I have big eyes due to genetics (my mother has big eyes) and I've always felt quite insecure about them. Is there a possible way to reduce the size or make them look better? I don't particularly like my upper eyelids as they have lines on them and make me look much older than I am. I'm 18 years of age.
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Blepharoplasty surgery is meant to rejuvenate the signs of aging in the eyelids. In the upper lids, this often involves removal of extra skin and sometimes fat. In the lower lid it can be more complicated. Depending on your eye, lower lid blepharoplasty this can involve skin and/or...
Very small amounts of Restylane may be used to plump the depressed areas beneath your lower eyelids. However fillers must be repeated and over the years the effect of repeated injections into the eyelid cannot be predicted. Open fat grafting, not fat injection is another alternative to plump t...
Many different situations can lead to uneven eyelids. Some of these can be treated non-surgically and conservatively, even using some very advanced injection techniques with filler or very precise placement of Botox. Some situations truly do require surgery to resolve.
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