Fifty-three-year-old Candi Luciano
inherited many traits from her father,
including a very specific, facial aging–
related one she just couldn’t shake.
“I knew I wasn’t loving how the skin
around my eyes looked, but I didn’t realize
how much I was headed in my Dad’s
direction—he has skin hanging over his
eyes—until I looked at a picture of him
next to pictures of me in my 20s, and
then back in the mirror.”
“The route was very clear. Gravity is real.”
The side-by-side photo comparison came
courtesy of Scottsdale, AZ facial plastic
surgeon Kelly Bomer, MD, who Luciano
made an appointment with based on a
NewBeauty recommendation. As part of
Dr. Bomer’s consultation, she displayed
the photos on a screen and discussed
both Luciano’s concerns and her options.
Together, they decided the best course of
action was an eyelift, or blepharoplasty,
coupled with two full-face “liquid lifts.”
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“Most patients are aware of the benefits
of blepharoplasty, but they are concerned
about unfavorable outcomes they have seen
on celebrities and/or family and friends,”
Dr. Bomer explains. “An eyelift, when done
so there is a natural-looking result, can give
a tremendous amount of youth back to the
face. Unfortunately, it is also a surgery that
can have severe complications when done
too aggressively.”
“A person who has excess upper eyelid
skin with extra folds or excess skin hanging
on top of the eyelashes is a great candidate
for upper eyelid blepharoplasty. Likewise,
so is a person with lower eyelids that have
excess folds of skin. Oftentimes, there is also volume loss of bone and fat pads in
the lower orbital rim area that adds to an
aged look. If there is no excess skin of the
lower lids, injection of a non-hydrophilic
hyaluronic acid on the bone and into the fat
pads on the bone can lift out the shadowy
hollow and restore a youthful look.”
“In Candi’s case, she had excess folds of
skin on the upper eyes and lower, as well as
hollowing in the lower eyelid area. She was
in excellent health and a great candidate for
skin removal for both the upper and lower
eyelids. She also had hollowing in the lower
eyelids, so two layers of hyaluronic acid
filler were placed on the bone to ‘lift out’ the
shadows for a more refined appearance. We
also performed a few sessions of Botox prior
to the procedure to aid in the lifting of some
of the wrinkles around the eyes. She also
started a medical-grade skin-care program.”
What Luciano appreciated most was
how clearly and confidently Dr. Bomer
explained everything and how the staff
made her feel cared for. “There was no
rushing during any part of the process.
Everything was done very meticulously,
and everyone took their time to make sure
I was getting what I needed.”
The hardest part of the process, Luciano
says, was the recovery, and not because of
the pain. “When you first look in the mirror,
you don’t resemble yourself at all; the next
week, I looked like Cruella de Vil. By the
third week, I looked like Candi in her 20s—
and that’s exactly what I was hoping to look
like. For the first time in my life, I also
have cheekbones!”
Luciano’s advice: “If this is for you, go
for it. You will not be sorry.”
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