Dr. Seckel, People keep telling me I look tired when I am not. How does one get rid of that tired look? Thanks, Maurice, Seattle,WA.
Dear Maurice,
You’re complaint about the tired look is one of the most common I hear in my Plastic Surgery practice. Remarkable improvement is possible with laser eyelid rejuvenation.
Most commonly the tired look is caused by facial aging changes around the eyes, loose skin or hooding of the upper eyelids, and most commonly puffy eyes, eye bags and dark circles under the eyes all common eyelid aging changes that start often in the early 30’s.
A fresh new look and correction of these eyelid aging skin changes can be accomplished by modern eyelid rejuvenation techniques. Most commonly a plastic surgery procedure called a blepharoplasty is done. The modern blepharoplasty, eye tuck, or eye lift procedure removes the loose skin and hooding of the eyes, eye bags, puffy eyes and dark circles under the eyes and restores the appearance of the eyelids to a fresh, youthful, alert, awake appearance, true eyelid rejuvenation.
I prefer to do a laser blepharoplasty when doing an eye lift or eye tuck, using the laser to remove excess skin and fat and tighten the skin and remove dark circles under the eyes. I also use the laser to remove fine lines and wrinkles from the eyelid skin. The laser blepharoplasty causes less bleeding and allows quicker recovery. I also use an eye lift technique called the transconjunctival laser blepharoplasty, which involves a tiny incision on the inside of the lower eyelid and avoids a visible incision on the lower eyelid during laser blepharoplasty. The transconjunctival laser blepharoplasty avoids change in the shape of the lower eyelid, which can happen when an incision is made on the outside of the lower eyelid. Patients do not have pain and recovery, time for the swelling to go down, is usually 10 days to two weeks.
Check other links on this website for further discussions of dark circles under the eyes, eye bags, and laser transconjunctival blepharoplasty. Modern laser eyelid rejuvenation techniques can achieve remarkable eyelid rejuvenation with removal of eye bags, eyelid hooding, dark circles under the eyes and eyelid wrinkles. If you want a thorough discussion of the blepharoplasty, laser and other facial anti-aging procedures visit my Boston Plastic Surgery Practice, read my book Save Your Face chapters 8 and 9, or contact me.
Sincerely,
Boston, Massachusetts
Peabody, Massachusetts