Fall Beauty Resolution — Cut A Dash With Your Perfect Skin

We live in a world full of beauty. For some girls it stares you directly in the face and other times it is not so easy to find. To each and everyone one of us beauty means something else, but experts agree flawless skin counts for at least fifty percent of our aesthetic image and the other fifty percent lies in the proportion of facial features & body contours. Now if you can control how your skin looks then you are practically in charge of 50% of your beauty. Let’s get to work and carve beauty out of your skin.

Know Thy Skin Type: All skin is not created equal, flawlessly beautiful skin can be a gift form God or it can be achieved with the help of practicing the science of good skincare. It’s vital to know what is your skin type before you can begin to take care of it.

Oily Skin: The hallmark of oily skin is open pores with greasy feel especially around the T-Zone. With hormonal imbalance acne, black heads and white heads result leaving behind pigmentation, scars and permanent skin damage. The trick to managing oily skin is using products especially formulated for oily skin as products made for other skin types can lead to clogging of pore and sebaceous gland irritation leading to acne along with uneven and blotchy skin. As a general rule buy gels, serums and oil-free products. Combination skin calls for a mix of products applied to each area — or you can opt to layer lighter-weight products over the drier areas. For breakouts and clogged pores, you can’t get results from a well-formulated, leave-on BHA (salicylic acid) exfoliant or a retinoic acid based product.

Dry Skin: Prone to ashy dry complexion and flaking dry skin always feels tight and uncomfortable without proper moisturization. Here wrinkles are the major problem to tackle instead of open pores. The trick to managing dry skin is double time moisturization and use of products that don’t dehydrate or strip the skin.

Sensitive Skin: Susceptible to irritation, redness and discomfort people with sensitive skin have to be very careful with what products they chose to take care of their skin. Mostly people with sensitive skin have other types of allergies too e.g. food, metal, different chemicals etc. The trick to managing sensitive skin is avoiding products loaded with harsh chemicals and active repair of the skin barrier function by using specialized moisturizers.

Pigmented Skin: Genetics have thrown you a curve ball if you easily develop patches of hyperpigmentation on your skin. Sun, hormones and friction are some of the common trigger factors that push pigmented skin into over drive resulting in melasma and discoloration issues. The trick to managing pigmented skin is active use of sunscreen and keeping the complexion balanced by natural plant based skin-lightening agents like vitamin C, arbutin, etc.

Normal Skin: You are lucky, beauty Gods were smiling as you were being conceived. Your skin is balanced and requires bare minimum care but that does not mean you neglect it. If you want to keep you skin beautiful and young you need to take care for the future. Product selection wise with normal skin there's a little more leeway, and you can choose the product textures you like most. The trick to managing normal skin is using plenty of antioxidants and diligent use of sunscreen to prevent future skin aging.

Use Skincare Judiciously & Like Clockwork: If your skin is not looking good there is a reason behind it, and the most obvious one is: you are not using your skincare products according to your skin type. For example, if you have combination skin and you’re using a product containing irritating ingredients such as alcohol, you may actually be exacerbating the oily areas. Because irritation stimulates nerve endings in skin, a subsequent hormonal surge leads to more oil and, potentially, breakouts. On the other hand, if you have dry skin and load up on moisturizers but don’t periodically use a good leave-on exfoliant, a buildup of dead, dry skin cells may result. And that really rich moisturizer you're using will seem to stop working. Basically, what you need is a routine that fits your skin type and manages your concerns. Read up, educate your self about your skin, see a dermatologist and understand your skin — sticking to a judicious skincare plan is vital to maintaining beautiful skin.

UV Protection: Daily sunscreen use is the single most important thing you can do to get and maintain near-perfect and certainly younger-looking skin.

To be able to find the confidence in your beauty is something that is within you. Important message here is you need to believe, put your best foot forward and never doubt. 

Probiotic The New Heroes In Skincare

Probiotics are the naturally occurring “good” bacteria that live in our gut and play a significant role in our total wellness.

Intestinal tract of a healthy person hosts over 100 trillion friendly bacteria (that’s 10 times more than the number of cells in our body), which spend their days aiding digestion, boosting the immune system, and consuming bad bacteria. They manufacture key nutrients and limit the growth of yeast and unhealthy bacteria — and, in their spare time, probiotics help inhibit bouts of lactose intolerance, poor digestion, and diarrhea.

