Our eyes are our most significant facial feature! Unfortunately our eyes are the first location of the face to show signs of aging. Fine lines and crow’s feet can start off to show in our late 20′s and early 30′s. Puffy eyes, bags below eyes and dark circles may also seem early.
Aging changes in the skin cause the eyelid skin to shed elasticity and sag. As the eyelid begins to loosen, regular fat that lies beneath the eyeball pushes forward against the lower eyelid and creates a bulge or eye bag or puffy eye. A shadow forms beneath the protruding puffy eyelid and creates a dark circle beneath the lower eyelid.
We inherit our eyelid structure, so if one or both parents have bags under the eyes, then you are prone to develop eye bags.
Prevention
There are many things that make the lower eyelids swell and which accelerate aging adjustments. Sun exposure may be the worst. Wear your sun block! High salt intake (salted popcorn, Chinese food, and so on.) causes the fat beneath the lower eyelid to absorb fluid and swell, producing puffiness worse. An unhealthy lifestyle that consists of tobacco and excess alcohol intake absolutely contributes to eye bags and eyelid wrinkles.
Challenges with Older Eyelid Rejuvenation Approaches
Pretty new, improved and safer eyelid rejuvenation approaches have been developed previously couple of years to overcome many difficulties with standard blepharoplasty, the plastic surgery approach for eyelid rejuvenation. Newer plastic surgery strategies preserve and reposition eyelid fat rather than removing fat. Older strategies that removed fat generally designed a hollow eye look.
Older blepharoplasty techniques also employed an incision below the lower eyelashes produced using a scalpel. This approach typically led to a weakening of the lower eyelid which changed the gorgeous lower eyelid shape. This difficulty is known as an ectropion and creates a sad eyed appear or hound dog eye.
Contemporary Tactics for Removal of Puffy Eyes, Bags below Eyes, and Dark Circles
o Transconjunctival Blepharoplasty-Today, as opposed to creating a visible incision on the outside of the eyelid, surgeons make a tiny incision on the inside pink portion of the lower eyelid-the conjunctiva. By avoiding the outside incision the support of the lower eyelid just isn’t damaged plus the eyelid shape just isn’t changed.
o Fat Repositioning-Instead of removing the fat from the eyelid, the fat is repositioned down lower, on the best of the cheek bone. This maneuver plumps the dark circle and adds youthful fullness to the upper cheek.
o Laser Blepharoplasty-Instead of a scalpel I use a laser to make the tiny incision inside the conjunctiva of the lower eyelid. The laser is really precise and accurate and seals blood vessels as the incision is made. There is certainly less bruising with the laser method.
Act Now
Eyelid rejuvenation techniques function properly once you are younger and when puffy eyes, bags under eyes and dark circles are just beginning to show. As we grow older and eyelid aging progresses, much more permanent alterations for example loose skin and wrinkles are harder to correct and may need far more complex surgery which includes skin removal and eyelid tightening named a canthopexy.
Seek a Professional
Eyelid plastic surgery is an art. I constantly advocate consulting two board certified plastic surgeons just before you choose. Ask the doctor if eyelids are his/her specialty and how quite a few they have accomplished. Ask to speak to patients who’ve had eyelid surgery accomplished by the doctor.
