SOS eye area: blefaro, facelift and botox - Fashion.it
Of course, the quarantine days did not help the eye area. For all the lockdown natural face and little makeup did not contribute to a fresh and rested look. Especially the area of the periocular, which is often marked by bags and dark circles.
"With age, the eye area is emptied in the upper part but sometimes it also depends on a structural element of the face, which can be hollowed out by young people in some parts and softer in others, such as in the lacrimal sulcus, where they are formed bags, "he says Gabriele Muti, plastic surgeon in Milan and national secretary of Aicpe (Italian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery). "Cosmetic surgery today is very advanced and requires interventions Tailor-made where it fills and "dries" according to the need of the face ".
Not surprisingly the blepharoplasty it is the third most popular surgical treatment (after breast augmentation and liposuction) and is the best in terms of cost / benefit ratio. "If you only do the upper part, it's pretty quick, it's under local anesthesia and lasts about twenty minutes," continues the surgeon. "In most cases, however, it is also performed in the lower eyelid, because, as we said, it is often a matter of 'moving' the fat, where it is in excess and repositioning it where, on the contrary, it is missing."
In short, it is a game of full and empty spaces that provides a three-four day course with points and a week of edema (to be covered with a pair of sunglasses) and then the look is again presentable. "There scar it depends on whether the tissue is more or less relaxed, "says the surgeon. "It can also be very subtle and executed in the conjuncture, so that it is almost invisible."
In some situations we proceed, together with blepharoplasty, with the lifting of the eyebrow: means that the gaze has "lowered" and is more tired after aging of the forehead and temples. "Injections of botox ", advises Muti." The scalpel, of course, has a more lasting effect, up to 10 years, if the passing of the years is physiological and not too traumatic ".
Which means, no smoking, sun overdose and blue light (i.e. smartphone, tablet and pc). It is an intervention that also greatly improves the appearance of those suffering from eye bags. "The surgeon can transfer a small portion of fat to the most marked area: of course, precision and competence are needed only by a very experienced professional". On the other hand, it does not solve the problem of those who have bags and swellings, if these depend on problems circulatory. "Difficult to generalize and explain a priori," continues Muti. "Every face is different and, especially after forty years, that we begin to lose the original structure, it often involves balance and combine different techniques in an overall perspective of volumes and full. For this reason it may be useful for the patient to show a photo of ten years before, in order to always respect her original image ".