Dear Shaalini, If by dark circles under your eyes you mean the color of your eyelid skin, Laser skin rejuvenation treatment such as laser resurfacing, laser skin peel, laser peel, and other types of laser skin care can improve dark circles under the eyes if the dark color is caused by pigment from medications such [...]

Dear Donna, Hypo pigmentation following dermabrasion of Asian skin is a common problem. Some pigment may return after 2 years, at that point you will know the final result. Newer less intense laser skin peeling or laser skin rejuvenation techniques can be used judiciously on the neck to try to lessen the difference-but laser peel [...]

Dear Tuyet, The quick answer is no, nothing can be done to change the dark color of the eyelid skin, unless the dark color is hyperpigmentation from sun or medication. Since you have already had laser skin rejuvenation or resurfacing I assume the color that is left is your natural skin color. I would not [...]

Dear Clare, Lip rejuvenation, that is correcting vertical lip lines, called lipstick lines is one of the most difficult facial rejuvenation techniques today and one of the hardest facial aging changes to treat. Beautiful results can be achieved with proper technique: The best treatment is avoidance-if you are a smoker, stop smoking as smoking horribly [...]

Dear Laura, Thank you for your question. The most important home treatments for pigment removal, age spots, sun spots, fine lines and wrinkle removal is sun block, antioxidant vitamins, not smoking, and a healthy diet rich in antioxidants and avoiding animal fats. I also recommend a good prescription anti-aging cream with pigment removal agents such [...]

Dear Leslie, Sculptra® is an injectable soft tissue filler which is used to plump up and camouflage the deep facial lines around the nose and mouth like the nasal-labial fold lines and marionette lines. Sculptra® is not used for skin tightening in the neck and would not help wrinkles and loose skin in the neck. [...]

Dear Jenny, I would not do laser skin rejuvenation or laser resurfacing a second time, your skin could become too white or hypo pigmented and you risk having a demarcation line at the neck where the skin that has not been lasered stands out. The best skin cream for your situation for pigment removal and [...]

Dear Bette, The Thermage is a skin tightening machine, can cost $4000 a treatment and needs to be done 3 times-the second and third treatments can cost 500-2000. Thermage is painful and results are inconsistent and can take 1 1/2 hours. Skin tightening is the newest non-surgical facial rejuvenation program available. It is not a [...]

Dear Jay, I cannot be certain without examining you but a droopy upper eyelid after blepharoplasty eyelid rejuvenation surgery usually means that a muscle called the levator palpebrae superioris has been injured. This muscle, called the levator, functions to open the upper eyelid, and when injured during a blepharoplasty the eyelid droops, a condition called [...]

Dear Kanchan, Unfortunately only blepharoplasty or the eyelid surgery known as eyelid lift or eyelid plasty can effectively remove eyelid bags and dark circles under the eyes and tighten skin. Blepharoplasty alone does not remove eyelid wrinkles. Radiofrequency has been used to remove eyelid wrinkles and tighten eyelid skin, but to be effective, radiofrequency needs [...]