After a consultation with an Occuloplastic surgeon about a Blepharoplasty he said I had eye bags and Malar bags and a bleph and mid face lift would be the only thing that would fix the Malar bags. I cannot afford both and still want bleph but am now confused about which are the Malar bags. Which bags are the Malar ones please and could anything fix them? Thank you!
Answer: Malar bags vs eyelid bags As all the other surgeons note, the malar bags are the lower ones, circled in red. The blue-circled bags are the medial and middle eyelid fat pads, and the green-circled are the lateral eyelid fat pads. All eyelid fat pads can be improved with lower blepharoplasty. Malar bags, also called festoons, cannot. I have had success lifting the bags independently via transblepharoplasty midface lifts. I have not had success treating them with temporal midface lifts. Camouflaging them with fillers is challenging. This is the most complicated area to treat in the eyelid/ midface, and if not treated during blepharoplasty will often look worse for many months since it tends to hold swelling differently than other areas of the eyelid.
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Answer: Malar bags vs eyelid bags As all the other surgeons note, the malar bags are the lower ones, circled in red. The blue-circled bags are the medial and middle eyelid fat pads, and the green-circled are the lateral eyelid fat pads. All eyelid fat pads can be improved with lower blepharoplasty. Malar bags, also called festoons, cannot. I have had success lifting the bags independently via transblepharoplasty midface lifts. I have not had success treating them with temporal midface lifts. Camouflaging them with fillers is challenging. This is the most complicated area to treat in the eyelid/ midface, and if not treated during blepharoplasty will often look worse for many months since it tends to hold swelling differently than other areas of the eyelid.
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May 24, 2016
Answer: Blepharoplasty and malar bags A lower blepharoplasty procedure can accomplish removing protruding orbital fat which creates the puffy look. Malar bags are located in the red area, and are not addressed with the blepharoplasty procedure. In our practice we do not performing midface lift due to significant complications that can occur with the procedure. In addition, the mid face does not descend vertically with the aging process but loses volume, therefore we place cheek implants over the maxilla when patient's have a flat maxilla and a flat cheek profile. For more information and many examples of both procedures, please see the link and the video below
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May 24, 2016
Answer: Blepharoplasty and malar bags A lower blepharoplasty procedure can accomplish removing protruding orbital fat which creates the puffy look. Malar bags are located in the red area, and are not addressed with the blepharoplasty procedure. In our practice we do not performing midface lift due to significant complications that can occur with the procedure. In addition, the mid face does not descend vertically with the aging process but loses volume, therefore we place cheek implants over the maxilla when patient's have a flat maxilla and a flat cheek profile. For more information and many examples of both procedures, please see the link and the video below
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