The eyes are the “window to the soul” and our most frequently viewed facial feature and unfortunately the first feature to show the signs of facial aging. Usually by the 30’s we begin to see crow’s feet, wrinkles, eye bags, dark circles under the eyes, and the start of eyelid hoods or hooding of […]

Dear Lizzy,

Thank you for your question. I congratulate you on doing your reading about plastic surgery and eyelid rejuvenation. The dark circles under the eyes that you mention do not sound like the tear trough deformity. The tear trough deformity occurs much later when the cheek fat pad begins to descend down from the […]

Dear Mary,
The surgeon is right to worry about ectropion and hound dog eyes after a lower eyelid blepharolasty if you have large eyes or your eyes protrude a bit.
For eyelid rejuvenation of the lower eyelids in your situation I recommend a Laser transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty (no skin incision on the outside thus little risk of […]

The correction of true dark circles under the eyes requires a blepharoplasty operation with arcus marginalis release and fat grafting.

Dear Lisa,
The dark color you mention starting at the corner of your eyes is called a Tear Trough Deformity, commonly called dark circles under the eyes. You can read about what causes dark circles under the eyes in Chapter One of my book Save Your Face.
The dark circle under the eye is normal, but gets […]

the LaserLyte Peel will improve the eyelid results by improving the fine lines and skin quality of the eyelid.

normal male eyebrow position is lower and less arched than that of female. If the plastic surgeon pulls the eyebrow high enough to correct excess eyelid lid skin or the hooding of the upper eyelid the result can “feminize ” the eyebrow.

Dear Florence,
Thank you very much for your inquiry about eyelid rejuvenation.
The short answer to your question is yes, eyelid rejuvenation refers to
the correction of loose skin, puffiness, eyelid wrinkles and dark circles under the eyes, eyelid aging changes which make the face look tired.
Some patients who only have eyelid wrinkles and old looking skin can […]

the lower eyelid can turn down and have a “sad eyed look” called “hound dog eyes” or technically an ectropion.

These operations are very complex, require experience, and especially in a young person like you it is essential that they be performed correctly