I am a 30 year old male with undereye hollows ever since I was a teenager. I have tried fillers (multiple times) and have dissolved them multiple times. They definitely fixed the issue of hollowness, but ALWAYS led to different problems: lumps when smiling/squinting, an uneven undereye area. I recently tried Morpheus8, without any improvement. NOTE: these 2 photos are taken at same time. One shows good lighting (light in front of face); one shows poor lighting (overhead). What should I do?
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Answer: Consider A Robust HA Volumizing Filler For Smoothing The Upper Cheek-Lid Junction
This response was dictated. I apologize in advance for grammatical errors.
The heavily, hooded upper eyelids is quite typical for northern European heritage.
To some degree. It’s important to accept and acknowledge this as being appropriate, typical and normal for your ethnic background.
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And somatic filler reversing is fairly rapid.
There may be some slight swelling from the injections.
Otherwise it typically takes hours or a few days.
I suggest you follow up with your provider and ask them.
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Matt Hagstrom, MD
Hi,Every case is very unique. In your case it seems the biggest issues are hollowing and negative vector. The bone of the under eye is further back compared to the eyeball.Overall the answer is that you would likely do best with filler or fat grafting to add volume to the area of hollowing. If...