For the past eight years, at least three times a day, someone has said to me, "Oh, you look tired! Are you tired? You're tired."
I'm not tired. But I looked exhausted because of the bags under my eyes. My eyes have always been the thing I felt uncomfortable about. I had dark circles, but I also held fluid in the bags underneath my eyes. There's a term for these-they're called "festoons" but I think of them as fat pads under the eyes. And in some people, like me, they get inflamed. It's genetic.
As I've aged, the bags have gotten worse. I've done lymphatic massages and facials and tried different cover-ups and eye creams, but these were BandAids, temporary fixes. Then I hit a certain age, and there was just no more hiding them with cover-up. I did a lot of research and got to the point where I knew surgery was the only way to solve my problem. I'm a scaredy-cat-I don't do things like have elective surgery, especially on my face. But I was so tired of people asking me if I was tired!
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