"I am not a vain person, per se, but watching your face slowly (OK, kinda freakishly rapidly) change will make even the most self-assured woman feel like crap. I'm 43 years old, a mom of two kids, and a busy, working person. And in the past, oh, six months, I've noticed that when I frown - or generally show any emotion with my face - my upper eyelids kinda look like... a vagina? Imagine a midly confusing Georgia O'Keeffe painting... on my face."
""As we age, even if your eyelids aren't drooping or hooded, the skin naturally loses collagen and elastin, which are the fibers that keep it firm and springy. On very expressive faces, this means the skin can fold more noticeably when you smile, frown, or raise your eyebrows. Essentially, the skin is thinner and less resilient, so movement-related creases become more visible," she told me."
"A few years ago, I got a lower blepharoplasty to finally fix my genetic (thanks, Mom!), nothing-will-fix-these undereye bags, but in general I'm not interested in surgical fixes for everything, and I'm pretty OK with the aging process. After all, I let my hair go gray during the pandemic and haven't looked back. But these upper eyelid creases - like vertical lines on a page - are something else entirely, especially for a person who spends her days looking at her reflection in Zoom meetings."
A 43-year-old mother observed rapid formation of vertical creases on her upper eyelids with facial expression. She previously had lower blepharoplasty for genetic undereye bags and generally prefers to avoid further surgery. She accepted other signs of aging, such as graying hair, but found upper-eyelid texture changes especially distressing during frequent video meetings. Dermatologic explanation: eyelid skin loses collagen and elastin with age, becoming thinner and less resilient. These changes can occur even without drooping or hooding, so movement-related creases become increasingly visible on expressive faces.
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