Is 31 Too Young to Get Under Eye Bag Surgery?

  I think you would be an excellent candidate for transconjunctival lower lid surgery.  Use of an filler to the under eye hollows might also be considered as a nonsurgical option.

There are no age specific criteria for lower eyelid surgery. The nice thing about being younger when you have the excess fat of the lower eyelids removed is that typically no other treatment for that area is necessary. The procedure can easily be done by making a small incision behind the eyelid, called a transconjunctival approach, and directly removing the fat bags with no visible scarring. I cannot speak for the price in your area but in our area it runs about 2300 for the procedure and about another 1000 for the facility and anesthesia. I hope this information helps.

Some individuals have puffy eyelids as a family trait.  If they don't like the appearance, it can be addressed with eyelid surgery.  It's fairly straighforward surgery with predictably good results.

Lower eyelid bags can be congenital and worsen at a young age. It is not uncommon for women in their 30s with such a problem to have it corrected. Unfortunately, most plastic surgeons are recommending fillers in the area which are temporary and can make the ultimate fix more difficult. From an anatomic perspective, you have weakness in your lower eyelid and drooping of your cheek which can accentuate the skin and fat of the eyelid. For your complaint, I would recommed a lower eyelid blepharoplasty with fat repositioning and muscle tightening, as well as skin removal and eyelid tightening. You may also benfit from a midface lift or cheek lift whic can be performed through the lower eyelid as well. Costs of these porcedures can vary, but plan on taking a couple of weeks off to recover.

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Dr. Trussler

Plastic surgery is more physiologic than chronologic.  At times, young women complain of naturally droopy breasts, or other issues that would seem to only affect older women.  Based on the photo provided, it would appear that you could benefit from a lower blepharoplasty.  This may involve skin excision and repositioning of fat.  It is now customary to preserve and reposition fat rather than to excise it.  Removal of fat from this region can provide a hollow aged look.  There are no effective non surgical means to correct this other than laser skin tightening.  In my opinion, you would be a better candidate for surgery than for laser.  A laser would leave you red for a long period and would probably under-correct the problem.  Price range depends, frankly, upon zip code and surgeon experience.  Check your doctors license and make sure he or she is board certified.  A price may vary from $2500 to $7000 depending on your doctor.  You should seek a fair price, probably somewhere in the middle of these figures.  But, most of all, find someone competent in this procedure as complications are difficult to correct.  This is generally considered a challenging procedure.