18-years-old with eye bags - is surgery the only way? (photos)

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I am only 18 years old and have had eyebags for as long as I can remember. They are huge and make me very self conscious and insecure. It looks like I have double eyebags when I smile but are barely visible in certain angles especially if I were to take a photo with the flash on. What can I do to get rid of them? Is surgery the only way?

Andrew Miller, MD · Answer

While you can always try some filler in the tear trough to hide the bags, surgery is the only way to make it smoother for the long term. If undergoing a lower blepharoplasty to remove the fatty bags, I would also inject some fat in the tear trough at the same time to make the whole area much smoother. Be sure to see a facial specialist for consultation.

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

Eye bags and tear-through deformities frequently happen at younger ages in a group of patients who have small malar (cheek) bones; it is hard to say that for you since these photos do not show much of your face. Using transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty, with an incision placed inside of the patient's eyelid it is possible to correct the tear through and remove fat bags. Since you do not have any skin redundancy, there will be no visible outside scars. I have done this procedure on patients 19-20 years old with good results. Hope this helps.

Gary M. Horndeski, MD · Answer

You have excess fat creating the eyebags.  The procedure would be a lower blepharoplasty which will release the fat, reposition and eliminate the fullness.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Randal Haworth, MD, FACS · Answer

Based on your photo, it looks like a lower blepharoplasty would be the only effective method.

Best of luck !

Yao Wang, MD · Answer

The higher up bubble is actually your eyelid muscle (orbicularis) - this can not be removed. Your lower eyelid bubble is lower eyelid fat pad. This can be surgical removed. I would not recommend filler as it may make things worse. I would recommend surgical removal of the eyelid fat bag.

18-years-old with eye bags - is surgery the only way? (photos)

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18-years-old with eye bags - is surgery the only way? (photos)

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Answer: Filler

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Answer: Lower eyelid blepharoplasty

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