I have always looked young for my age... Until I used Latisse, which caused hollow, sunken eyes!!

(ps- also the black eyeliner in the befores makes it hard to tell where your sulcus begins/liner ends)

I stopped using Latisse because not only did I have hollow old looking eyes, my brow bone area looked bony with no fat which only added to the old eye look. I too was using it on my eyebrows. I am happy to say that since I stopped using Latisse around the end of August my fat has returned and my eyes no longer look sunken and my brow area does not look bony. I don't know if using latisse only on the eyebrows will also contribute to loss of fat below the eye and the lid area because I used it on my lashes and eyebrows. But the good news is that if you stop using it, your eyes should return to normal.

How long did it take for the fat to come back? My eyes look better but haven't returned back to normal.

Thank you for the compliment but I am shocked at how much older my eyes are from before latisse.
I'm not sure what the effects are from using latisse on the eyebrows. I know the side of my eyes looked very boney. I'm thinking it caused that too.

It took about three weeks to notice a difference and about six weeks to look very close to normal. So I quit around the end of August and by mid October 6 weeks later I can't believe the difference. It's funny how the hollowness came on so gradually that I did not notice it but I knew my eyes looked tired and sunken. Then I researched realself and found a posting of someone who had the same problem with Latisse. It's been two more weeks and I look even better. My sister said she can't believe the difference either. It just gets better every day but I am pretty much back to normal at 8 weeks. The various articles that I have read that it can take anywhere from 2 to 8 months and that everyone is different but it does return. Even people with glaucoma who had it put directly into their eyes every day had their fat return when they stopped using the drops. So I would not be discouraged. Your eyes look better already. Something else I have been looking into is Botox. I have been using it around my eyes, at the end of my eyebrow for lift and between the eyes to prevent frown lines. I had been doing it regularly, every 4 months, for the past 5 years. I had read that it can cause hollow temples due to muscle atrophy and as well loss of fat around the eye and I had the hollow temple area but once again you don't notice it right away because it's gradual. Anyway, the last time I had Botox was April, 6 months ago, and I no longer have the hollow temples that also aged me. I never had any issues with it and it worked well but between the return of my eye fat and no longer having hollow temples I look so much better. I will not use botox around my eyes any more or my eyebrows. I have been considering using it only to prevent the frown between the brows and not around the eyes but first I am doing more research to see if using it only between the eyes causes hollow temples. I will start wearing sunglasses!! You know even after not using Botox for 6 months, I still can't make the frown lines between my eyes so I guess that's a good thing. I had a great Botox injector but I know if I ask her if Botox causes temple hollowing she will probably say it does not. So that's why I am doing more research. Anyway I just thought I'd add the part about the Botox because it also causes aging. Hang in there though because it may take a little longer for all your fat to return but it will return.

I notice the area between my eyes is very loose from Botox. I put on a beanie cap and it easily caused the flesh them to smoosh down between atop my nose. This was only my first botox experience so i can imagine that years of this stuff would permanently make it floppy there. That was at about 4 weeks post Botox that I tried on the hat. It is already tightening back up at 6 weeks. I think if I did this area for a long amount of time, I would eventually have to get a forehead lift to compensate for the loose flesh between the eyes. Just something to consider.

Please keep me posted on the Botox. I used Botox between my eye brows too. I done it once and I would hate to be creating another issue!!

Thank you Adele for sharing that the hollowed temples went away! I keep massaging them hoping to get some life back into them. I am looking at Tom Hagerty's facial exercises now on youtube. I wish I would have learned about this before botox. Can you tell me if you cheeks were able to rise into a full smile again? My crow's feet were erased but I have hollow eyes when I smile. Thanks.

Hi Whatisbeauty, Yes after 6 months my cheeks have full mobility and rise up the way they always did. I can't explain it, but since not using botox, my face looks normal. When you think about it, if you stop certain areas of the face from moving it is going to look odd. Not to mention when certain areas are frozen, then other muscles that are not frozen remain active and form wrinkles in those areas. When I used to have the botox for crows feet, around the eye was frozen but then these weird lines on my cheek sides were noticeable. I never had lines from wrinkles around my eyes but used it more for prevention. Funny you mention facial exercies, I have a friend who does them to lift her cheeks. She has only just started so I am waiting to see if it actually works. Anything is better than poison! I'm going to check out the youtube video you mentioned. Thanks!

Thanks. I'm noticing the wrinkles on my cheeks now, though they are able to move up again at least. Between my eyes the skin looks droopy and shadowy because there is no muscle tone underneath. But I'm only 6 1/2 weeks out so I have hope it will get back to normal and maybe even better if I do facerobics for the next 50 years. Also check out Peta's Facerobics on youtube. She shows how she looked three years ago at the end of mostly all the videos. As well, Eva Frasier who is 81 in the videos she posted looks amazing and has some simpler exercises she has always done. In the case of Eva's, it might be simply good genetics. But Peta definitely has come a long way in 3 years. Its very hopeful to see her transformation. I hope I didn't permanently damage the underlying tissues. Sometimes it just feels tight and raw , like I'm healing from a very bad sunburn.

Wondering if the Imageen collagen pills help. I'm already taking cod liver oil.

I feel like its such a dumb thing to be preoccupied with, but repairing the damage that has been done consumes me these days.

I understand completely. We do these things to try and improve our looks and end up damaging it... And to know We did it to myself is even worse.

It did get a bit better but never fully back to the original.
It's crazy cause when I was using it, my family and friends would say how stressed and tired I looked. I didn't understand what was going on until I found an article online... Then it all made sense.
The best I can tell you is that it will get better but it didn't get completely better for me (however others have said they made a full recovery).

The worst part is that these doctors are selling it to people, telling them it's safe and this only happens to glaucoma patients, which isn't true. We trust doctors and medical spas and don't question what we are told (thinking they know best).
I learned a very valuable lesson from this!

Me too, but is such a sad and crappy way :( Thanks for your reply, I hear you, it was very mysterious for me too. I thought maybe I was stressed about work or had developed an allergy (suddenly) to my dog (who I've had for 8 yrs). Thankfully, this site helped me figure it out so that I could stop at least before it got any worse. We're also somewhat lucky- a few people got ptosis (where the levetator muscle in the eye is weakened and you get a droopy lid). So grateful that didn't happen to me!! But also feel REALLY bad for the people it did happen to, how awful. Seriously, Allergan should be sued for this product, it's hurt MANY people.

Hang in there, I'll be thinking of you and hoping for your full recovery!