This is the current 40-something male face [Anti-Aging]

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They cut away any loose/overgrown skin around the eyes, pull it back to even out any creases, fill any indentations and fatpad loss with fat grafts and fillers, and botox the area to prevent any wrinkling (if it wasn't already there). This results in a very "smooth" look, but a large concave orbital area with none of the unique scaffolding and fat/muscle/collagen/elastin matrixes that once held it up. The former unique patterns of folds and firm skin around the eyes are destroyed by aging and damage and thin formless skin is left, draped over an aged skull like some doll. There seems to be no way to really preserve the 18-21 yr old eye structure, and surgeons seem unable to replicate the patterns

They can make you look "nice", but they cant recapture YOUR unique magic and beauty. You just look samey like all the other 40 somethings who've gone down the bleph -> canthoplasty -> graft/filler -> tox route

Any methods for 20 yr olds to avoid having to settle for this look when they hit late 30s/40s?

 

[czechpsl]

Any methods for 20 yr olds to avoid having to settle for this look when they hit late 30s/40s?

Avoid aging around the eyes, so use sunscreen and tretinoin

 

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Avoid aging around the eyes, so use sunscreen and tretinoin

Aren't you not suppose to put tret around the eyes anyway since it will just damage the thin skin more? And didn't they also say it dissolves the fatpads under your face?

 

[czechpsl]

Aren't you not suppose to put tret around the eyes anyway since it will just damage the thin skin more? And didn't they also say it dissolves the fatpads under your face?

The skin there is thinner, so you should only use a little bit—way less than on the rest of your face. You can even use a lower concentration. Also, tretinoin doesn't cause fat loss; Latisse does