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Elisabeth Shim, MD

Dermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
1301 20th St., Ste. 570 , Santa Monica, California
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Do not get this area injected. There are muscles here that affect your smile especially at the sides. Also if you have lax skin, your eyes could just sink open a little and make things worse. Fractionated carbon dioxide laser is the best preventative treatment in my opinion

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Elisabeth Shim, MD

Dermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology

You probably received strong topical steroids which are inappropriate for long term use, especially around the eyes. The best thing to do is to either nothing or if tolerated, use a lactic acid cream as long as it is not irritating. That would address lightening the area and building collagen and elastin back. Unfortunately, the damage can be permanent so nothing is guaranteed to help.
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Elisabeth Shim, MD

Dermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology

It's hard to tell what is best from the photo since you are turned sideways, but either wrinkle fillers alone or if you can afford it, fractionated carbon dioxide laser resurfacing and fillers would be best.

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Elisabeth Shim, MD

Dermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology

Fleshy moles lend themselves well to shave removal. Make sure your dermatologist or surgeon sends the lesion for pathology to be evaluated by a competent pathologist.

Lasers in this case would just be a heat source and cause unnecessary thermal damage and risk of scarring (or just need for repetitive treatments). Most importantly, the lesion would not be evalutated for pathology and many "fleshy moles" can actually be skin cancers

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Elisabeth Shim, MD

Dermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology

Mohs surgery in coordination with sentinel lymph node biopsy with a head and neck surgeon would be a good way of assuring the best treatment for margin control and evaluating the lymph nodes. We often work together for cases like this.

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Elisabeth Shim, MD

Dermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology

What i usually do is have the pt have Botox first, then have them return in 1-2 weeks and see how much filler is actually needed

Fillers are not FDA approved for between the brows and are a higher risk area for skin necrosis and scarring. Therefore, the less injected the better. Also, not only is it safer to do it in this order, you will save the amount of filler needed to fill the lines and can use it elsewhere or for another session

Botox will improve the line and then you can see how much filler is really needed a couple weeks later

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Elisabeth Shim, MD

Dermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology

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