How Will I Look After Infraorbital Implant Removals?

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello, I had silicone infraorbiatl implants which i would like removed. After removal I was wondering does it look worse than before ? I had lower eyelid retraction surgery as well, so how would it look compared to my original? Thanks

A:There are numerous variables are unknown to me in trying to answer your question. Information such as what is the size and shape of these implants, what did your face look like before compared to now etc. Knowing that these were replaced at the same time as lid retraction surgery suggests to me that this was done by an oculoplastic surgeon and that these implants are likely traditional tear trough implants.

Thus I can only conjecture as to how closely you will return to what you look like before. Minus the lid retraction surgery you lightly will come close to, but probably not exactly, what you looked like before.

But that issue aside I think the real question is, regardless if you don’t return exactly to what you looked like before, would you still keep the implants to avoid that outcome. Your very inquiry suggests that you would not.

Dr. Barry Eppley

Plastic Surgeon