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Do you think I am a good candidate for upper eyelid surgery? (Photos)

Also curious if you might have any other procedures to improve my apprerance. Not sure if some cheek filler or other skin tightening treatments could make sense. I am on very low dose accutane currently so I know that rules out some laser procedures.

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