What Are My Options For Getting Rid Of Eye Bags At The Age of 22?

asked 9 months ago by suzster
Latest answer by Brooke R. Seckel, MD
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Tags: age 18-24, female, African American, dark circles, options

5 answers to What Are My Options For Getting Rid Of Eye Bags At The Age of 22?

Arcus Release and Fat Grfating Best Solution for Eye Bags at 22

The most prominent thing I see on your photo is the deep depression or crease beneath your lower eyelids. Many people call this "Dark Circles under the Eyes," I call it the Arcus Deformity. This depression is the attachment of the Arcus Marginalis, a small structure that holds the skin tightly. Above the crease the lower eyelid skin bulges creating the appearance of eye bags. The procedure I use described in the link below to correct this releases the Arcus Marginalis and... more

Brooke R. Seckel, MD
Boston Plastic Surgeon

Eyelid bags in the Young Person

When someone comes to me with under eye bags, and they are young, usually the anatomic problem is not the eyelid bags. True eyelid bags develop in people past 40 yrs of age. When young people have "bags" they are usually "false bags." The eye sockets contain fat which forms a cushion for the eyeball. This peri-orbital fat is held in the eye socket by a thin orbital septum within the eyelids.. As we age, the orbital septum weakens and... more

Gilbert Lee, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

You have a couple of options here

1) Do nothing for now. 2) Have undereye filler (I prefer Restylane). 3) Have transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty. I would recommend option 2. The fillers will hold in the lower eyelid for 1-2 years. Eventually you may benefit from actual lower eyelid surgery.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

Eye bags at 22

Yes, you do have under eye bags. But I agree with others who said that your best option at present is having under eye fillers (such as Restylane). You may be sufficiently happy with the improvement to your appearance that you will not need surgery for years.

Lawrence Kass, MD
Saint Petersburg Oculoplastic Surgeon

Options for getting rid of lower eye bags at age 22?

There are two groups of patients that develop eye bags. One is late 30's and older as the orbital septum weakens revealing the fat bags. However, the other are teens and those in their early 20's. You appear to be in that group as the photos shows fat bags in the medial and central fat pads. IMHO, there's only 1 solution to removing these fat bags and that's a lower Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) preferrably through the transconjunctival... more

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

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