Hello fellow nyans!
You see these?
Watch closely.
My eyes are woke.
Ok, I'm a bit uncomfortable here, and this isn't the best lighting to show what I got done
...so let's move to the living room!
Ok! That's nice and comfy!
Before I was sat in that hallway so that I could have a plain white background
without any frame changes or anything so that I could do that transition to be cool.........
That part was filmed in September and now it's November..
So yeah. Like if I filmed it here, the camera frame would change and the transition wouldn't look as smooth.
By the way I have braces now.
Invisalign to be precise so excuse the lisp and any spit that lands on the lens
Sufferinng succotash!
Thhhhhh
Sorry my lisp isn't that exaggerated.
SO! Let's talk fillers.
Remember THIS video?
You look ill.
Are you okay?
You look like you need sleep!
Like this Santa, you can tell - he's got eyebags!
This is the 6 year old me. You can see those lines under my eyes
If I tilt my face to the side like this...
You see that?
That is a hollow where there is a loss of fat.
Well...
I FINALLY WENT AND DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
So, as the title of this video says, it is all about tear troughs!
Let me summarise and refresh for you guys what tear troughs are.
Tear troughs are hollow, sunken depressions that run from the lower eyelid to the cheek area
They can't be fixed no matter how much make up you use
...unlike dark circles which can be fixed with concealer
and they're a lot more noticeable in certain lighting
For example, overhead lighting where it would cast a heavy shadow under your eyes
or even side lighting.
I’ve been self-conscious about my tear troughs since about 2006
which was also when I first got the internet and discovered Photoshop
I used to edit the hell out of my eye puffs which are the little pudgie bits that appear when you smile
and edit my tear troughs
I wasn’t very good at make up but even so make up can't hide tear troughs
I ended up trying out all these eye products that claim to eliminate eye bags and dark circles
which was what I thought I had at the time
After doing all the research and googling and finding out what I had were called tear troughs
I learnt that there wasn’t a way to get rid of them except for fillers or surgery called lower eyelid Blepharoplasty
I read that the surgery for lower eyelid Blepharoplasty was risky and not worth it
because your body could still get rid of the fat that gets put under there
and it could look lumpy resulting in adding fillers in anyway.
Fillers are the most common procedure to go for but at the time I was too young and couldn’t afford to go for it.
So young teenage me said:
In the future I'll do something about it, but for now I’ll accept it...
...and I'll still edit my under eyes...
..So I'm.. HALF accepting it.
Heh.
Fast forward to present day and I finally went for it with the encouragement of Abipop’s and Emily aka Mermaid Gossip’s videos on their experience
and you can check out their videos in the description box below!
So following on from their videos, I had a lot of confidence in going to
Dr Tara Francis who is a face aesthetician as well as a dentist.
With the meeting with Tara, she asked me to tell her about my problem
and analysed my face to see if I was a suitable candidate for getting the procedure.
She explained that I have dark pigmentation around my eyes and of course, tear troughs
and that fillers would help me out as my grooves were quite deep.
She added that I might have needed cheek fillers because even though I have quite big, puffy cheeks here
especially when I smile; they're so prominent.
I have actually, very little fat around this area
so the cheek fillers would help smooth out the tear trough filler so it looks really blended and natural.
So after filling out all the medical forms, I filmed the experience
but annoyingly, my camera went out of focus during the most important parts
I really should've filmed with my phone cus phone quality is good these days but it didn't occur to me
So I'll explain whilst the clip plays
Firstly, Tara cleansed the area with an alcoholic antiseptic wipe so that the area is nice and clean
Oh and prior to this, I had to remove my under eyemake up
So if you do decide to get this done make sure you don't have any make up under your eyes
The next step Tara took a surgical needle and created a puncture site on the cheek here
And this creates an entry point for the cannula needle, which is a blunt flexible needle for the filler to go in
It did not hurt at all!
If you wanna test how the pain feels like, just pinch your cheek til you feel a little bit of pain and that's it.
Then after that, in goes them fillers!
Oh stay tuned to the end of the video for an explanation on the type of fillers used on me
Now bit felt really strange.
It's not painful but it's just a really odd feeling
It just feels like someone is pressing this area with slight pressure.