Oral Probiotics

Sold as daily supplements containing Lactobacilli and/or Bifidobacterium or in yogurts containing live cultures, probiotics have shown to influence skin conditions such as acne, rosacea and eczema by affecting what is known as the “gut-brain-skin axis.” According to this theory, stress alone or in combination with processed comfort foods that lack fiber can slow digestion. This in turn changes the type and number of bacteria that live in the gut to unhealthy bacteria. Eventually the gut lining becomes leaky and toxins are released into the bloodstream causing inflammation throughout the body. People who are predisposed to acne or rosacea can experience flares as a result of this shift in gut bacteria and subsequent inflammation.

To counteract flares of acne or rosacea associated with the “gut-brain-skin axis,” doctors advise patients to find ways to help manage or cope with stress, fix their diet or introduce healthy bacteria to the gut in the form of probiotics. The probiotics line the gut and create a healthy, sealed barrier that prevents inflammation that can trigger acne or rosacea.

Scientific Evidence

A few studies have shown a correlation between oral probiotic use and improvement in acne and eczema.

Acne:

• ·      A recent Korean study of 56 acne patients found that drinking a Lactobacillus-fermented dairy beverage effectively reduced their total acne lesion count and decreased oil production over 12 weeks.
• ·      In an Italian study, half of patients were administered an oral probiotic supplement in addition to their standard acne and rosacea treatment. The other half of patients did not receive the probiotic supplement. The probiotic group experienced better clearing of acne and rosacea symptoms.

Eczema:

• ·      Finnish researchers looked at pregnant women who took probiotic supplements (containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG) for two to four weeks before giving birth, and also after delivery if they were breast-feeding, or added the bacteria to infant formula for at least six months. They found the probiotics reduced the odds of eczema in babies who had strong family histories of the itchy skin condition until at least age 2, and possibly longer.
• ·      Another recent study showed that infants who developed eczema before they turned 1 had a less diverse collection of gut bacteria when they were 7 days old than infants without eczema, suggesting a link between gut bacteria early in life and the development of the skin condition.

Let’s Bottle Up The Good Stuff As Skincare

Currently, some cosmeceutical manufacturers have started using probiotics in their products based on this early research – including probiotic masks, creams or cleansers. Different ways that topical probiotics can benefit the skin Include:

• ·      Protective Shield
• In patients with acne and rosacea, living microorganisms on the skin are recognized as foreign by the body’s immune system. The immune system springs into action to counter this potential threat resulting in the inflammation, redness, or bumps common in these skin conditions. Probiotics applied topically sit on the skin’s surface and prevent the skin cells from seeing the bad bacteria and parasites that can cause this immune system response. This is known as “bacterial interference,” as probiotics protect the skin and interfere with the ability of bad bugs (or bacteria and parasites) to provoke an immune reaction.

• ·      Antimicrobial Properties
• Sometimes the substances produced by probiotics have antimicrobial properties, meaning they can create holes in bad bacteria and kill them. Similar to the way antibiotics work in the treatment of acne and rosacea, probiotics can help fight harmful bugs from triggering inflammation.
• Researchers now are testing probiotics to determine which ones make the substances that can kill bad bacteria. Soon strains could be identified in the very near future and will then be marketed in products for their antimicrobial properties.
• ·      Calming Effect
• When certain types of probiotics are placed in contact with skin cells, they calm the parts of the cells that may want to react to the presence of bad bacteria that they see as a threat. These healthy signals produced by the probiotics stop the skin cells from sending “attack” messages to the immune system that result in flares of acne or rosacea.
• ·      Antiaging
• The use of probiotics to protect skin from the effects of aging is an exciting new area that shows early promise, but needs more research. Preliminary work has shown there's some evidence that probiotics may help to build collagen, the main protein in skin that affects its texture and tone. Increased numbers of good bacteria may also help to hydrate aging skin, reduce sun damage and improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. 

Market Report

The incorporation of probiotics into cosmetics and skin care products provides a distinct yet perpetual marketing appeal enhancing brand differentiation. It’s no wonder than that major cosmaceutical brands are incorporating probiotics in their skincare lines.

Clinique Medical in collaboration with Allergan (the makers of BOTOX) has launched a probiotic-infused skin care. Their probiotic skin care regimen includes a pre- and post-operational kit with cleansers and creams, and redness solution makeup SPF15. The product line doesn’t contain live bacteria but instead promotes the growth of skin’s own helpful bacteria to prevent infection following chemical peels and laser treatments.

