Re: Effects of upper/lower surgery on skin around eyes

[Guest guest]

Wel Molly,

I have been joking a lot about how much money I am saving on botox

because I am completely numb under my eyes. There is no chance of me

getting a bunch of wrinkles there. I'm not a derm. but I would say

just keep up with the moisturizer and lots of sleep. The surgery has

had no deleterious effects on the skin under my eyes. Take care.

Fay

> Hi all,

>

> I'm still eagerly awaiting a surgery date for my upper, lower, and

> arthroplasty surgery. My surgeon's preliminary plan is to move my

> upper jaw up a couple of millimeters, forward 4-5 millimeters, and

my

> lower jaw forward 12 millimeters and rotated up a bit. My question

> is, how will this surgery effect the skin around my eyes? I'm only

> 31, but have wrinkled/dark circles under my eyes (actually the skin

is

> like crepe paper). Call me vain, but I'm worried that jaw surgery

> will make the skin around my eyes even more wrinkled! What can I do

> about this?

>

> Thanks for your advice.

>

> Molly

[Guest guest]

Molly,

If anything it will decrease the wrinkles! I noticed that my eyes look

less droopy since the surgery and I've been getting a lot of comments

about looking younger (I'm 27).

Sara

> Hi all,

>

> I'm still eagerly awaiting a surgery date for my upper, lower, and

> arthroplasty surgery. My surgeon's preliminary plan is to move my

> upper jaw up a couple of millimeters, forward 4-5 millimeters, and my

> lower jaw forward 12 millimeters and rotated up a bit. My question

> is, how will this surgery effect the skin around my eyes? I'm only

> 31, but have wrinkled/dark circles under my eyes (actually the skin

is

> like crepe paper). Call me vain, but I'm worried that jaw surgery

> will make the skin around my eyes even more wrinkled! What can I do

> about this?

>

> Thanks for your advice.

>

> Molly

[Guest guest]

Hi Molly,

I had upper and lower jaw moved forward on June 20th (plus a bunch of

other stuff!) and if anything, it improved the look of the skin around

my eyes.

I'm 41, and luckily have no wrinkles (yet!) I think I inherited that

bonus from my Mom, as she is in her 70's now and still has very few

wrinkles - believe it or not.

Before surgery though, I did get dark circles under my eyes and I am

now thinking that this was due to lack of sleep (due to the sleep

apnea issue that I had). The dark circles appear to be gone, so

hopefully it will stay that way. It should now that I don't have sleep

apnea anyway.

I agree with what the others wrote and think that if anything, having

the surgery will only improve the area around your eyes. At the very

least, I doubt it would worsen matters for you.

Judy