You'll experience pressure around the eye area, which can be uncomfortable, but the pain itself is minimal. It's important to remember that the area under your eyes is incredibly delicate and full of blood vessels, so it's especially prone to bruising, one of the most common side effects of eye fillers. The other most common side effect is swelling. Both of these issues should be resolved within a week. When you get to your under-eye filler treatment, the process is very similar to that of Botox.
The eye area will be cleaned and prepared with a topical numbing cream. Once it has had the opportunity to take effect, the injector will start injecting. As for what to expect in terms of sensation, mild pressure is common, but pain is unlikely. If you're interested in treating wrinkles, gaps, or dark circles around your eyes, you may be wondering if under-eye fillers can help. To answer this question, we asked board-certified dermatologist and dermatology surgeon Ellen Marmur to provide insight.
Marmur says he uses Restylane because it works primarily to smooth out wrinkles and creases. Swelling is technically what fillers shouldn't be able to fix, but we can hide it by sculpting and supporting the skin, says Dr. The type of swelling that is not affected by fillers is what is called scalloping or festooning. Festooning means that there is a distinction, such as a seam, between the skin of the lower eyelid and the cheek, says Dr. For example, if you've had too much to drink or eaten salty food, you may experience water retention in your lower eyelids. Fillers can't fix this.
Discoloration or dark circles face a similar fate when it comes to fillers. If the pigmentation is caused by a thin skin that sits on the violaceous muscle and blood vessels, you can add a layer of filler between the skin and the muscle that will muffle the color. You're just adding a layer that creates a better reflection of light on your face and some lighting, says Dr. Similarly, if darkness is being caused by an emptying of your bone (which only comes with age), fillers can fill that back.
What fillers can't fix is pigmented skin itself. In addition, a quick warning that there is usually a slight bursting noise during injection. Despite her overall youthful appearance, new mom Nicole Gist couldn't shake her sleep-deprived look. So after consulting some friends, she booked an appointment to get under-eye filling. If your filler goes directly under the eye, your dermatologist will likely use a hyaluronic acid filler such as Restylane, Belotero or Juvederm. Dermal fillers have been approved by the FDA for use only on the cheeks, lips, nasolabial folds and hands, but doctors often use off-label injectables.
However, by seeing an expert injector and following the preparation steps, you can avoid these side effects of under-eye filler. I couldn't feel anything over time but they dissolved over the next year and my channels under my eyes gradually returned to the way they were. Maiman says that under-eye filling can last 12-18 months on average due to the area not moving much (i.e., not having much muscle movement). But they are also very attractive, especially if you have applied eye creams and color concealers on dark circles without success. The classic approach is to use very small needles that come with the filler which requires several injections of small volumes of filler below the ocular orbicular muscle and directly above the orbital bone says Dr. You will also want to make sure that the injector has experience with under-eye filling as this is a more complex procedure. Fillers can be made of several different substances with hyaluronic acid being the main one.
Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance in the skin that helps add volume and hydration while others can be made of collagen calcium hydroxylapatite or poly-L-lactic acid. The filler cannot address these areas of the inner corners as it is too close to the eye and may end up having a puffy or unnatural look. Even though I went through the operating room and I have no problem getting Botox the very thought of a needle so close to my eyeball scared me. Under-eye fillers can treat wrinkles and fine lines and because they fill in gaps under the eyes they can even out sunken appearances in this area according Dr. Famous makeup artist and American Beauty Star mentor Sir John started filling his eyes four years ago and says it changed his life. Liotta prefers to inject under the eyes with a blunt-tipped cannula (rather than a needle) because it only requires one entry point to reach all areas under the skin.
