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Different suggestions from consultations - what is the best approach for tear troughs? (Photos)

I can’t decide if I need a lower bleph, a fat repositioning, a fat transfer, or just some simple filler, or a combination of those treatments. Bleph: I worry getting a bleph will only make my tear trough look worse since I’m removing volume in that area. I also worry that a bleph will make my eyes look very sunken and hollow. I personally like my eye bags and think they look plump and healthy. Filler: my injector says she would use a cannula and a very thin small amount of filler to smooth the transitional area. But of course, everyone SLAMS filler, especially in the eye area, so this makes me worry about migration or looks unnatural and even more puffy. Fat repositioning: this might be a good option, but I can’t find any before and after photos online that show me how it approved a deep tear trough. Fat transfer: I would consider this as well, but worry about my body absorbing the fat unevenly or just the unpredictability of fat. I don’t wanna pay a lot of money for something that has “we will see” results. I have had consultations with 2 surgeons for this and a nurse injector. All 3 suggest different things, OF COURSE. So it’s so confusing!! The first surgeon I saw was an eyeball surgeon, specializing in eyes and face. She suggested a fat repositioning surgery, but she is 4 states away and wanted 12 thousand dollars, and she didn’t have any before and after pictures of people who had this done that had a similar issue as me, so I didn’t pull the trigger. The second s

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