Droopy eyelids at young age: What treatment should I get?
I have deep set eyes already and now I've noticed my eyelids are drooping.
I have to raise my eyebrows to open my eyes completely.
I constantly get asked if I'm tired or sad because of my eyes structure.
I'm only 23.
Should I consider surgery or there are less harmful solutions?
I would appreciate your replies.
Thank you
Thank you for your question!
You're 23 years old and you're concerned that the combination of deep set eyes and the skin
that is drooping over your eyes is affecting your appearance.
And so the question is natural, would it make sense for you to have some type of surgical
enhancement.
Well, looking at the one photo you submitted, there is certainly a little bit of droop of
extra skin over the eyes.
To determine if this is the right choice for you, is almost a straightforward thing that
we do in our practice.
Essentially, all you have to do is take a Q-tip and roll the skin up a little bit and
look at your eyes.
When we look at your patients, we just don't look at the eyes in isolation.
We look at the eyes and how it impacts the whole face.
I'm boarded with facial cosmetic surgery and doing facelifts and other rejuvenation procedures
is routine to my practice in addition to the cosmetic eyelid surgery we do.
What I can tell you is that, for many of our patients, the impact of the appearance improvement
with eyelid surgery can be significant and at the same time, it can be natural.
Very important, I stress this particularly to many of male patients as well as our younger
patients that very often, the cliché of less is more is actually the best way to go.
So if rolling up the skin, you can see a difference that is significant enough that you feel good
about it, then it's worthwhile to meet with cosmetic surgeons and appreciate the unique
situation as being a younger male.
To follow-up in that concept a little bit, I can tell you that a lot of male patients
who have eyelid surgery very often get over done.
If you look at any celebrity magazines these days, you'll find unfortunately, a lot of
male celebrities who got overdone and they don't look right.
Retaining a masculine appearance is very important.
It's not about how much surgery you do, it's how you do the surgery and doing it in an
artful way so that it looks like you naturally look that way.
Certainly, when you do your consultations, and you meet with doctors, ask to look at
their specific before and after examples of their male patients.
And get a sense of the aesthetic eye.
It's very important that you do that.
Unfortunately, a lot of people get surgery and then they try to undo it.
As a specialty practice, we see a lot of people like that.
So again, consider the option of doing an upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
However, understand, it's going to be relatively conservative.
This is a 3-dimensional procedure and so a photo alone doesn't allow anyone to make a
definitive recommendation but if a conservative amount of skin removal makes a difference
for you and you feel good about and you know exactly what you are going to be anticipating
after the surgery is done, then moving forward may be the right thing for you.
But again, this is something that requires proper examination and an understanding about
the risks and benefits of having this kind of surgery done.
So I hope this was helpful, I wish you the best of luck and thank you for your question!