Many other major brands Like Garnier, Dr. Ohhira, Aurelia, Align, Culturelle, L’Occitaine, Murad, Sonya Dakar, Lierac, Bliss, Mama Mio, Beauty Cycle and Éminence have also launched their products with probiotic claims.

The early reviews on the effectiveness of these products are quiet positive, with time and more research we would get a more detailed and clearer picture.

Beach Bunny Perfect Body — First Stop Dermatologist’s office

Verano, ice cream parlors, and beach — Yup it’s that time of the year again when outdoors pilgrimage savoring the sizzling sun clad in the skimpiest of attires and sunscreen becomes in vogue and mandatory. Anyone who thinks that just showing up on the beach looking like an Amazonian goddess comes easy does not understand the complexities of female anatomy, while those of us who keep a keen eye on the makings of iconic beach editorials know that it takes an aesthetic village and then some to transform a lassie next door into a swimsuit celestial diva. Hairy limbs, uneven complexion, cellulite, and anatomically cruel fat deposits are some of the basic hurdles that an average Jane needs to overcome before freedom and beauty can be whole heartedly celebrated.

Strict diet, and rigorous exercise can get you half way there, but to get that final self-check on the proverbial beach bunny trophy gal bod, you’ll need a ‘lil extra help from your fairy godmother or her real life replacement — your dermatologist of course.

Short Cut to A Saucy Summer Bod

Aesthetic medicine has a host of new procedures tried, tested and readily available that can whip any ordinary body into the envy of the beach bunnies in a short time in a way no number of sessions with any personal trainer or dietician ever could. Let me give you an express insider sneak peak at what technologies are on hand to make you perfectly comfortable in your skin sans clothing.

Laser Hair Removal: Furry calves are a strict no-no for skirting above the knee — summer, spring or for that matter any other season ladies. Popular fuzz taming choices, shaving and waxing are too much hassle too little reward (Yawn). Braun SkinSpa is a valid easy on the go self-grooming option, but a beach smart gal knows that a laser-ed off body gives you the epitome of freedom 24/7 all year round. And come on — the prospect of never, ever shaving your armpits again? Tell me you're not smiling.

Cellulite Technologies: In our high tech fight against the scourge of bikini season — body shapers, cellulite creams and wraps are so passé. If you are seeking real help to smooth out the unsightly lumps and bumps of cellulite — radiofrequency, laser, and ultrasound devices are your cutting edge skin savers that deliver smooth results consistently. These technologies can blast fat, tighten skin and improve circulation in a single sweep. Yes you can confidently say adieu cottage cheese and hello smooth taut limbs.

Lipo-Sculpturing: There are no ifs, ands or buts about it — nothing works like RF or Laser liposuction to iron out banana rolls, saddlebags, muffin tops and embarrassing fat bulges in a short span of time. Post lipo you might be red, blue and swollen for a couple of days, but the reward of a well-sculptured body comes guaranteed with these advanced lipo-sculpturing treatments. The procedure is very safe when performed under local tumescent anesthesia and you get to go home few hours later all corseted, trimmed and svelte with Barbie-doll limbs & synched waist.

Skin Rejuvenation: Thanks to the breakthrough innovations in antiaging technologies we have amazing tools at our disposal to give skin an instant travel-back-in-time youthful spin. Fraxel Dual and Scarlet RF skin treatments are my preferred choices for giving tired looking skin a quick jolt of youth. These technologies deliver quick results by transferring heat into the deep layers of skin to stimulate the production of new collagen in as little as one or two sittings. We can use them on face, neck, chest, arms and shoulders to even out skin tone and get that instant glow of youth from within.

And finally my beautiful beach bunnies don't forget — the main way to keep your skin healthy all year round isn't about what you do to it, it's about what you don't do: Don't smoke, don't skimp on sleep, don't dehydrate yourself out in the sun, and don't skip the sunscreen. Now get out there, be beautiful and make a splash.

Summer, Sun & Skincare Etiquette

Summer is in the air — you can travel yes, but you can’t escape the heat, humidity and the blazing sun, unless you plan on being a hermit and hiding indoors or traveling down under. If escape is unavoidable they say you might as well get on with the program and get your summer skincare habits in place. Lets go

Learn The Skincare Codex — Repair & Treat Sun Damage

A tan may be a popular summer look, but it indicates skin damage.

