- Tear troughs are a common concern that we see.
A lot of people come in to see us just for that concern.
It makes them feel like they're tired even when they're not,
and people hate getting asked if they're tired.
It's supposed to come across as a nice comment,
but it usually comes across as more of an insult.
So Tina came to me a few years ago
with concerns about her eye area, or tear troughs.
I actually filled her tear troughs with dermal filler,
there was a really good improvement.
Straight away her eyes lit up, and that tired look
really diminished significantly.
- I believe I noticed the tear troughs
just after I had my last child, 10 years ago.
That part of my eye makes me feel embarrassed,
I could say, because that's the first place people see,
and in my industry where I work,
you just wanna be healthy and looking great and energetic,
whereas at the moment I feel like I look tired.
- If I'm to critically appraise my work, actually,
I think I can do a better job for her this time.
She's come back now, it's about three years later,
and I think that one side has deflated quicker
than the other, which is quite unusual, actually,
but also the side which is fuller is actually
a bit too full now, and I think that was over-pregnant,
back when we started.
The most important thing is that the amount of filler
you put in has to be just enough to secrete the problem
without going overboard, and that really can make you look
tired or like you've been crying,
if you have too much filler,
as well as not enough of course.
Too much filler I think is a very unnatural look.
There's actually a lot of people walking around
with too much filler in their eyes.
We make a little entry point with the needle,
only once, one per side, and then the rest of the work
is done with the kindler, as opposed to multiple injections
with the needle under the eye,
which generally leads to bruising.
The substance used to fill the eyes is actually called
hyraluronic acid, and the substance used to dissolve it
is actually called hylaronidase.
So you can actually dissolve it very quickly,
within a matter of 24 to 48 hours.
I want to dissolve all the work we've done
and actually start it again,
and actually use a different technique this time.
I'm going to aim for
a more natural appearance, we're going to
actually put the filler a bit deeper,
which avoids that puffy look that she had.
So we're very particular about the methods we use
and the outcomes we get that comes all back to
the training and the techniques we use.
- I didn't think there was going to be much of a change,
but there certainly was, and I reckon I saw it
within 24 hours, you could see a big change.
Maybe because it was so close to the skin,
you could actually see where the fillers were,
now you can't even see it, it just looks
like it's part of my face.
People have been saying that I look very well,
that I look bright and happy and alert,
and actually someone asked how old I was the other day,
and I jokingly said five years younger than I was,
and they believed it quite confidently,
yeah, yeah, you are, we'll keep it there.
- I'm really happy with Tina's results.
I'm actually glad that I brought her back in
for a repeat treatment and to dissolve it and restart again,
because I felt that the first time we did it,
that it just wasn't quite as good as I would have liked.
It was a tricky area, tear troughs, to do,
and this is quite common to have to redo them sometimes.
- After the treatment, there was very little bruising.
Really minimal, in that I could just put a little bit
of concealer over it and no one could tell,
no one commented, I could hardly tell to be honest with you.
- It looks so much more smooth and natural now,
and there's no signs of puffiness,
or any unnatural sort of filling there.
So it looks like she was just, she was just born like that,
basically, so I'm thrilled.