[Lari Plastic Surgery] Dark Circles: Not Fillers or Fat Grafting, but Lower Eyelid Fat Repositioning Surgery

Many people come to the hospital complaining that dark circles under their eyes make them look tired.

These people usually say consistently, “The wrinkles under my eyes are deeply hollowed out, so I think I need to fill the sunken wrinkle area with fillers or fat.” In fact, some people even come in after having fillers or fat injections under their eyes.

The tear trough wrinkle is not a phenomenon caused by hollowness ㅠㅠ

The tear trough wrinkle, which appears as an extra line below the aegyo-sal under the eyes, is a phenomenon that looks relatively sunken as the fat pouch directly above the trough becomes bulging. That is why, instead of filling the hollow area with something, what should be done is to remove the fat from the pouch above it!

The natural line under the eyes is to dip inward beneath the volume of the aegyo-sal and then continue into the volume of the front cheekbone. So organizing this fat pouch is the natural approach.

When viewed from the side, the pre-surgery photo shows that the deeply sunken tear trough is clearly visible, but after surgery, the area becomes overall smoother and the tear trough hollowing is no longer visible. Lower eyelid fat repositioning surgery can temporarily make the under-eye area look even more hollow after the procedure. However, this surgery is aimed at removing the fat pouch under the eyes, and as time passes, the under-eye area naturally settles, allowing you to see a smoother under-eye line that is different from before surgery.

In addition, many people who are troubled by dark circles undergo lower eyelid fat repositioning surgery. At this time, the shadows under the eyes caused by the wrinkle groove formed by the fat pouch, which make the area look dark, can be sufficiently improved with lower eyelid fat repositioning surgery. Since most dark circles are caused by this reason, most cases can be corrected.

However, because this surgery does not change the color of the skin, if your own skin tone is originally dark, you should keep in mind that there may be limits to how much this can improve.