What causes skin damage? — UV light causes photoaging in the form of brown spots, coarse skin and wrinkles, whether you have burned your skin or not. When sunlight comes in contact with skin a cascade of damage results (including the stripping of barrier lipids) causing inflammation, production of reactive oxygen molecules that affect healthy cell growth, and stimulation of collagen destructing enzymes.

What to do? — Bombard your skin with age-fighting ingredients to help undo any damage that may occur, and to further protect it from the aging effects of UV. Be Sun Smart!

Be Sunscreen Sauvé — When In Doubt, Apply & Reapply!

Why? — It’s not enough to just apply sunscreen. you must apply enough, and apply frequently. Studies indicate that most people do not apply nearly as much daylight protection as they should.

How Much? — A teaspoon for the face. For the body, about as much as would fill a shot glass (1 fl. oz.).

How often? — Re-apply every two hours.

Skin Saving Tip: Stay out of the midday sun from mid-morning to late afternoon whenever you can.

Master The Hydration Etiquette — Make Friends With H20

Why? — Higher temperatures and more time outdoors leads to internal dehydration, which can result in headaches and dizzy spells!

What you can do? — Drink 8-10 glasses of plain, filtered water every day. This'd help maintain critical moisture balance of the body and skin, and assist in detoxification.

Tip: If you drink caffeinated beverages, you must triple the amount of water you drink! Bottoms Up!

Science Behind The Beauty Mud Masks

Man was made from clay and every time the desire to feel youthful and rejuvenated stirs the human mind the logic of slathering our skin with layers of healing and soothing mineral infused mud makes a perfect case. The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. Indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is related to geophagy or the story of human origins from the clay — who knows? The first recorded use of medicinal clay goes back to ancient Mesopotamia, and in the recent years our drugstore counters lined with skin beautifying mud treatments reiterate the fact that the myth of — beauty from the marl of the earth still holds strong.

Popular at spas and dermatologist offices, skin masks promise rejuvenation and younger, healthier looking skin. Their over-the-counter versions can offer an easier, more affordable solution at home, read up and reap rewards.

Exfoliating Dead Skin Cells — The first noticeable benefit, following facial care with a mud mask is that the skin radiates with vitality, a healthy tone and is silky soft to the touch. The natural silica found in the mud from dead seas hardens on the skin once applied on the skin. This allows the mask to extract toxins and impurities located deep in the skin layers, and also to slough off the redundant layer of dead skin cells on the surface. After washing it all off the result is visibly clear looking skin, with clean pores and even skin tone.

Taming Acne Prone Skin — Thanks to the sulfur infused therapeutic effects of mud mask, this mask can be a real life saver if you suffer from acne, black heads and breakouts. Mud masks contains natural minerals like magnesium, calcium, sulphur, bromide, iodine, sodium, zinc and potassium, which are known to treat, detoxify, and cleanse the skin. Before you buy a clay mask to tame acne prone skin, it’s important to know how to read labels and understand how the ingredients contained in each may help get rid of acne. For example, a mask containing Fuller’s clay on the label of a clay mask kit, is a highly-absorbent clay that is believed to help purify the skin and draw away oils, toxins and dirt that clog pores and cause acne. French green clay is also highly absorbent and has been said to strip away excess sebum.

Stimulate Circulation — When blood and lymphatic circulation to the skin is poor it leads to an uneven skin tone, toxin retention, and wear and tear in the skin leading to tired looking skin and wrinkles. By applying a weekly facial mud pack you can dramatically help the blood flow to your skin cells and achieve a healthier and plumper looking skin. If you are aiming for skin rejuvenation look for red clay, which contains iron oxide, an ingredient that boosts cell production to help skin rejuvenate faster.

Mud From The Dead Sea — The first chemical analysis of Dead Sea water was done in 1772, revealing its high magnesium and calcium content. While mineral-rich Dead Sea mud often appears in skin care products and cosmetics, people seeking relief from their inflammatory skin conditions such as atopic dermatitis and psoriasis can benefit from using masks or baths diluted with Dead Sea salts and mud. Dead Sea minerals, particularly magnesium boosts moisture levels and helps smooth dry skin conditions.

Don’t Neglect To Hydrate Skin Properly After Using Such Masks

Mud masks are definitely worthwhile for pampering and detoxifying the skin, though it is important to note here that mud and clay masks help to draw out the natural oil from the skin, we need to pay special attention to nourishing and rehydrating the skin immediately afterwards to avoid skin dehydration or irritation.

