Healthy Eyes, Healthy You

If you have tiny fine lines around the outer edges of your eyes, you may apply a cream to the wrinkles every night before bedtime. But if the wrinkles don't go away with your nightly routine, ask an optometrist if they treat cosmetic eye problems. Many optometrists use special injections to treat their patients' eye wrinkles and other eye-related problems. Learn more about eye wrinkles and how an optometrist may help you treat them below.

What Should You Know About Eye Wrinkles?

Eye wrinkles describe the tiny lines that develop around the outer edges, or corners, of your eyes. The lines can deepen and become more visible as you age. The lines develop when the skin around your eyes becomes thin and loose. The thin, loose skin creates small creases, or folded lines, in the corners of your eyes.

Although eye wrinkles occur naturally, some men and women can't or won't accept them. The adults may dab small amounts of cosmetic cream, gel, or serum on the wrinkles to help diminish their appearance. However, the treatments may only provide subtle or temporary results. Some people may even seek cosmetic facial treatment to get rid of their eye wrinkles. The adults may even turn to their optometrists for cosmetic eye treatment.

If your current nightly routine doesn't minimize the appearance of your eye wrinkles, ask an optometrist if they can do something to help you.

How Can an Optometrist Treat Eye Wrinkles?

An optometrist normally treats conditions of the eyes, such as poor eyesight, glaucoma, and cataract. However, a growing number of eye doctors now treat eye and facial wrinkles. The doctors use injections to minimize the appearance of their patients' fine eye lines. The injections contain medication that plumps up or fills in the lines.

An optometrist will most likely examine your eyes before they treat the wrinkles around them. The exam may alert an optometrist to things that may interfere with your eye treatment, such as eye infections. If you have an eye infection or something else, an eye doctor will address it first before they treat your eye wrinkles.

If you don't have anything wrong with your eyes, an optometrist will evaluate the fine lines in the corners of your eyes. The evaluation may determine how many treatments you need to improve the appearance of your wrinkles. For example, if the lines are fairly small or thin, you may only need a single treatment for them. If your lines are deep, large, or very visible, you may need multiple treatments to plump up your eye skin. A doctor goes over everything you need to know about your treatment before they begin.

Learn how you can treat your eye wrinkles with Botox by contacting an optometrist for care today.