DID YOU KNOW… that your anti-aging skin care products may be causing you more harm than good? In fact, aside from being ineffective, some products can even be downright dangerous. Here’s what you need to know…
ASK DR. YAGODAQuestion: How fast can I return to work after getting an eye lift? I’m 55, male, and my works leaves me little vacation time. Can I come in on a Friday and return to work Monday?
Answer: You can…but you may not want to! The surgery is not painful at all, but the eyelids can feel heavy for 24-72 hours after. You will feel fine, but you will have some swelling and black and blue marks. If you are not worried about anyone seeing you in this condition, you can certainly go back to work. Just make sure there is no heavy lifting, no flying, no swimming and no carrying anything more than ten pounds for ten days after the surgery.
ASK DOCTOR YAGODAQuestion: How young is too young to get eye surgery? I’m only 28 but I’ve always had these dark circles under my eyes and my top eyelid is invisible with my eyes open. I live in the city so I’m very close to your New York office.
Answer: Unlike surgery to pin the ears back or to change the shape of the nose, there is no minimum age for eyelid surgery. (Ear and nose surgery can be safely considered only after each has respectively reached its full adult size–for the ear it is after age six, and for the nose it is after puberty). Eyelid surgery can be done safely at any age. But, rejuvenating the eye area does not necessarily require surgery! Botox/Dysport, peels, lasers and fillers can rejuvenate the eye area non-surgically. A full exam is necessary in order to assess skin elasticity and to evaluate the cause of bulging and dark circles in the lower eyelid. Make sure that you consider all of your options before you commit to a surgery that you may not need!
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Question: I’m a 60-something year old woman and the skin around my eyes is just not what it used to be. The skin sags and I can’t wear eye shadow anymore because it barely shows. Can an eyelid lift help me or do I need a facelift?
Answer: The condition you are describing is known as hooding. Hooding occurs when upper eyelid skin becomes loose and hangs over the eyelid crease close to or onto the eyelashes. Bothersome as it may be, the solution is fast, easy and virtually painless. This excess skin, caused by the normal aging process or genetics in some cases, can be removed in the office under local anesthesia. The incision, which is hidden in the normal upper eyelid crease, is nearly invisible when it heals. And, here’s good news for the squeamish: aside from the sensation of heaviness after surgery, there is no pain. This is because once the skin incision is made, the area can be numb for up to three weeks. In addition, there is no need to worry about “seeing” something during the surgery. An opaque contact lens is placed into the eye, after it has been anesthetized with a topical eye drop. As a result, you won’t feel the insertion or removal.
In a job market that it rumored to be hard on visibly older workers, job-seekers and career climbers have come to treat their faces as resumes on which to enter only the briefest of relevant experience.
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ASK DOCTOR YAGODAQuestion: Can a blepharoplasty change my eye shape? I’m Asian American, 33, living in New York City, and one of my eyes is rounder than the other, which makes me look asymmetrical.
Answer: Blepharoplasty can change the shape of the eye, if that is the goal, but routine eyelift surgery does not change its shape. In some cases, Asian eyes can look rounder, or more Western, with incisionless double lid surgery as well.
ASK DR YAGODAQuestion: I’m a 60-something year old woman and the skin around my eyes is just not what it used to be. The skin sags and I can’t wear eye shadow anymore because it barely shows. Can an eyelid lift help me or do I need a facelift?
Answer: The condition you are describing is known as hooding. Hooding occurs when upper eyelid skin becomes loose and hangs over the eyelid crease close to or onto the eyelashes. Bothersome as it may be, the solution is fast, easy and virtually painless. This excess skin, caused by the normal aging process or genetics in some cases, can be removed in the office under local anesthesia. The incision, which is hidden in the normal upper eyelid crease, is nearly invisible when it heals. And, here’s good news for the squeamish: aside from the sensation of heaviness after surgery, there is no pain. This is because once the skin incision is made, the area can be numb for up to three weeks. In addition, there is no need to worry about “seeing” something during the surgery. An opaque contact lens is placed into the eye, after it has been anesthetized with a topical eye drop. As a result, you won’t feel the insertion or removal.
Do people tell you that you look tired, even after you’ve had 10 hours of sleep? Recent articles on the Internet offer at home remedies that you can use to refresh your eyes
. If these aren’t enough, consider medical grade treatments, lasers, fillers and botox…or even an eyelid lift.
An eye lift can remove hanging upper eyelid skin and under eye bags so that you can look the way you feel!. Call for a consultation, 212-434-1210.
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Some aestheticians are calling it the “Angry Bird Look”- the frown lines that grace us with age, the two 11’s right above your nose and between your eyebrows. 
There are many ways to erase these wrinkles, both non-surgically with Botox and surgically with a brow lift.
Come see Dr. Yagoda in Manhattan to determine which is right for you…because who wants to look like an iPhone game?
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When you see a rich old man with a young beautiful wife, she’s his arm candy. But when a beautiful celebrity is seeing a younger man, she should be careful: he might make her look like an old bag!
Jennifer Lopez’s young boy toy Casper might make her feel younger, but do you think he makes her look older in comparison?
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