Tight pores, glowing exfoliated and deeply hydrated happy skin, and you can do it anytime you want, no appointment or big cash outlay necessary. Enjoy!

Move Over Laser & Vaser NanoLipo Is Here To Level The Playing Field

To maintain a svelte & sculptured body, healthy diet and regular exercise are a constant given. But there are times when a mere mortal needs some extra help for that Demi Moore Charlie’s Angels moment — a vision of perfection rocking a skimpy little bathing suit. Reality of human body is no matter how disciplined and healthy lifestyle you follow unless you are genetically blessed there are always stubborn embarrassing bulges ready to frame you as “the fat chick” — running for cover in impromptu photo shoots on that day on the beach with friends or leave you green with envy when your gal pals can fit flawlessly in designer duds at sample sales and your muffin top ends up being a deal breaker — you are left with no choice but to intervene. Keeping up with the Kardasians and our cumulative desire to look slender and sylphlike body contouring technologies are constantly evolving. From freeze zapping fat to Laser or Vaser melting and sucking the fat away there are multiple choices that can help us on our journey from flab to fab in a short span of time.

Liposuction is one of the popular choices, when it comes to permanent fat reduction and contouring of the body, it is not a very healthy choice as it come with some down time and of course you have to live with bruising, swelling, and discomfort after the procedure. With tradition lipo connective tissues and nerves also get damaged or removed in the process of scrapping for fat, making the recovery that much harder. In inexperienced hands there’s always a chance of successive corrective operations to smooth out lumps or bumps left behind later. Traditional liposuction has been tweaked and tuned over time and now we have Laserlipo and Vaserlipo technologies, but there’s still room for more innovative interventions which can cut down the recovery and procedure time and deliver more smoother and faster results with more safety. Hence the scientific circles are busy looking for the next break through. 

The New Concept - NanoLipo

A brand new technique devised by nano-medicine expert Adah Almutairi from university of California and her plastic and reconstructive surgeon brother Dr. Khalid Almutairi has been the talk of the cosmetic town for few months now. Their methodology makes use of gold nanoparticles to meltdown fat before removing it. In a way it is similar to Laser or Vaser liposuction as melting down the fat prior to suction makes the fat removal easier with much less trauma to nerves and connective tissue — a potential improvement upon the traditional Liposuction approach.

The inspiration came to Adah from her research that was performed earlier in order to target and eliminate cancer cells where gold nano-particles were employed to target cancer cells and then by making use of near-infrared light, were heated up that resulted in cooking of cancer cells while all other cells were kept out of harm’s way. The success of this research led Adah Almutairi to apply similar approach to target fat cells. Currently this methodology is undergoing testing for clinical approval in USA and soon you will be able to request it at your cosmetic doctor’s office.

The Mechanics Of NanoLipo

First the gold nano-particles are injected into fat deposits of the patient’s body. These particular areas are then exposed to near-infrared light and owing to the fact that fat has a lower melting temperature than any surrounding structures, it melts before any other cells can be harmed. Later a liposuction needle is employed to suck out the melted fat along with the gold nano-particles. This way we can bypass the traumatic process of traditional liposuction where the needle is scraped back and forth in order to break the solid fat.

Currently the trial phase for NanoLipo has begun with animals undergoing tests and human testing will begin later this year. The technology is being developed by a start-up firm eLux Medical and is being branded as NanoLipo. This could potentially improve the liposuction technique by many folds — Fingers crossed.

Eagle Eyeing The Periorbital Aesthetics

They say when it comes to gauging the attraction factor or wear-n-tear on any face, eyes are the first to speak. Under an experienced gaze eyes can give away the mysteries of our existence, the experiences we live through and genetic directives we carry. Medically speaking as we age our body goes through a myriad of changes and the delicate area around the eye is the first to shows these signs. Some people start showing these signs real early and some don’t, and most of us are left to wonder what factors are responsible for the wrinkling and sagging of eyelids and what we can do to join the league of the fresh eyed forever youthful.

Un-riddling The Enigma Of Aging Eyes

Blepharochalasis, apart from being an oddball mouthful, is also the most commonly used medical term to define extra skin around eyes or heavy eyelids. It is a very common condition precipitated with normal aging, fatigue/being tired, allergies, sluggish lymphatic drainage, obesity, and certain medical conditions. Frequently found in conjunction with skin excess, orbital fat pseudo-herniation contributes significantly to the “tired look” of age-related periorbital changes. Here’s a birds eye view of the factors that lead to periorbital decrepitude and what treatment options modern medicine has to offer.

