Young Patients Are Getting Plastic Surgery to Depuff Their Undereyes
“What’s not an option for bringing down lifelong puffiness and shadows under the eyes is skin care, says Melissa Doft, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York City. Despite all the claims of brightening and depuffing that eye creams and serums and rollerballs make, chronic bags or trough shadows (in the hollow underneath puffiness) are caused by fat pockets under the skin. “There’s no cream that’s going to get rid of the fat,” says Dr. Doft. No serum or mask or rollerball, either. “The only way is to surgically remove it, and Gen Z and millennials like the idea of one-and-done, which leads them to surgery over fillers.”