A WOMAN who was left horrified by her ‘old and tired’ bus pass photo claims she looks a decade younger after a saggy eye bag op.
Dot Marr, 60, from Edinburgh, Scotland, says her eye bags have plagued her since ‘she was a baby.’
So she finally decided to take the plunge and get an upper and lower blepharoplasty.
The op removes excess skin, fat, or muscle from the upper or lower eyelids to correct drooping or sagging.
The mum-of-one finally decided to go under the knife last month after being shocked by her new bus pass photo in July and also as a present to herself after leaving a ‘stressful’ marriage in May.
Horrified by her ‘prominent’ eye bags and ‘ageing’ appearance, the office manager paid £7,800 for the op, which included an upper and lower blepharoplasty with fat transfer.
Since having her hooded lids and eye bags removed by cosmetic surgery clinic Cosmedicare, Dot said she’s ‘de-aged’ ten years – prompting her to take a new glam bus photo with her refreshed face.
Dot said: “Eye bags are genetic, I was a baby and had eye bags.
“They bothered me most of my adult life. As I got older, they got worse.
“I recently just split up from my husband as well. He stressed me out, I look like I’ve aged since being with him.
“I was out with my daughter three months ago and I asked her to take my picture for my bus pass, I looked at it and hardly recognised myself.
“I thought ‘look how old I’ve got and how prominent my eye bags have gotten’. It was a shock, I looked old and tired.
“I’d been looking at blepharoplasties for a long time but was always a bit scared. I just thought ‘I want it now’ and booked the earliest appointment I could get.”
After undergoing the two-hour operation, Dot claims she looks ten years younger.
Dot said: “This was like a 60th birthday present to myself and a celebration of coming out of that relationship.
“The eye bags were getting really big and I thought if I wait any longer it’s actually going to affect my eyesight.
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“I had no eyelids anymore because the hoods were coming over so much, I can’t believe the difference.
“I’m not vain but I keep looking at myself thinking it looks amazing. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.
“After I had my surgery and make-up done, I took new pictures for my bus pass and thought ‘this is a much better photo’.
“I look like I did 10 years ago when I was 50, I feel like a different person.”
Will Anderson, Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon at Cosmedicare, said: “This was a highly skilled and complex procedure involving upper and lower blepharoplasty with fat transfer.
“The results in Dot’s case are really pleasing, the outcome is natural and has taken years off her appearance.”