Genetic Sagging

Recently researchers from Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands conducted a study to pinpoint the risk factors associated with sagging eyelids, focusing mainly on genetic factors. They evaluated two groups of people, the first group of 5,578 was comprised of unrelated participants with North European ancestry, in this group 17.8 percent had moderate to severe sagging eyelids. In the second group 2,186 twin participants were evaluated, and within the pairs, 61 percent had inherited their sagging eyelids. These findings published in JAMA Dermatology positively support the fact that the most common cause for sagging eyelids is genetics.

Gender, Ethnicity & BMI

In addition to genetics, the study also highlighted that age, being a male, having lighter skin color, and a higher body mass index (BMI) were all risk factors for sagging under-eye skin. Scientific common sense dictates that person with a higher BMI, typically has more fat accumulated than does a normal-weight person, which means their under-eye fat pads have a greater chance of being larger and more protuberant.

Aging

Skin around the eyes is usually thinner and hence ages faster than any other area on the face. The delicate periorbital skin while stretched and weighed down by the fat pads leads to accentuated and droopy-eyed bags. The protrusion of intra-orbital fat, appears as swelling of lower eyelid fat, and is generally accepted as a part of the aging process. Age and other factors can also let the muscles to become lax that can lead to further worsening of under eye bags.

Lifestyle

Puffy or swollen eyes, is another common occurrence that may plague eyes regardless of age or gender and are mostly caused by a high-salt diet, oversleeping, smoking or alcohol use. Unhealthy lifestyle also leads to dark circles and early wrinkles.

Conduct Your Own half An Eye Test

If you are curious to know how you’ll age, take a quick look at your parents and you’ll get a fairly good idea on whether or not you’ll develop large fat pads later during your course of life.

You can turn a blind eye to what you see in your folk’s faces or get proactive and try to change the course of genetics and aging with a little help from aesthetic medicine.

Feast Your Eyes On Available Treatment Options

Wrinkles, bags, dark circles, and hooded eyelids are not only unflattering cosmetically, but they can also cause vision obstruction and headaches from straining to keep the eyes open. Fortunately, there are a variety of nonsurgical and surgical treatments for patients with tired, sagging and aging eyelids. Treatment choices to rejuvenate the eye area depend on the type of damage we need to address for e.g. aging upper eyelids often need tightening of loose saggy skin and muscles. Lower eyelids usually need treatment for puffiness and crepe-like skin along with trimming of bags of fat. In addition, dark circles around the eyes might need to be addressed too.

Volume & Hydration

Injectable fillers are one of the easier and most effective ways to smooth the skin around the eyes and provide subtle, natural looking volume to correct hollow eyes. They also help to improve dark circles around the eyes by 15-20%, however, they offer very little help with protruding fat pads. Anteis Esthetis Soft, Juvederm Volbella and Teoxane Redesnsity II are specially designed hyaluronic acid based gels used to diminish both fine lines around the eyes by providing volume while simultaneously hydrating the skin.

Laser Skin Rejuvenation

Laser surgery is a non-invasive way to tighten the skin around the eyes. The fractional CO2 or Fraxel can be used to gently resurface and rejuvenate eyelids gradually and can be used in conjunction with filler or surgical treatments. The lasers causes microscopic thermal damage and the skin responds by rapidly healing and peeling off old damaged cells, replacing old with newer tighter skin underneath the eyes. The C02 laser can also improve the skin’s elasticity, texture, fine lines and deep wrinkles, acne scars, and sunspots. 

Surgical Options - Blepharoplasty

When non-surgical treatments do not provide the patient with the results they desire, blepharoplasty or eyelid reduction surgery can prove to be an effective route to achieve cosmetic goals. The procedure entails making tiny incisions in the eyelid and under the eye area, any excess fat is removed, the skin is then tightened and sutures are secured. Removal of the under-eye fat pad significantly decreases any puffiness around the eye. Eyelid surgery can correct droopy upper eyelids, also known as hooded eyes, but does not remove dark circles or lift sagging eyebrows, each of which have be treated separately. 

Blepharoplasty is actually the only way to remove protruding fat pads, especially for those who are overweight and have an increased fat accumulation under eye. But for skin tightening, wrinkles and filling in the hollows under the eyes, the variety of nonsurgical treatments work very well.