Bag Under my Eye at 26. What Are My Options? (photo)

I am 26 years old and since i was 18 i have had this bag under my left eye. When i squint or smile it swells up. i can close my eye tight and it actually feel like it feels with air. No exaggerating you can feel it blowing up like a balloon. My right side also does it a little bit as well but the left side is noticeable. i have went to several doctors and they know nothing about it. Do you know what this could be and how to make it go away.

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Palm beach blepharoplasty

Based on the photograph, it appears that you have pseudoherniation of periorbital lower lid fat. This fat excess or protrusion is worse on the left side compared to the right. This can be treated by removing the lower lid fat from the inside with a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. There are no visible external incisions with this approach. You also appear to have orbicularis muscle hypertrophy on the right and left sides which is adding to the lower lid fullness. I would not recommend any... more

Baggy eye treatments

The picture shows you herniated fat in both eyelids, but the left is worse. A transconjunctival blepharoplasty will eliminate the fatty deposits. Slightly more fat would be taken out of the left vs right lower lid. The incisions are all on the inside of the eyelid, so there is no visible scarring

Bag Under my Eye at 26. What Are My Options?

The best way to remove excess or herniated lower eyelid fat is a lower eyelid surgery.

Lowe Eyelid Bleph With Muscle Sling

What you have on the left side is break down or weakness of a thin piece of tissue known as the septum orbitale. This is behind the muscle of the lower eyelid known as the obicularis oculi. This septum holds back orbital fat, usually into one's 40's or 50's. Yours broke down early, probably due to genetics. The treatment of choice on the left lower eyelid (but I would do both lower eyelids at the same time) is to remove very little skin and muscle, probably 1 mm... more