What it’s like to have eye bags removed 

You look fantastic. The best kind of plastic surgery is the kind people DON’T immediately notice. The “but now that you mention it” is perfect.

Cheers for sharing bro. TBH, this is my fav vid you have shared in a long time; not due to lacklustre content, rather being upfront and open on a sensitive subject is the epitome of bravery. Great results mate. All the best for the remaining recovery💪

Looking at your before & after pictures you got great results and the previous eye bags are noticeable. Having watched your videos for a couple of years now I can honestly say I never noticed your eye bags before. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Dan, I am the exact same as you. I too am 46 years old and albeit I have many things that I could complain about my look; lost my hair, big ears, jacked up nose that was broken during wrestling in high school that was never taken care of, skin tags, etc. The #1 thing that bothers me when I see myself in the mirror are my eye bags. Thank you for sharing your story. Something I may consider doing knowing what more about it now

Dan wakes up foggy from surgery, walks over to the mirror to find out the surgeons mixed up the charts. He was given a pair of D cups. Dan now has back problems and has to go Uber hipster ultra light on his backpacking gear 😅 I’m kidding! Glad you’re living your best life man. The results look great 🤜🤛

Thanks for sharing. I had a mole on my forehead that I had since childhood. I don't think anyone else cared but it effected my confidence. I would always have a long fringe to try and cover it. The hair style didn't really suit me. I paid to have it removed professionally by a plastic surgeon. Cost about £350. For me it has been totally worth it. I wear my hair short now just for a change in style and its one less thing I have to think about. The scar is tiny and you would only see it if it was pointed out. The confidence boost helped with going to the gym. I've lost 30 lb which also helped with confidence.

Kudos for your bravery and for following your gut feelings on the issue of eye bags. Keep up the great content!

As someone that has watched your videos for many years, I do recall thinking in your previous videos that you had bags under your eyes (similar to me) and that over the years you were starting to look older. I can notice the difference!

I've never before given a 'like' thumbs-up for an outdoor/backpacking channel's RU-vid video entirely devoted to the intricate blow-by-blow details of under-eye cosmetic surgery, but I supposed there's a first time for everything 😆... As long as you are happy with the outcome, that's all that really matters. It's just a life version of 'hike YOUR hike'.

Others have said it but I will repeat: the hallmark of successful cosmetic surgery is that it is not noticeable. The reason is, possibly, that we don’t notice what looks normal. An example of unsuccessful cosmesis is the fish-lips that some women commit to their face - they are very noticeable, and they are very not-normal.

Hey Dan, two thoughts come to mind. First, you look great. Second, I totally didn't/don't care how you look/looked. No offense, but I don't watch your videos for how you look/looked. I watch them for the content. Your content hasn't gotten better or worse because you look better. The main thing is that you feel better about yourself. That's the reason to do a surgery like this. Good for you for doing something like this for yourself!

I love that you are so open and honest about having the procedure. They did a great job and you look natural and fantastic!

I’m glad you’re happy. My mom had eye bags and it bothered her. And I never noticed. Glad you are doing so well

good video because you mention all the pain involved in the recovery.

I never noticed the eye bags or thought twice about it. Now that you bring it up I see it. Looks great!

Hey Dan, love the effort you put into your videos! I just wanted to mention that I really like your gear review content more than horror stories/life updates. Even if you are just reviewing it from your yard I enjoy them a lot more. Hope you’re doing well

Congratulations 🎉. You look great. I'm glad you're happy with your experience. I'm 69 and barely have any under eye bags so I understand why you felt yours were unusual for your age. Thanks for sharing.

i wouldn’t have known about back country on x if it wasn’t for your vids! thanks Dan!!

I can really notice the difference! You looked good before but now you look much younger & more well rested. I got my upper lids done last year & it made a huge difference. Mostly to me. Thanks for sharing! 👍

I had upper and lower eye lid surgery. I had the under eye bags and sagging skin. My upper eye lids had too much skin and my eyelids were pushing down on my eye lashes. The recovery period is longer than they lead you to expect, 6 months. The upper eyelids were not uncomfortable at all. The lower lids were another story. Felt like someone pulled out my lid and put a tablespoon of dirt in there. I had trouble sleeping also due to having to keep head raised. I couldn’t do this in a bed and didn’t have a recliner, so slept in a hammock. I also took a sleep aide. I too was awake during the procedure. It was painless, however the injections of numbing medication around the eyes was excruciating. You look good Dan. My acquaintances have not noticed my surgery either. It does not change your overall appearance like some plastic surgery does. It does make you look more alert and rested.

Ya i dont think i really noticed that you had them until you made this video. Agree that people seen their own "issues" more than other people. Everyone is in their own little world where they notice themselves more than they really notice others. But glad you found it helped you for your own piece of mind.

To be honest, I noticed them before but always thought nothing of it! However I am truly happy for you now and you look good. Slightly younger!

It looks good! Glad it went well.

Man you really, really do look younger. That’s one of best CS results I’ve seen.😮

Found your channel a few months ago. Love the vids...never thought "Oh my God, look at his eye bags"😂😂😂

Your course is awesome and would be good for kids to learn in high school. Your surgery went well and is subtle. It looks painful, so you'd really have to want it like you did to have it.

Looks really good, I've had them my whole life and people commented on it. I'm considering it now.

I'm happy for you, it turned out great!

I am gobsmacked by this and the support for it. Not so long ago you were telling us how hard it was funding your vids and paying your cameraman. And i really admired the work you were doing with Sawyer. Only in America.....

Dan it's your life and your money. If you feel good about it then it's the right decision! The result is great, good for you.The eyebags were never any distraction to me. As we get older, Mother Nature is telling us something but every one of us gets a different message.

Love it, it looks great! I want to do my upper lids.

