- When I get to the nervous part,
it'll be more like thinking about the needles.
- I'm just like, I just have to keep doing this for the rest
of my life you know.
- You guys. Do I look like Liza Minnelli?
(upbeat music)
- Hi, I'm Ayla.
I've known that I've always had dark circles under my eyes,
but I really started caring in the last five years,
when I was living in LA.
I started thinking more about skin care
and like having a proper skin care regime.
I'd always been really slack with that.
- So I noticed I didn't like my under eye area
or that they were really dark
from being a small kid onwards.
All the women in my family
on my mom's side had very dark circles.
So is was sort of like "Oh she's just like us,"
when I was a little kid.
And then more along in high school and college it was like
Oh, again, did you not get enough sleep
or did you get punched in the eyes
so I've known for a long, long time.
- It's probably when I was 22
is when I noticed the under eyes.
It was when I had my first baby.
And then me staying up all those nights,
and then a year later I started seeing and noticing them
under my eyes, the bags.
- I have definitely felt a lack of confidence
when my circles are darker or puffier than not.
- I am self-conscious of it
and I've had comments made about it.
- Uh, everybody always tells me you look so tired.
- You would look so much prettier
and happier if you got more sleep.
- Like, are you on drugs because-
I look like I'm withdrawn and like these dark circles.
- Oh you look restless.
- Or you should probably try this under-eye cream
because that will really help you with your problem.
Well I really didn't know I had a problem.
- I think cosmetic surgery is something that,
for some girls like myself, boosts your self-esteem up
because it's a chance
to correct what you're not so happy about.
- I know a lot of people
who have had these kind of procedures done
and like these days it feels
it's almost as common as getting a facial.
- If someone needs plastic surgery to gain confidence
to go out there in the world so be it.
- I'm for it. Like I think if people-
if it makes people feel more confident
and and they want to do it and they want to spend that money
then like I would never judge.
- Tonight is the actual night before my under-eye treatment
with Dr. Simon Ourian at Epione.
I've seen plenty of videos.
- I'm tired.
As you can see by these under-eye circles
which are always there
but I feel like they're especially there tonight.
- Tomorrow's the big day.
I'm excited to go to the doctor.
I'm really looking forward to not having
to explain that I'm not tired.
That yes I've had enough sleep, I've had enough water.
- What if it works really well, like so well,
and then I'm just like I just have to keep doing this
for the rest of my life and it's expensive.
I don't think I can afford it.
- When I get to the nervous part,
it will be more like thinking about the needles.
I'm not a big fan of the needles.
- I'm about to go wash off the day
then wake up tomorrow really excited
to see how the procedure goes.
- I'm just excited. I'm excited!
(jazzy music)
- My name is Dr. Simon Ourian.
I practice cosmetic dermatology in Beverly Hills.
Today, we will be doing a couple treatments
on a few ladies who come here
to catch up their dark circles under their eyes
which is very common.
It doesn't matter what your background is.
So we're going to be treating them
with adding a little bit of filler under their eyes
to get rid of hollowness under the eyes
and followed by possibly a cool laser
to remove the dark circle
from the discoloration they have over their skin.
(slow, peaceful music)
- [Simon] If you have a little bit of dark circles
as time goes by, it keeps getting darker
because you go into the sun
and the skin is a little bit darker
and it continues to become darker as time goes by.
- I'm super ready and excited
and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it all goes.
(upbeat music)
- [Simon] We're going to go ahead and do the hollowness
under the eyes.
I'm going to try to make it look more almond-shaped
and lift that part up.
(upbeat music)
- [Julia] So what is in the substance?
- [Simon] Hyaluronic acid, but it also has some numbing.
So right now you are fairly numb.
That's why it's hard for you to blink.
- Uh-huh
- But once the numbness goes away
then this eye actually goes higher.
If you see in the mirror, this eye looks more like cat eye,
like a fox eye,
whereas this one comes down a little bit.
You see how this - Yes.
one goes up a little bit in the shape of the eye.
- [Simon] So here. Take a look.
- Oh, wow!
- [Simon] You see this part?
Look at this eye there, see how almond-shaped it is.
- Mm-hmm.
I look amazing.
(female laughing)
- [Simon] Amazing, huh?
- Yeah, right.
Love it. - [Simon] Happy?
- Yes
- [Simon] Good.
- It just feels a little funny in the corner.
Is that normal?
- [Simon] That's very normal.
- [Male Voice] Funny, haha? No- (laughs)
(calm music)
- [Julia] So why do you like the cool laser?