So what she was slowly inject the filler and sort of blend it out to make sure it's nice and smooth and not lumpy
I won't lie, but I was a little nervous and quite clammy during this procedure
because I'm not scared of needles, but having it in my face was a whole new experience
Throughout that whole procedure, Tara ensured to make me feel comfortable and relaxed
...always asking if I was ok and helping me feel calm.
I've gotta say that she a really nice and relaxing voice so that actually helped with the anxiety
So once she finished the first cheek, she moved onto the second cheek and the whole thing lasted about 15 mins
Overall, the experience was smooth as f-
...fudge.
I was almost about to swear but i'm trying not to swear in my YouTube videos now cus yeah.
Wow that is already a big improvement.
Like, it would go down to there and now I hardly even see it.
I feel like I've been photoshopped!
Tara: So we've definitely given you a little bit more volume there
where I said you were slightly more kind of lacking in natural fat
Thank you so much!!
And Tara thought I actually didn’t need cheek fillers after all
but if I wasn’t happy with the result after a month, I could go for it.
But the best thing was, there was no downtime and no bruising!
So I just walked out of the clinic and usually sometimes I like to look at myself on my phone just to see how my make up looks and stuff
and oh my god, I...
...usually always see like, the dents here
It's so surprising to actually see it, NOT there.
Like, its just my puffs, which I don't mind.
I'm so happy I actually feel like I'm gonna cry!
Just got home and honestly, I know this sounds vain but I can't stop looking at my face.
Like, seeing it now in this front face viewing camera, I'm just in awe of how young I look.
and how refreshed I look!
Usually when I take photos I use a camera app called Camera 360 or some sort of filter app
I don't do over the top filters but I always-
Shh Chippy!
I put a bit of filter so that it eliminates the shadows -the dark tear troughs that I HAD.
and this is actually the normal camera
Usually when I open up the camera on my phone, immediately the first thing that I look at are my tear troughs
and usually, in this lighting, when I take selfies, it shows like right away
but I have nothing. Like there is a bit of darkness here but that's just a loss in pigmentation
Chippy! SHHH
that's just a loss in pigmentation under my eyes
Other than that, oh my gosh, I HAVE NO TEAR TROUGHS.
I DON'T LOOK LIKE ITACHI FROM NARUTO.
As of this video it’s been about 2 months and I feel..
Gooooood~
You can't really see it in camera but I still have faint grooves. Let's see if I can zoom in...
So yeah you can see the faint grooves here...very slightly.
so I actually could have gone for a top up or cheek filler which is what a lot of candidates usually go for
..just so they can perfect it
but I don’t mind them too much because they’re not as bad as before especially when I take photos and videos.
Before I would always put a softbox lighting in front of my face so I could really wash out my face
Now I'm not really bothered. Like, I couldn't be bothered to get my lighting out
cus I'm fine with how I look now
I'm just using the natural light from the window.
But before natural lighting, or any lighting from the side would cast a really heavy shadow here
and really exaggerate the groove here but now there's like nothing
There's nothing there!
So... AHHHHHHHH!
I think for my future session when my body breaks these fillers down
I'll probably go for the the additional fillers on top of my initial treatment
so that I could look...
PERFECT.
So general FAQ.
That’s FAQ
I didn’t swear, I swear.
Youtube don’t demonetise me!
The fillers used is called teosyal redensity 2 which is a hyaluronic acid based gel
and it's specially designed to target the under eye area for fine lines, dark circles and tear troughs.
Its formula contains amino acids, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins and designed to work long after the treatment for max results.
Results could last up to 9 months but it all depends on how fast your metabolism is
The more you do it, the longer it should last because your body will get used to it.
I’ve read experiences that have lasted 12-18 months
The treatment costs £330 for both eyes which I think is pretty worth it.
In terms of after care, don't wear make up for 24 hours, don't rub your eyes too much
If you do like a facial scrub or anything be VERY gentle around that area.
In fact try not to scrub that area too much.
And sleep on your back for at least a week so that the fillers have time to settle in
Easy peasy!
I can’t give you her number but you can follow her on Instagram
where you can see a lot of examples of her aesthetician work!
Aesthetician
These braces make me say "Aesthetician" funny
Right, I think those are the most basic questions I can answer
since everything else that you may have wondered have been answered in the video overall
BUT if you have anything else on your mind, let me know in the comments below!
I’ll leave details in the description box below should you take action from watching my video!
Thanks for watching everynyan~
See you nyayter~!