I am a little over 3 months post-op from my submalar/nlf cheek microlipo. I had a major blackeye on the side that had the most work done that lasted for a good 3 weeks, had to cover it with dermablend, then powder over that followed by bronzer to blend it into my facial skin. I am good with makeup and no one ever asked or said anything, although I'm sure in broad daylight a trained eye could see something was up so I wore a baseball cap. After the blackeye faded it turned into a dark circle and is still there at 3 months post and hasn't seemed to get any lighter. Now I have to wear MAC studio fix concealer under that eye followed by a bronzer to blend it in and it's getting on my last nerve. I did the whole Arnica pellets thing in the beginning and even the cream (trust me, that cream does NOTHING so don't even bother with it). Is there anything that I can do or is this something permanent? Some people said it can take 8 months or so which I can live with, but if it's permanent I'll be upset.

Ryan, try to uptake your water consumption as much as you can stand.

Ryan, I have the same type of stain going on where my FL doc did lipo on my jowls...drives me crazy...seems to get worse (darker) at times and I can't figure out why...its been nearly 6 months and still hanging on. I am going to derm next week and I will ask her for opinion.

I had something similar happen after my lower bleph. It sounds like trapped dead blood cells under your skin. I wound up with these two brown spots (one dead center under each eye) that I put concealer over, then when the first one went away, I just left the other spot exposed, as it did not look too weird all alone.

Ryan, I also had no bruising to the area effected, but I think it is a risk of all liposuction (as the cannula passes superficially towards the skin) I'm happy you got the results you wanted. I'll leave the rest alone. Mine is clearly a brown,jagged staining, not bruising.

I'll add my own 2-cents' worth. After my midface lift(Endotine implants), neck lift & other face work done back in 2004, I developed two sideburn-shaped "stains" way under my skin. They run down my cheeks from just below the ear line (but on the cheeks only) about 1.25 inches long, right into the hollows of my cheeks.

I just assumed that the area had been so traumatized with the Endotine leash and chipmunk swelling of my cheeks, or tissue being pulled back for the neck left, or something having been done in that area, that as others speculate here, I got some kind of blood vessel/hemosporin stain.

It's been almost 6 years, and the stains have slllLLLLOOOOWWWwwwwly faded. I can still see them in certain light, but due to their location, it just looks more like hollow cheeks than a stain.

You could ask your PS about this area under your eye; or try the laser route, or even try using warm compresses or light massage to see if you can free up any trapped blood. I use that technique on bruises after getting Juvey injections, and the combination of warm/hot compress, light massage and Arnica gel seem to fade the bruises completely in about 10 days. But then, those are real surface area bruises, not the deep down stain I think you may have under your eye.

Good luck on getting this resolved.

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i've had bruises that take a good 6 months before the discoloration is completely gone.

Yeah, I noticed a purple spot after that small Acculift procedure. I think that when fat is removed, more of the surface vessels can show. Also, in my case, steroid was injected, and both steroid and 5fu I know can cause hyperpigmentation, usually temporary.

In your case Ryan, it does sound like the hemosiderin staining Miss J mentioned, as I've had that before too. If the bruise was that bad, the small remants will stick around for a while. There is a product called Auriderm for black eyees, someone said it works well for that problem. The company itself or many plastic surgeons in NY should have it.

Ryan, have you been taking Vit C?

Can't hurt!