I am 40 years old have been dealing with malar bags for over a year. My board certified plastic surgeon has injected Kenalog and Restalyne and only very small improvement achieved. He addressed they are difficult to treat. What are the treatment options that can completely solve this problem? Thank you.
February 13, 2019
Answer: Malar Bags and Festoons -- Lasers and RF are Best The best treatment for this is lasers and radiofrequency devices. I often will use fillers but once i get to optimal correction. Best, Dr. Emer.
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February 13, 2019
Answer: Malar Bags and Festoons -- Lasers and RF are Best The best treatment for this is lasers and radiofrequency devices. I often will use fillers but once i get to optimal correction. Best, Dr. Emer.
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April 21, 2017
Answer: Malar bags- swelling and puffiness in the cheek Hi there, Thank you for sharing your photo and questions.From the photo, it looks like you have swelling the junction of the medial and lateral cheek fat pads. This area typically becomes noticeable with aging as the fat pads decent and atrophy. It is also very common location to have puffiness and swelling accumulate. Certainly eating salty food and retaining fluids can exacerbate them. One of the best ways to treat them is to have filler to the cheeks. The filler should be placed in the fat pads to restore the medial and lateral fat pad and not in the cleft in between. Injecting into the cleft may lead to worse puffiness. In very severe cases, the malar bags become what we describe as "festoons" and we can consider excising them. This is not the case for you.I think you can consider cheek filler to decrease the malar bag and improve the overall youthfulness of the faceGood luck!
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April 21, 2017
Answer: Malar bags- swelling and puffiness in the cheek Hi there, Thank you for sharing your photo and questions.From the photo, it looks like you have swelling the junction of the medial and lateral cheek fat pads. This area typically becomes noticeable with aging as the fat pads decent and atrophy. It is also very common location to have puffiness and swelling accumulate. Certainly eating salty food and retaining fluids can exacerbate them. One of the best ways to treat them is to have filler to the cheeks. The filler should be placed in the fat pads to restore the medial and lateral fat pad and not in the cleft in between. Injecting into the cleft may lead to worse puffiness. In very severe cases, the malar bags become what we describe as "festoons" and we can consider excising them. This is not the case for you.I think you can consider cheek filler to decrease the malar bag and improve the overall youthfulness of the faceGood luck!
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