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I Had 1 Fotofacial 5 Weeks Ago and the Hollowing Around my Eyes is Worse. Why?

I had a fotofacial 5 weeks ago and from the get go, I lost plumpness in my skin, noticably at my nasal labial folds and around my eyes. The hollowing around my eyes is worse and I have more fine lines around my eyes than I had before the fotofacial. My skin also often feels dry, kind of like a windburned feeling. I read stories of fat loss in the weeks and months after a fotofacial and now I am worried I have fat loss on my face. I am 100% sure I have lost volume. Any thoughts?

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2 Doctor Answers | Asked by lancer in Colorado
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Photofacial

A photofacial should not cause any hollowing of areas. Most people experience a little swelling after the procedure.
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Photofacial

FF should have no effect on your eye hollowing. There may be a little swelling causing this to appear like a hollowing has occurred.

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I started to notice the same thing around my eyes about a week or two following my sixth photofacial (I had a series of six weekly treatments). A couple of months prior to these, I had two fraxel treatments that seemed to do absolutely nothing. I wish someone could tell me if the volume loss in my face and eyelid/temple hollowness was caused by one or the other or if the photofacials just aggravated the effects of the fraxel?
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