Hello! Wondering if a lower bleph will help with my under eye vertical and horizontal wrinkles. If not, what do you recommend?
I don’t think a lower eyelid blepharoplasty will successfully treat your lower eyelid wrinkles.Treating these is difficult and the best way is to avoid developing them by living a life of son of avoidance and meticulous use of sunscreen, starting at an early age.When that’s not been the case treatments become more limited.Botox can help and so can skin surfacing treatments, but in the end damage is difficult to reverse.It’s a stubborn problem, and the curse of aging continues despite our best efforts.It’s never too late to start wearing sunscreen.If you haven’t done so already, then start a daily sunscreen regimen being cognizant of excessive sun exposure as well.Keep expectations realistic when it comes to surgical correction for this.It is an inherently difficult condition to treat.The loss of skin elasticity that comes from age and some damage usually doesn’t get better.Some providers may recommend retina and a variety of other treatments.Like I mentioned earlier, some of these can be helpful, but they aren’t going to make the problem go away completely.Likewise, the problem is likely to get worse with age and the best treatment is prevention.Best,Mats Hagstrom MD