44 Year-old Tired of Eye Bags - Dallas, TX

I have been told I look tired way too often (for years now and even since high school). And the truth is, I do. While good sleep helps, or has helped to diminish, them, the aging process has made sleep hardly a factor in how my eyes look. The bags under my eyes that make me look other than I feel and am. My eyelids are totally out of sync with rest of my facial features and skin. Looking so forward to finally getting rid of them with Dr. Paul Pin.

I really hate that Real Self doesn't allow you to add pics to the original entry. I thought I had uploaded 5 pics to my initial post for this treatment but realized I posted only two. Now I have to post the rest as an update when all I am doing is correcting a mistake. (I read their rationale for disallowing edits but I think pics need not fall under their "concerns".)

Someone asked about the procedure Dr. Pin will use to correct my bags. Having verified with his office staff, I learned that my procedure is called: "transconjunctival blepharoplasty."

Here is some quoted material from two or three doctors on Real Self:

"Lower eyelid treatments commonly use an incision beneath the lash line to remove and reposition the fat deposits that form the unsightly bulges. To reduce the risk of recurrent bags, the lower lid muscle is usually tightened. In younger patients it is now possible to remove fat from the lower lids by employing a procedure known as transconjunctival blepharoplasty. This facial plastic surgery procedure consists of making incisions inside the lower eyelid that leave no visible scar. This procedure works best on younger patients whose skin is elastic."

"So much lower is the complication rate with transconjunctival blepharoplasty that I (basically) never do it any other way. And most of the time I'll also combine it with a skin pinch."

"The thinking is simple: get the fat from the inside, get the skin from the outside, and leave the middle structures alone."

"The transconjunctival blepharoplasty is my favorite approach to lower eyelid surgery; I use it more than 90% of the time. It allows for easy and safe access to the fat that can be either removed or repositioned over the cheek bone. It reduces the risk of the eyelid pulling down as it heals (ectropion). Another benefit is the absence of an external incision, but this may not be the case for everyone."

"After the fat is removed, the skin that was being tensed out by the fat can either retract back nicely or wrinkle. In the presence of this wrinkled excess skin, a small procedure called a skin pinch will take care of it. This does leave an external incision just below the lashes but heals remarkably well. Even with this 2 step approach, I believe that it is safer and the results are great."

VERY EXCITED!