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Eyebags Caused by Skin- Is a Laser Preferred Over Surgery?
asked 7 months ago by eyebags2011 in Milan
Latest answer by Aaron Stone, MD
Question viewed 96 times
Tags: excess skin, eye bags, options
10 years ago, when I was 26, I had a lower blepharoplasty to remove fat. No skin was removed. Since then I've always had a line dividing the eyelid from the cheek. With years, this line has become more prominent creating shadow. Last week I visited one of the reknowned plastic surgeons here to have these bags removed. He told me that my bags were due to skin and not fat. He recommended fractional laser tightening telling me not to do any skin removal because my lids were thick. can laser help?
1 answer to Eyebags Caused by Skin- Is a Laser Preferred Over Surgery?
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Treatment of the tear trough
Without photos or a face to face physical examination it is impossible to answer your post specifically. In general what you describe is removal of eyelid fat when you were young resulting in thinning of the tissue over the bone rim under the eye so the tear trough and palpebromalar groove are more visible. That is the dividing line between the eyelid and cheek. You then describe eyelid bags which is usually fat but then your fat was already removed. You say the surgeon recommended...
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Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon