I've had these since childhood. Tried fillers 3 years ago and had worsening + long-lasting complications. I notice some recommend surgery while others warn against it, and the before/after photos are scarse, but a dr published on this very issue (congenital festoons) 2 months ago which looked promising, any thoughts on that? I realise there is no perfect and easy fix for this, but I'm willing to undergo surgery if I can see significant improvement, is that realistic? Please help.
June 19, 2018
Answer: Treating malar bags with surgery? Under eye bags can be permanently corrected with surgery. 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.
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June 19, 2018
Answer: Treating malar bags with surgery? Under eye bags can be permanently corrected with surgery. 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.
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June 19, 2018
Answer: This is not festoons. You have may have retained hyaluronic acid filler in the cheeks and this should be throughly removed if it has not been already. Your issue is not a festoon. Rather your issue is a prominent mid-cheek groove. I strongly caution you regarding surgery for this issue. Your willingness to have surgery makes it likely someone will do surgery for you. Will it be the right surgery? In my opinion the state of the art treatment for you is hyaluronic acid filer in the midcheek groove. Getting the right filler and have the right injector is the key. Don't discard your best treatment option because the first person who performed this for you was disappointing.
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June 19, 2018
Answer: This is not festoons. You have may have retained hyaluronic acid filler in the cheeks and this should be throughly removed if it has not been already. Your issue is not a festoon. Rather your issue is a prominent mid-cheek groove. I strongly caution you regarding surgery for this issue. Your willingness to have surgery makes it likely someone will do surgery for you. Will it be the right surgery? In my opinion the state of the art treatment for you is hyaluronic acid filer in the midcheek groove. Getting the right filler and have the right injector is the key. Don't discard your best treatment option because the first person who performed this for you was disappointing.
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