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Beyond eyes
1. botox on my forehead - around eyes didn't work for me, tried it once, may try again though.
2. fillers - voluma in cheeks lasts up to 2 years, it's been a year for me this month, I think it filled some of my under eye wrinkles, not really sure, could have been other treatments that helped
3. fillers - juvederm for lips or certain deep crevices/wrinkles, lasts only about 6 -8 months on me depending on where it is.
4. lasers, chemical peels and derma rolling (I do derma rolling at home)
5. retin A, vitamin C serum, moisturizers etc.
6. lumi lift - facial muscle stimulator
Now all of this may seem like a lot but it's all spread out over a long time and not all done at once. In general I go to the facial salon about once a month for 1 or 2 treatments of one thing or another. I get package deals. It's also helpful to take vitamins or eat well and drink a lot of water. We all have our good and bad days - just stay away from the mirror on your bad days, hahaha. Hope my routine is useful to someone. My eyes feel wide awake since my surgery. It might sound weird but my eyes are hardly ever tired anymore. That skin must have been heavy, lol.
53 years old and feeling great!
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Provider Review
I have been thinking about eyelid surgery for several years. For one reason or another I kept putting it off. I began researching again in February and found the Realself website. I was happy about that because my main objective when I was researching was for reviews. Let's face it, these are our eyes we are talking about, not something to take lightly. I get reviews on Amazon for things as simple as a garden hose so getting reviews for a surgeon would be a must. After careful reading I decided that an Oculoplastic surgeon would be my preference and found Dr. Kapadia of Wellesly MA on Realself. He had great reviews so I decided to meet with him. My first meeting was not very long, maybe 10 or 15 minutes. I had read lots of surgeons on Realself say that the first meeting with a surgeon should be somewhat extensive so I left Dr. Kapadia's office still feeling a bit unsure and apprehensive. Since I really wanted the surgery and I really wanted an oculoplastic surgeon I emailed him a few more questions. He said I should come in again to have another face to face because he didn't like discussing those things via email or phone. So I went back about a week later and he answered my questions and I paid a deposit to hold a surgery date. I had to have my surgery at Tufts Medical Center because I needed lowers done as well and Dr. Kapadia does not do lowers in his office. I was offered 3 different dates but chose the one soonest so I could get it over with before summer. I did not see Dr. Kapadia again until the day of surgery. Of course I was nervous the whole time up to the day of surgery. My husband came with me and waited until they administered the general anesthesia. In between the nurses and 2 different anesthesiologists Dr. Kapadia came by to see me before I was knocked out. We discussed a couple of things and out I was. WOW, I never had anesthesia before and that was really weird, you get knocked out so fast. Next thing I know I was trying to pry my eyes opened after surgery. I don't know if it was his gentle touch, my body or the arnica and bromelain I took but before the week was out my bruising was gone and my swelling was really minimal. I saw Dr. Kapadia 5 days after surgery and he said I could wear my contact lenses! I was not prepared to hear that and I was really excited. I had even bought special sun glasses to wear over my glasses thinking I would need them for at least 2 weeks or maybe a month. I went home and put my lenses in! I had no blurry vision and no dry eyes even from the beginning. It was only a little blurry when I would get the antibiotic gel in my eyes. I believe Dr. Kapadia took special care with my eye health above all else. That is exactly what I had hoped for. I couldn't live with myself if I had eyesight problems for getting something cosmetic. Visually I look much more rested, the fat pads in the top corners are gone, the fat underneath is gone and the droopy skin on the uppers is gone. I can wear eye shadow if I want to now. I saw Dr. Kapadia again after 1 month and he said everything looked great. I asked him about getting botox and he said I should wait. He didn't think I needed filler just yet either so he wasn't trying to make me buy things I didn't need even though I thought I did. He is not a man of many words so if you think you are going to have long discussions with him about surgery you won't but in the end you will be glad you chose him because he has a lot of experience. I believe he gets the job done in the most conservative way, you won't look pulled, scarred and your eye health will remain intact. If you have a ton of questions it's best just to ask him the ones that are most important to you and research the others online. If you are living in MA and want eyelid surgery I highly recommend you seek out Dr. Kapadia. If you never had anesthesia before be prepared to feel weird for awhile after. It took me 2 weeks to feel back to normal. That would be my biggest complaint, the surgery and recovery other than that was a breeze.