(drumming)
- [Simon] Now we're going to get rid of some
of that discoloration from the sun damage
that you've had over the years.
- Okay.
- [Simon] It's called the cool laser
and the way it does is that it just scans your skin,
removes the top layer of the skin kind of like an eraser.
So you're going to feel this heat sensation
that's going to make your skin feel a little bit warm.
(laser buzzing) (upbeat music)
- [Simon] That's it.
- Well, there we go.
- Yay!
- And that smell that you smell, like burnt hair,
is actually the part of the skin that just got evaporated.
- (laughing) Okay.
- It was your flesh. Don't worry.
- (laughs)
- Even with the little bit of bruising and things like that,
I can already tell.
- [Simon] It's going to look amazing, yeah?
And I have to do a touch up in maybe six weeks or so
and it's going to be amazing.
- I would say that my eyes are very numb
and when that goes away
I'm sure it will be even more prominent.
But I can already tell, like specifically this side,
is like lighter.
So we'll see!
- So it's been four days since the procedure.
I've definitely noticed a difference
in terms of like the hollowness of my under eyes,
which was, to be honest, kind of what concerns me more
then the dark circles,
because the dark circles I could always cover
with a concealer or something.
But the hollowness you can't
and so the first thing I noticed after the procedure
was like oh that's gone and I like that.
- It's a process.
I was like it should be away by the second week,
it should all go back to normal
and we'll see the final results
and everybody says they see an immediate difference
in my eyes because I usually have like two eye bags,
one under the other. (laughs)
But they say they see an immediate change.
- I had a little bit of a blood vessel pop, which is normal.
So I've been putting on all of my creams
and taking my Arnica, as instructed.
- Was this worth it for me in terms of the pain?
Like there was a little bit of pain.
It felt like they put like a lichid angel under my eyes
to numb things and it felt like occasionally
he was hitting me just on like the perimeter of that
on areas where the lichid angel wasn't.
It was a weird sensation,
like I could hear this weird noise and feel this-
the best way I can describe it was crunchiness,
which is horrible.
- It's always great to have numbing cream
because when you have
what seems like hundreds of needles put in your face,
right near your eye, that can be potentially painful.
I actually didn't have any pain.
It just sort of felt like a little bit
of stinging each time the needle went in.
- Once he started doing it,
I was like it wasn't so painful as I thought it would be.
- The laser is for the actual pigmentation
of the skin under the eye
and my problem wasn't darker pigmentation under he eye,
it was that my skin is quite thin.
He felt that the results were good enough
and that he wouldn't actually have to do any sort
of laser treatment under the eye which was cool.
- So my thoughts on the experience at the doctor's office
was actually white glove.
They were extremely professional.
The facility is beautiful and immaculate.
- For me, I think it's worth it.
The thing is it's-it's very delicate.
Like I felt a little bit in danger,
but I felt like I was in good hands with that doctor.
- I did notice over the healing
that it's a little bit obvious
where some of the filler was put in
but, again, I'm not fully healed so I have to be kind
about waiting for judgment on that.
- So this is me after maybe three and a half weeks
and I think it's looking pretty good.
Still have like a little bit of darkness under the eye,
but like they're not as hollow which I like and enjoy.
- So it's about three weeks
since my last visit to the doctor.
I had gone in for a two-week check-in
where the doctor and I discussed
that the results weren't as as I had expected.
No make-up on still a little dark circles.
I didn't expect it to go away 100%,
but I expected it to definitely be relieved a bit more.
- It's been a month and 13 days ever since my procedure
and I'm going to say I'm loving them.
It feels really good to be able to wake up
and not need to worry about putting tons of concealer on,
trying to hide your under eye bags
and, you know, it's just amazing.
With that being said, I would recommend it,
but I also want you to keep in mind
that it does not matter what we look on the outside.
We need to learn to love and respect ourselves
for who we are.
- So I will say that, I mean, I have been insecure
about my dark circles for quite some time.
I could have easily not done the treatment
and I still would have felt okay about myself.
I feel good about it, but I think we can have dark circles
and still be incredibly beautiful
and still feel like you love your body.
- I know I got this done and I wanted it
and I'm excited about it and I know celebrities get it done.
You really don't need this.
It's just like an option out there and I chose to do it
because I really wanted to try something different.
- I would recommend this for anyone who feels
that this is something that they want to do
that would make them happier
or feel better or more confident.
I think that whatever you choose to do
to present your best self to the world,
your best efforts, are exactly what's right for you.
This is what was right for me.
(classical music)