After an insomnia night, I always find my dark circle extend to my chin. lol I believe some people suffer this as well. For some other cases, they are real dark circle, which can be recovered after few weeks of proper rest; on the other hand, there are people who have dark circle no matter how well they sleep, how long rest they take, how many bottles of eye essence they put on their undereye, their dark circle still there! And I'm one of them. I always sleep about 7-8 hours every day, and put on eye gel or eye cream for these 4 years. In return, I still couldn't get my dark circle lighten. 

WHY?

As you can see, there are 2 hollow located under my eyes and upper my cheeks. I didn't expect aging would hit me before my quarter life. No matter how much concealer I cover it with, the hollows are still there. And only 1 thing can save me - dermal filler. 

As you can tell, my dark eye circles lighten in a bit from left to right. (All are non-edit and colours varied because of lighting.) Doctor advised me not to put too much of filler as it will go unnatural and it's not necessary. However, I was quite satisfied with the outcome. Ok, I know you are curious about the process.

Injection. Many of you maybe afraid. But trust me, it is not as scary as you think. Firstly, doctor will open a mini hole (sound creepy but it doesn't) at my lower cheek to ensure the fluid can reach my under eyes and fill in the hollows. During the process, I felt there was something running under my skin layer, pain can only be felt before the filler being injected into my skin which was when doctor wanted to create a mini hole. I was told that this is an updated method as it would not encourage bruise around the wound (hole). And you can tell from my picture, you can't see where my wound exactly is right? The process is calm and you just have to trust the doctor. =)

Touch: On day 2, I touched it gently using finger, it was a little hard thingy laid under my skin. 

After Care: I was told not to avoid facial for 2 weeks. And I just gently touch that area when I am washing my face. Oh ya! The filler takes several days to settle down. So make sure to sleep at flay lay position the whole night for minimum 1 week.

Fyi, injectable filler is a soft tissue filler injected into the skin to help fill in facial wrinkles and restores a smoother appearance. Most of these wrinkle fillers are temporary because they will eventually be absorbed by the body. As we age, our skin loses hyaluronic acid and proteins as well as subcutaneous tissue decreases which results losing facial volume. Day by day, the filler made up of tissue and hyaluronic acid will be gone.

Minimum 9 months. Up to 2 years. Result varies from each individual. It cost RM 1,900 per syringe. I can say this price is pretty reasonable, as I've been researched over the price, other clinic may charge you at RM2,500 per syringe!

Let's talk about my second problem. Yes, it's freckle. Freckle is a small patch of light brown colour on the skin, people who have dry skin are most likely to have freckle. It will become more pronounced through exposure to the sun. I have only few freckles, but some of them become bigger and pigmented as time flied, and make it harder to be covered by 1 layer of concealer. 

I like the clinic setting very much! Everything is so minimalistic and the beauticians are so friendly which made me feel cozy while waiting there. They offer a lot of treatments for skin problems. Do check them out!

Peter Ch'ng Skin Specialist Center

Address | G-G-1, Plaza Arkadia, 3, Jalan Intisari Perdana, 

Desa Parkcity, 52200 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel | 603-64112388 / 6011-22882299

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