From HealthNewsDigest.com: Youthful Eyes in a Flash

By Wendy Lewis

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – From sagging eyelids to puny lashes and lowered brows, you can achieve a significant degree of eyelid rejuvenation with a variety of treatments, even if you are not anxious to have surgery just yet.
A surgical eyelift from a top plastic surgeon may cost from $5,000 – $8,000, but the results can last for a decade. If you can see folds of excess skin on your upper eyelids and fatty bags on your lower eyelids, surgery may be the best choice to create a younger look. However, there are alternatives that can make a big difference. Wrinkle relaxers like Botox® Cosmetic (www.botoxcosmetic.com) and Dysport (www.dysport.com) can soften the activity of facial muscles that pull brows down closer to your upper eyelids. When these muscles are relaxed, the eyebrows and eyelids can get a subtle lift that produces a more wide-eyed open look, like a chemical browlift. The treatment also works brilliantly to reduce crow’s feet and creases between the brows from squinting and furrowing. Deep tear troughs under the eyes can cause hollows and dark circles from shadows. These can be reduced by injection of fillers such as Juvéderm XC (www.juvederm.com), Restylane-L (www.restylaneusa.com), or your own fat. Fat can be taken from your hips or tummy, processed and then placed in hollow areas to add fullness. By filling in under eye grooves, your eyes can look much less tired and sad. Another solution to address fine wrinkles around the eyelid area is the new Pelleve Wrinkle Reduction System (www.pelleve.com). In one to three sessions without any downtime, Pelleve can help to reduce lines and wrinkles and tighten up slack skin around the eyes. … read more »

 

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By Wendy Lewis

What is the first thing people notice about you? Usually, it’s your eyes.

As you age, the tone and shape of your eyelids tends to change as skin sags. Skin laxity can make you appear older than you really are. When the fat pad that cushions the eye begins to pull away from the bony rim of the lower eye and sag, it creates fat bags. Sagging upper eyelids causes hooding when the skin becomes heavier and fuller and your natural eyelid crease becomes less defined.

Eye rejuvenation can take years off your face and restore a brighter, open eyed look. Botulinum toxin treatments can help to raise the eyebrows or reduce the appearance of wrinkles and crow’s feet around the eyes. Results last around four months. If your lower eye area looks hollow, dermal fillers such as Radiesse, Restylane, Juvederm Ultra, and Prevelle Silk, can be added to restore a more even contour. Results will last six to twelve months in some cases. Thermage® radio frequency skin tightening is another age restoring procedure for the eyes. By tightening up the skin around the eyes and gently lifting sagging eyelids, eyes look younger and less fatigued. Results last up to one year.

The eyelid area, due to the delicate and thin tissue and the lack of oil glands, requires extra gentle care. Constant exposure to the sun without the protection of sunglasses may weaken elastin and collagen fibers. Always use an SPF15 or higher to protect eyelid skin when you will be in direct sunlight for 20 minutes or more. Prescription retinoids such as Retin-A® and Renova®, and eye creams containing retinol such as RoC Retinol Correxion Eye Cream ($22) can be extremely beneficial to reduce fine lines and discoloration around the eyelids.

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For temporarily subduing puffiness, Clinique All About Eyes Serum De-Puffing Eye Massage has a rollerball tip to calm and soothe tired eyes and minimize dark circles ($25). Lancome Génifique Eye Youth Activating Eye Concentrate has a light creamy-gel texture that is touted to boost protein production to rejuvenate slack, thinning skin ($59). Aveeno Active Naturals Positively Ageless Firming Eye Cream offers moisturizing and lifting benefits plus natural shitake mushroom complex to lighten dark circles ($14). Another trick to reduce fine lines is to start with a primer under your concealer. Lorac Behind The Scenes Eye Primer goes on silky to prepare your upper and lower eyelids to hold pigment longer, smoother and better ($20).

Finally, to add the perfect finishing touch to younger looking eyes, Allergan Latisse® (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.03% is the first and only FDA approved prescription treatment for growing lashes longer, fuller and darker in 8-16 weeks. Apply the topical solution every night to the upper eyelid at the lash line until you reach your optimal results, then taper off to three times a week for maintenance.

 

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By Guest Bag Lady Diane Essig

PETER THOMAS ROTH “LASHES TO DIE FOR” – PTR’s full line of clinical skin care products are well-known to spa-goers and viewers of the shopping networks. In addition to a full array of facial and body treatment formulations, PTR joined the “new and improved lashes” bandwagon about a year ago with “Lashes To Die For,” one of the many Latisse-wannabe formulations on the market with prostaglandin-like ingredients that promises to lengthen, thicken and darken sparse lashes.  But does this product deliver like Latisse? 

Having been the lucky recipient of a large raffle basket of PTR products (generously provided by FaceLogic Spa in Mt. Kisco, NY) at the “2009 Best of Westchester” event in July 2009, I was thrilled at my good fortune, but pushed all products aside when I saw the LTDF. I was ecstatic. Knowing what Latisse does for lashes, I hoped for the same results from the PTR wand. Diligently, I applied a thin line every evening (I am a master of compliance) to both upper eyelids and waited patiently for new growth. It took about two months to notice any visible difference, but the wait was worthwhile. I started to detect longer lashes and longer-lasting lashes; less fallout. The final reward came from one of my closest friends who at dinner noticed and asked what mascara I was using.

FINAL VERDICT – GGI (GOTTA GET IT) – If you have short lashes or lash fallout, this product does deliver on length and wear. It seems to extend the growth-rate of natural lashes. However, my lashes are neither darker nor thicker than before, just longer. The real benefit of this product–at least this tube–is its longevity. I started using the LTDF in August and five months later, I am just starting to reach the end of the tube. That works out to about $25/month. Not a bad price point when comparing it to prescription-based Latisse.

*gifted*

 

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