Treatment for Under Eye Hollows (Appeared As "Bags") - Santa Barbara, CA

I think your results are amazing! I have a few cautionary words though. I started having botox in the crow's feet area at 22, very very young (I'm now 31). Like you, I naturally had deep tear troughs and dark circles before the botox. But the botox made it so much worse! I didn't realize it was the botox at the time, so I went ahead and had restylane under my eyes to correct them. It looked great the first time. But the touch up gave me horrible tyndall effect that lingered even after it was dissolved. I lived with it but kept having botox two to three times a year, for six years. At 28, my under eye area was so dark and hollow, the area looked like someone twice my age. My lower eyelid had also drooped so that more of the whites of my eyes show and I developed nasolabial grooves that weren't common in someone my age. Once I realized the botox was doing this, I stopped. But the dark and hollow undereye droop has not gone away. Botox in the crow's feet area may take your crow's feet away, but if you have hollow under eyes to begin with, botox will make it worse because over time it will cause the cheek pads to prematurely sag. No doctor will tell you that. They insist that there are no permanent effects. I am confident there are. Anyway, I wish somebody had warned me about the lasting effects of these procedures when I was your age. I hope you'll keep it in mind. :)

Looks great!

you look great

I'm the same as you, dark circles, under eye hollows, I've had them my entire life even when I was a teenager as they are genetic. I never left the house without concealer or people thought I was "sick", everything was fine until I hit my late 20's and had my kids then it was like BAM the hollowing sped up into overdrive! I am lucky to be spared wrinkles Ect due to genetics. My grandma at 87 only had a few, but these eyes, at 34 even with makeup I looked 44 instead. So like you I got restylane and it ended up not being enough because I was so hollowed out. I did a lower lid blephoplasty with fat transfer and it was the best thing I ever did. Only thing though is I do look different I think than I did before because my hollowing was so severe, but it's nice to leave the house with only my sunscreen on (we live in Florida) and mascara. You pretty much have the same exact type of bag/hollowing that I used to have/began with and then it ended with a large hollowed out space that went all around my eye orbit and made me look skeletal. You look great now with the restylane vas I absolutely loved restylane as that is what I used before surgery, but if you decide to get surgery later (I don't know your age I waited until 36) please do your research. I went to an ENT, facial reconstructive specialist, board certified plastic surgeon and all he did was faces. Even though I look "different" he still did good and did mess up my face. If I had to redo it I would and not had let it go so long. It is like one day you get up and don't recognize the face in the mirror anymore. Again you look beautiful and I'm glad to hear it went well. Also be careful with Botox, I tend to stay Away from it as I hear mixed reviews of it, but everything in moderation right?

Wow, the PA did a great job! I'm actually kind of surprised. I would have been scared to have this type of thing done at a med spa.

Your results are great! How long is it supposed to last?