article_snippet: An ointment that painlessly melts away fat has been hailed as ‘an eye-lift in a bottle’ by experts.
article_snippet: ’ Eye bags, or steatoblepharon, are fat pads under the eye socket that bulge forwards.
article_snippet: However, as well as losing their eye bags, some patients also developed deeper or ‘sunken’ eyes.
article_snippet: Dr Stanley Berke, who has written papers on PAP, said this type of fat loss could make people with loose, puffy, baggy lids and loose skin look better.
article_snippet: For some patients who might be candidates for plastic surgery, this could be thought of as a “blepharoplasty [eye lift] in a bottle”,’ he added.
article_snippet: However, London-based dermatologist Dr Stefanie Williams said: ‘Surgery is currently the only option to treat eye bags due to fat accumulation.
article_snippet: Yet while this is effective and permanent, surgeons may inadvertently remove too much fat, which can leave people looking hollow-eyed and permanently surprised.