Stuart Eyelid Surgery doctors

You can have surgery on hollow lower lids if there is excess skin or distinct fat bulges. It is very important that you see a surgeon who has lots of experience on lower lid surgery and can discuss exactly what you are looking for and where potential problems may exist. I generally do not recommend trying to correct lower lid hollows with fillers unless the hollow area is overlying bone.

You should not see a significant long-term change in your eyelashes after surgery. Sometimes the trauma of surgery can kick a lot of the lashes into a dormant growth phase where they are not actively growing and thus you might see a thining of the lashes for even a few months. However the lashes should return to normal unless there was direct injury to the lash follicles in which case the re-growth will depend on the extent of the trauma. As the old saying goes - 'time will tell'

Festoons always look worse in the first few weeks following eyelid surgery. That said, festoons that were there ahead of surgery are likely to improve but may not disappear 100%. Give youself up to 3 months before deciding whether the surgery was helpful. While healing you may find lymphatic drainage massage helps reduce the swelling. I also recommend trying to figure out which factors tend to make the festoons worse, such as certain foods, sleeping position, etc. Be very cautious about getting filler injections to camouflage the festoons. Fillers in the lower lids can look better in the flat reflection of a mirror, but in reality can make the puffiness worse.