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What Can I Do About my Under Eye Bags and Lines? (photo)
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Scar-less surgery to treat the eye bags, and non-surgical treatments for the fine lines
As an oculofacial cosmetic surgeon, this is probably the most common question I get every day in my practice. Since puffy eyes and lines under the eyes are among the first things to happen to many people as the first signs of aging, or have hereditary puffiness under the eyes.
Before they come and see us, a lot of our patients try to treat the puffy bags by using over-the-counter creams and lotions that are guaranteed to help. These don't work because the problem, called lower eyelid fat...
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Improving lower eyelid hollowness and bulging fat
Options to recontour the lower eyelid include Belotero or Hyaluronic acid facial fillers; or lower eyelid blepharoplasty. These provide safe solutions for your cosmetic eyelid problem.
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Lower eyelid surgery-I don't think so.
The thing in your lower eyelid that looks like orbital fat is your orbital rim. A surgeon operating on your eyelid would be in for a bit of a surprise. You can evaluate yourself. At a mirror, take your finger and place it on the lower eyelid bulge. You will notice that it is hard. That is because it is not caused by herniate orbital rim fat. Due to the descent of your cheek fat, the bone of the orbital rim is exposed and the projection of the bone makes...
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Transconjununctival fat repositioning
Transconjunctival blepharoplasty with fat repositioning would be a great option for you. If you do not want to undergo surgery, fillers with be a good option for you as well, thought not a permanent solution.
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Options to treat under eye bags/lines
There are basically two options to treat under eye bags. You could have surgery to remove some of the protruding fat that causes the bag or you could have a filler, like Restylane, placed under the bag to fill in the area of depression. Lines under the eyes can sometimes be improved with a filler injection, surgery, or procedure such as laser resurfacing or chemical peel.
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