Lower Eye Bag Removal - San Diego, CA

About me: I am in my late 30s and had a bag under one eye. I spent endless hours researching how to get rid of the bag permanently and was lucky enough to ultimately find myself in Dr. Korn’s office. If you’ve found my review and you are serious about a permanent procedure to remove eye bags, please read on as I will do my best to describe the surgeon I chose , the surgery I had, and what to expect during and after the surgery.
The surgeon I chose: Please, if you take anything away from this review, know that you should trust your eyes only to an Ocular Surgeon. If you’re like me, you put your eyes on the top of the list when it comes to important body parts – thus a specialist is essential. In addition to focusing his entire career on eyes in general, Dr. Korn has a keen sense of the importance of the physical appearance of eyes. Eyes are dynamic, fragile and show surgical flaws more than anywhere else on the body. Dr. Korn’s approach is conservative and precise. Two qualities I promise you want in a person performing cosmetic surgery on your eyes.
The surgery I had: Now this is where you will hang on my every word if you are really going to do this. First off, I had a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. What this means is that the Dr. pulled back my lower eyelid and removed the fat causing the bag under my eye. There were no incisions to the exterior of my eye. There were two options with this procedure, getting the surgery under general anesthesia and doing it fully awake with ONE (you read that right) Valium. I chose the latter and I am so glad I did! First off I saved myself a ton of money, second of all it was a pretty fascinating experience. I will do my best to describe it in detail: You get to the office, they give you the pill, and you are crapping your pants because someone is about to dig around in your eye. Okay, well not exactly, but it sure feels that way. Let me tell you, the anticipation is ten times worse than any discomfort you’ll feel – just remember that. I swear I woke up sweating one night before the procedure thinking about the horror to come. Turns out, it wasn’t that bad. There are a few individuals in the room. First off, you don’t see anything; there is a shield of some sort on your eye. You lay back, he places numbing eye drops in your eye. He swabs your eye with more numbing agent. He then gives you shots of the equivalent of Novocain for your eye. You take deep breaths and squeeze someone’s hand. The Dr. then uses a cauterizing tool to remove the fat that has been bugging you day in and day out in every mirror you look in. The Dr. kept warning me about the “smell” that bothers some individuals, but I honestly cannot remember a smell. Then you’re done. You sit up and ice your eye(s). They look puffy and red initially.
Post surgery: Let me just say I bruise. Badly. I had botox once prior to the surgery and I had bruises so bad I had to get them lasered. I have posted my worse “after” pics, very minimal bruising as you can see. I think A LOT of it had to do with technique, but I swear consuming mass amounts of organic pineapple, arnica and bromelian (in pill form too) 10 days before my surgery helped. Granted, you should prepare yourself to bruise. I iced religiously, pretty much all day everyday for 72 hours or more.
Regarding post surgery results: I saw NO results from the surgery for like 2 months. Seriously…. Nothing…. What the hell?? The Dr. actually showed me the fat that was removed, what the heck is going on? Just tell yourself 3 months. Seriously, expect nothing until month 3. At three months I would have paid double for the results.