When Should You Get Treatment for Crow’s Feet in Cheongdam?

The thinnest and most sensitive skin on the face is around the eyes. Because this area has few sebaceous glands and is constantly affected by facial muscle movements, it is often the first to show changes, from fine lines and reduced elasticity to hollowness under the eyes.

My face looks fine,

but because of my eye area,

I feel like I look more tired.

This is something we hear often. Changes around the eyes affect more than just wrinkles—they influence your overall impression and appearance. Improving only the eye area can make your overall impression look brighter and more youthful.

Why Do Crow’s Feet Develop?

Wrinkles and aging around the eyes cannot be explained by a single cause. Multiple factors work together to create changes in this area.

First, the skin itself is structurally thin and dry. The skin around the eyes is much thinner than in other areas and has fewer sebaceous glands, making it difficult to retain moisture and more sensitive to external irritation.

In addition, collagen and elastin decrease with age, reducing skin elasticity. This occurs not only around the eyes but throughout the face; however, it appears more quickly and noticeably in the thin skin around the eyes.

The muscles around the eyes move repeatedly whenever we make facial expressions, creating expression lines. Every time we smile or frown, wrinkles form in the same locations, and repeated movement causes them to become fixed in the skin.

Finally, changes in the structure of the fat under the eyes or loss of volume can cause hollowness. This is a different issue from wrinkles and can create shadows that make the area look like dark circles or give a tired impression.

Therefore, rather than trying to address the eye area with just one treatment, it is important to create a customized plan that approaches the skin, muscles, and volume separately.

Four Key Treatments for Addressing Crow’s Feet

Eye Thermage

Eye Thermage is a treatment that uses radiofrequency energy to stimulate collagen in the dermal layer. With a tip designed specifically for the eye area, it can delicately address the thin eyelids, lines at the outer corners of the eyes, and fine lines under the eyes.

Because the skin around the eyes is thin and sensitive, this area can be difficult to treat with standard Thermage. The dedicated Eye Thermage tip is designed to safely care for these areas and can help improve elasticity around the eyes.

Eye Rejuran

Because the skin around the eyes is thin, it is important to improve its overall condition rather than simply tightening it. Eye Rejuran helps improve the skin recovery environment and can be used for fine lines, dryness, and subtle loss of elasticity.

This treatment directly injects ingredients that support skin recovery, creating an environment in which the skin can recover on its own. Rather than aiming for an immediate change, it focuses on naturally improving the skin’s condition over time.

Tune Face Red Tip

Tune Face Red Tip adjusts the energy to suit sensitive areas such as the eye area, allowing for lifting that considers elasticity, skin density, and texture at the same time. It is a suitable option for those who find high-energy treatments burdensome.

By delivering energy delicately, it minimizes irritation while gradually improving elasticity around the eyes. It is recommended for those seeking safe and natural-looking results.

Eye Ulthera

If the outer corners of the eyes appear droopy or the eyelid line feels as though it has lost its definition, Eye Ulthera, an ultrasound-based treatment, may be helpful. It delivers energy to the fascial layer around the eyes to lift the underlying structure itself rather than just the skin’s surface.

When the issue is fundamental sagging rather than surface-level wrinkles, Eye Ulthera, which works on deeper layers, may be effective. It may be considered when the eyes themselves look heavier or the outer corners appear droopy.

The eye area is one where even small changes can significantly alter your overall impression.

When performing treatments around the eyes, we focus less on “how much tightening was achieved” and more on “how natural the result looks.”

The most important principle in eye-area treatments is to accurately determine which factor—wrinkles, elasticity, or hollowness—is the primary cause, then combine only the necessary energy-based, recovery-focused, and volume treatments accordingly.

Not excessive but precise, natural but effective. Cheongdam Dermatology Clinic continues to consider how to create results like these.

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Article 56 of the Medical Service Act and its Enforcement Decree.

All treatments and surgeries may result in

adverse reactions,

so please receive treatment

after consulting thoroughly with a medical professional.

Director Kang Ji-yeon, 라리안청담의원