sagging skin

cassiana · 12-26-2008, 08:22 PM

What can you do to stop the skin above your eyes sagging?

COtuner · 12-26-2008, 08:34 PM

Could you help define sagging? I use Regenerist eye treatment twice a day and it's good for me (I'm 38, no sagging). If you've lost too much fat in the skin, you might want to talk to a dermatologist. Sometimes they have stuff that helps. If not, you're looking at a plastic surgeon for something like threadlift (if they do that on the eyes).

This all comes from me reading the literature at the dermatologist's office when in for my annual check up, LOL

littlestar · 12-26-2008, 08:41 PM

There are a number of options. Surgery is one of them. Preventing is easier than treating. Using a good quality eye cream is essential.

COtuner · 12-26-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ForsakenLove

botox maybe?

Don't think Botox is for the upper eye - that's more for reducing areas where you cause wrinkles by moving the skin through expressions.

Saggy eyes come from the inevitable loss of collagen and fat from the skin as we age.

waveseer · 12-26-2008, 08:42 PM

I had my eyes "done" when I was two years older than you. My mom, who is 30 years older than me had hers done the same year as I did. Insurance paid for hers, I paid for mine. I figured, if because of heredity I am going to have to have them done anyway, why not now so I can look better for the twenty years between 40 and 60 instead of the twenty years between 70 and 90? Having your eyes "done" is plastic surgery, btw.

Samedy · 12-26-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by littlestar

There are a number of options. Surgery is one of them. Preventing is easier than treating. Using a good quality eye cream is essential.

Add to prevention: Sunscreen.

Miss Firecracker · 12-26-2008, 10:14 PM

Obagi

Ask your dermatologist.

Ariel85 · 12-26-2008, 10:19 PM

Really nothing.

Much of how we age is genetic.

Eye surgery is done on an outpatient basis these days, and I think thats your best option.

cassiana · 12-27-2008, 05:34 AM

Thanks for all your advice.
At the moment it is something that only eye see when i'm using a magnifying glass to pluck my eyebrows or when I'm looking specifically for it in a mirror. i think it is worse when I'm tired. It is hard to describe. I havealways had eyelids that are sort of slightly sunk into the skin above my eye. What I have noticed recently is that, that fresh has faint lines in it, like the beginnings of wrinkles.
I once read that you shouldn't put eye cream there and I wonder did I cause damage by doing that. I just wonder what is the most effective preventetive treatment?

12-26-2008, 08:22 PM	#1
cassiana Offline Silver Member Join Date: May 2004 Age: 40 Posts: 720	sagging skin What can you do to stop the skin above your eyes sagging? __________________ in 20 yrs we will regret the things we didn't do more than the things we did.

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littlestar Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Australia Gender: Female Age: 26 Posts: 3,296	There are a number of options. Surgery is one of them. Preventing is easier than treating. Using a good quality eye cream is essential. __________________ If you do nothing, nothing is going to happen, if you do something, something might happen, The Future is yours, do something about it!

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waveseer Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In a world full of possibilities. Gender: Female Age: 46 Posts: 11,065	I had my eyes "done" when I was two years older than you. My mom, who is 30 years older than me had hers done the same year as I did. Insurance paid for hers, I paid for mine. I figured, if because of heredity I am going to have to have them done anyway, why not now so I can look better for the twenty years between 40 and 60 instead of the twenty years between 70 and 90? Having your eyes "done" is plastic surgery, btw. __________________ Whoever dies with the most "happy" wins! ~ shuttlefish profile pic explained: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl6yXBnLYYM and more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKnw9TM_AAI and if you weren't convinced: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3fPtMuBtMs and if you're not sick yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTvUT_Hx4Dc to accept your partner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgP57lJvWRw

12-27-2008, 05:34 AM	#9
cassiana Offline Silver Member Join Date: May 2004 Age: 40 Posts: 720	Thanks for all your advice. At the moment it is something that only eye see when i'm using a magnifying glass to pluck my eyebrows or when I'm looking specifically for it in a mirror. i think it is worse when I'm tired. It is hard to describe. I havealways had eyelids that are sort of slightly sunk into the skin above my eye. What I have noticed recently is that, that fresh has faint lines in it, like the beginnings of wrinkles. I once read that you shouldn't put eye cream there and I wonder did I cause damage by doing that. I just wonder what is the most effective preventetive treatment? __________________ in 20 yrs we will regret the things we didn't do more than the things we did.

12-26-2008, 08:34 PM	#2
COtuner Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Gender: Female Posts: 4,106	Could you help define sagging? I use Regenerist eye treatment twice a day and it's good for me (I'm 38, no sagging). If you've lost too much fat in the skin, you might want to talk to a dermatologist. Sometimes they have stuff that helps. If not, you're looking at a plastic surgeon for something like threadlift (if they do that on the eyes). This all comes from me reading the literature at the dermatologist's office when in for my annual check up, LOL

12-26-2008, 10:14 PM	#7
Miss Firecracker Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 4,142	Obagi Ask your dermatologist.

12-26-2008, 10:19 PM	#8
Ariel85 Offline Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 712	Really nothing. Much of how we age is genetic. Eye surgery is done on an outpatient basis these days, and I think thats your best option.