correcting the first set of red eye regions for generating a first red eye corrected image; performing in a later second stage a segmentation of candidate golden eye or white eye regions, or both, to determine a second set of one or more confirmed non-red eye defect regions also designated for correction; correcting the second set of non-red eye defect regions within the first red eye corrected image for generating an red and non-red eye defect corrected image; electronically storing, transmitting, further processing or editing, or displaying the second red eye corrected image, or combinations thereof, wherein the initial segmentation is applied upon acquisition of the image and the second later stage occurs in a background or playback mode or both.