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Dark under eye circles can make you look tired and older than you are. I would use a combination protocol that includes topical Melarase creams first, followed by a combination of injectable fillers, fractional laser, and RF to blend out the eyelid hollowness and tighten the skin. Recommended Creams: Melarase Brightening KitMelaClenzMelarase AMMelarase PMMelapadsReplenish Retinoid CreamBest, Dr. KaramanoukianRealself100 Surgeon
Thank you for providing photographs. Since wrinkles are caused due to the contraction of muscles under the skin, an affective treatment option is to stop the muscle from contracting with the use of a nueromodulator such as Botox or Dysport. Wrinkles can also be emphasized by the natural decrease of facial volume with age, due to the decrease in production of collagen and elastin in the body. As such, a dermal filler injection can also be an effective non surgical treatment for under eye wrinkles. To determine the best treatment for your particular case, I would suggest scheduling a consultation with a dermatologist near you. In the meantime, you can learn more about treatment options in the link below.
Thank you for sharing your question and posting your photograph. Lower eyelid wrinkles are difficult to address. You probably would see some improvement with Erbium laser skin resurfacing combined with fillers. See an experienced Oculoplastic Surgeon for comprehensive evaluation and discussion of treatment options. Good luck,
There are a few different non-surgical treatments that you could really benefit from but the priority would be filler. Restylane and Juvederm both make some great products that could build volume in that sunken area and give you a natural, well-rested look. A series of quick microneedling treatment around the eyes would do a lot to help minimize those fine lines and wrinkles. Finally, some Botox or Dysport in the crow's feet would help to prevent lines from developing further!
A combination approach will give the most improvement. Fillers, lasers, and microneedling/PRP can improve under the eyes. My patients try to get non surgical treatments to avoid surgery. We use PRP and stem cells there often. I suggest consulting with an expert to develop a treatment plan best suited for your short and long term goals. Best, Dr. Emer
Dear Dizzie, It appears that you have evidence of lower lid wrinkles, fullness in the lower eyelid region and festoons/malar mounds on the cheek as well. These changes can make a person appear tired, sick and older even when they feel fine inside. Many people who undergo lower eyelid surgery to improve the appearance of their lower lids are dissatisfied afterwards because of one factor which can complicate the results from lower eyelid surgery. Festoons and Malar mounds are a medical condition in which the skin of the lower eyelid becomes significantly damaged, usually by the sun. This damaged skin can result in folds in the lower eyelids and can lead to swollen mounds on the cheeks. They often occur with age and are more common in people with lighter skin types. Festoons occur in many people seeking lower eyelid rejuvenation and if not corrected at the time that lower lid surgery is performed, the condition can become exacerbated and make the lower eyelids look worse after surgery. The reason then why many people are dissatisfied after undergoing lower eyelid surgery to improve the appearance of their lower lids is the result of two main issues: Swelling that occurs in the face after lower eyelid surgery often accumulates in the lower eyelid region and can take a while to resolve. The subconscious brain constantly looks for balance in a face, and when lower eyelid fullness and festoons exist they are seen to belong together, as both are usually age-related phenomena. When only one is then corrected (usually the lower eyelid bags), the other is seen in even greater contrast. The subconscious brain then focuses in on this condition and tells the conscious brain the face is out of balance. Festoons and malar mounds have been a frustration for surgeons for many years. Thanks to the initial work of Dr. Sterling Baker (a person with whom I trained) and my own improvement and refinement on that work over the last decade, I now have a sophisticated, technically-challenging but effective treatment for festoons and malar mounds. Many people don’t fully understand or recognize the differences between these two conditions. The first difference is in their cause or etiology; festoons are a result of sun-damaged skin on the lower eyelid and on the cheek and are believed to be affected by underlying contrasting muscle forces over the years of a person’s life. In contrast, lower eyelid bags are due to age-related fat protruding through the skin in the lower eyelid region. New research has shown that fat can grow and atrophy during our lives in asymmetric ways. The growth of fat in the orbit around the eye along with atrophy of fat in the facial regions around the eye, as well as weakness in some of the orbital containing structures, contribute the fullness we see in the lower eyelid with age. For some individuals, this fat shows up at a very young age and this is believed to a result of genetic changes in the development of the eye area in those individuals. The second difference is the location on the face where they form. Lower eyelid festoons can be seen primarily on the cheek with some presence in the lower eyelid region. Lower eyelid bags are located directly below the lower eyelid lashes and are noticed to become more prominent when someone with these bags looks upwards. Conversely, festoons are minimally affected when a person looks upwards. The third difference is the feel of these conditions when they are touched. Festoons are squishy and can be made to move side to side. Lower eyelid bags are firmer, deeper in location beneath the skin and can’t be moved easily side to side when touched. It is important to understand the differences between these two conditions. The best rejuvenation and most natural results occur when both eyelid bags and festoons are corrected simultaneously. I'll include some links below. I hope this was helpful.
Under eye wrinkles can be permanently corrected with surgery or temporarily camouflaged with fillers (Restylane, Belotero, Volbella).There are great non-surgical options to fill in under eye depressions and hollowness. Using dermal fillers, a liquid eye-lift can be performed. A dermal filler such as Restylane would be placed in the cheek and tear trough to hide the depression or bag underneath your eye.Surgery would require a fat-repositioning lower lid blepharoplasty. In this surgical procedure, fat from the eye area is moved into the tear trough depression filling the actual depression. I hope this helps!
I think that a combination treatment will be best for you. Laser treatments can help with skin resurfacing. Fillers can help with contour irregularities. Surgery is an option to help smooth out the area, but even with surgery I think lasers will still be beneficial.
From the photo, it appears that there is thin skin and some hollowness. I suggest first tightening the skin and then using fillers to improve the hollowness. If you only inject fillers under skin that is thin, it may look lumpy and not smooth. There are some nonsurgical means to tighten the skin (fractionated laser resurfacing) as well as with blepharoplasty surgery. Consult with an experienced oculoplastic surgeon to address your concerns.
Ablative laser resurfacing combined with Botox in the crow's feet areas the only method that can significantly and effectively smooth lower eyelid wrinkles. All other nonsurgical methods simply do not work.
YES, one month should be enough time for sufficient recovery that you look good even close up, but this depends on the type of blepharoplasty (and rhinoplasty) that are done, the technical quality of your procedure, your own individual healing response, and your standards for your own appearance.
The chalazion/scar tissue will likely need to be excised, likely from the outside, with reconstruction with stitches, if simple draining it hasn't worked.
For significant improvement, hooded eyelids require surgery if there is enough skin. For nonsurgical treatments: Radiofrequency (Thermage or Venus Legacy/Viva), injectable fillers, and a Botox brow lift can help contour the eyebrows and lift the eyelid skin. I recommend getting a formal...