The skin around your eyes is delicate, so it often shows signs of change before the rest of your face. Fine lines, under-eye hollows, dark circles, and lowered brows can leave you looking tired even when you feel perfectly rested.
Eye rejuvenation is not one standard procedure: it may involve PDO threads, platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), bio-filler, or a carefully selected combination. At Beautifully New, the goal is to help you look refreshed while preserving the expressions that make you recognizable.
Step 1: Identify the concerns you want to address
Eye rejuvenation may improve several concerns affecting the eyes and surrounding areas, including:
- Fine lines around or beneath the eyes
- Under-eye hollows and shadows
- Crepey or lax skin
- Mildly lowered eyebrows
- Lines between the eyebrows
- Volume loss around the temples
- An appearance of persistent tiredness
Dark circles can result from several different factors, including pigmentation, blood vessels, thinning skin, or hollowness that creates shadows. Because each cause requires a different approach, an in-person assessment is important before selecting treatment.
Step 2: Attend your personalized consultation
Your provider will begin by asking what bothers you and what you hope to change. They will then assess your skin quality, facial movement, volume distribution, and the position of your brows and under-eye tissues.
This helps determine whether a nonsurgical option is suitable. You may need one treatment or a combination. Beautifully New approaches treatment conservatively, with the aim of creating a rested, natural-looking result rather than making your eyes appear dramatically different.
Step 3: Choose your eye rejuvenation treatment
Your provider may recommend one of the following treatments or a customized combination.
PDO threads
PDO threads are placed beneath the skin to provide support and encourage renewed collagen production. Around the eyes, they may help improve fine lines, mild laxity, and skin quality. The threads gradually dissolve, but the collagen response they stimulate may continue after the material has disappeared. This option can be considered when you want subtle rejuvenation without undergoing eyelid surgery.
Platelet-rich fibrin
PRF is prepared from a small sample of your own blood. It contains platelets and growth factors that support the body’s natural tissue-renewal processes. When carefully placed beneath the eyes, PRF may gradually improve skin quality, fine lines and wrinkles, and some types of dark circles. Changes develop progressively as collagen production increases, so PRF is better suited to someone who prefers subtle improvement rather than immediate volume.
Bio-filler
Bio-filler is created using your own blood’s platelet-poor plasma and processed into a gel-like material. It may be used to restore volume beneath the eyes and soften hollow transitions between the lower eyelid and cheek. Because this treatment uses material derived from your body, it offers an alternative for people who would prefer not to use a synthetic filler. Your provider will determine whether it can address your particular type of under-eye hollowing.
Step 4: Complete your treatment
Your exact appointment will depend on the treatment selected. The area will be carefully cleansed, and your provider may mark specific placement points. A topical or local numbing option may be used to improve comfort.
PRF and bio-filler require a blood draw and preparation before injection. PDO thread treatment involves placing fine, absorbable threads beneath the skin. These treatments are performed in the office and generally do not require an extended recovery period.
Step 5: Follow your recovery instructions
Temporary swelling, redness, tenderness, or bruising may occur. Avoid makeup until the area is no longer tender or according to your provider’s instructions. You may need to pause strenuous exercise, saunas, facial massage, and eyebrow waxing or threading while the tissues settle. Do not rub or place unnecessary pressure on the treated area. Your provider will give you specific aftercare guidance based on the treatment you receive.
Step 6: Enjoy a brighter, more rested look
Eye rejuvenation should leave you looking like yourself, just brighter and more refreshed. The results and treatment timelines vary because every eye area has different structural needs.
Led by experienced nurse practitioner and aesthetic provider Danielle Oyasu, Beautifully New offers personalized eye rejuvenation at its Park Ridge and Chicago River North locations. Schedule a consultation to discover which approach may best complement your features.