It looks awesome! 👍🏻

idk I think eye bags are one of those things where someone isn't going to say "wow you look so different" unless you mention it, but they are going to subconsciously notice it. Or maybe that's me projecting. I think you look good :)

Thx for showing this!!

Good stuff Dan. I've had dark circles and bags under my eyes since I can remember. After a hard workout in high school my friends would ask me if I'd been in a fight, because I looked like I had black eyes. I've thought about ways I could fix it for years, including perhaps surgery, but never did anything about it. My wife is Korean, and she decided to get this two-step Korean moisturizer made out of...stick with me here...snail mucin. Basically they harvest the slime from snails and put it in a bottle, and you smear it all over your face. My wife said it could help with my eye bags if I dab it gently under them. So after mulling over how gross it seemed to me, I finally just decided to go ahead and try it. My eye bags and dark circles aren't gone, but I have to say that there is a significant improvement after months of doing it consistently, almost every night. Koreans are known for their great skin, and now you know their secret! Snails! Anyway, I appreciate you sharing this, Dan. It probably isn't the most comfortable thing to share, but it's good that you are willing to. All the best on your last checkup on it (which has probably happened by now).

Looks good, I'd never guess you had any surgery done.

I really would love to get rid of my eye bags, but too scared. That’s the reason I clicked on this video. I don’t backpack, but now I know about you & can recommend you to others. It sounds really uncomfortable for a time, but it looks great. Thx for sharing the experience & for keeping annoying music really low.

You look great. Thank you for sharing your story. I used to think you were just tired and not getting enough sleep. You put out amazing interesting content and yes I never cared if you had bags or not because that’s doesn’t change anything about how I respect your opinions. My favorite video you have ever made is the trip you made with Sawer Squeeze. I would love to see a repeat video in a different part of the world. I’m not sure how old your kids are but taking them on a mission to bring clean water to disadvantaged communities would be great. My brother-in-law took his son to Rowanda when they were donating a water purification system to a school. It made a lifelong impression on his son.

Nobody better give Dan any bagless innuendos!😂

Really wish we had more spider silk videos. Glad you feel better

Thank you so much! I didn't know that surgery could be done. After hitting my 40s a decade ago, they seem to be the only feature people can see.

As has been stated by others, NOT having people comment on the "after" appearance is a good thing, as that's an excellent indicator that it looks NATURAL. :D Whereas before, if you were getting multiple comments like "you look really tired" or "did you have a rough night/rough trip?" , those folks obviously noticed the "before" look. Many people, even if they DID notice a change (and didn't know about the procedure) would likely think you'd just been getting better rest, were in better overall health, and so on. It's certainly understandable that having one's face in many sections of weekly videos would have an effect on confidence or comfort re: those face shots. Cheers!

My eye bags bother me a lot too but I am almost 71. I would really like to have the surgery because like you said it has to be for me to make me happy when I look in the mirror. I thought the cost would be a lot greater but glad to hear it's not. You look great. love the videos.

My grandfather had to have this done to his top eyelids in his 70s because it started to impact his sight. His incisions were near his eyebrows, so not as much recovery in the less sensitive area. I suspect I may need it down the road, so good to hear what it is like.

💙🇺🇲 You look less tired and much more youthfull and relaxed! You got your monies worth!! 😁

In a few more years you will look just like that again. It's easier to just not worry so much about your appearance. I've got a huge nose and I just accept it. Teeth have problems but they work fine. Appearances aren't very important.

I noticed but thought you were just not traveling as much (after the rhabdo) and were more rested! You look great!

Yeah I got terrible eyebags at 14 because my eyes would water a lot everyday and when I was going to school I would wipe it away with my blazer sleeve. It was made of that rough, itchy wool so it was like dragging sandpaper across your eyes. I remember someone saying I'd need to get botox.

Instructional hiking videos like this have no place for comments on appearance. Very sad to hear people made comments on Dan's appearance. While he does look different, I come to the channel to learn from the master.

Can’t fight age guy. Strength training is the way to go for looking and feeling younger.

Recovery room nurse for plastic surgery. I don't usually get to see the end results. Looks great.

did the lower-lid blepharoplasty a few years ago. I think the used a laser for me and I did get put under. No pain for me just looked like I took a curveball to the face under each eye. Took 10-15 years off my face.

I honestly think you look much, much younger and rejuvenated! People may be thinking; “He looks fresh” but decided not to mention! But, you definitely look a lot younger 😊

Thanks for sharing my man, you look great!

Man, if John Krasinski and Ron Livingston had a kid, he would look like Dan Becker. LOL!

Good information; thank you for sharing it. I’m going to be forced to do uppers (hooded eyes covering pupils)) and it’s good to know about how lower lids are done. You look refreshed.

I am happy for you and yes, I noticed and I think you look wonderful.

Looking good mate, thank you for sharing :)

Well done. Congrats. I bet more people notice than you think.

At most I had an inkling of something being different and I remember having a brief thought of something feeling different each video I watched, but I never noticed the eye bags in the first place so I would've never been able to guess. Just chalked it up to not watching often enough or lighting or something subconsciously I guess. Makes sense now though, looks great.

❤Dan, you look wonderful!!! I'm sure it was not fun for you but worth it as it looks to be a successful surgery. 🎉

Looks great!

my guy, I shaved off my mustache after 2 years and my colleagues did not recognize what the change was but they all noticed something had changed. People just memorize the general parts of the face and not the details. The details are mainly for first impressions Id say

I’ve been wanting to do this too, so thank you for posting about your experience. I was all in until go said how painful it was when they pulled out the stitches and that you couldn’t sleep lol

Looking good ✌️

Interesting…I find eye bags attractive! (Think Daryl Dixon, Benicia del Toro.) I’m glad you’re happy with your results . ✌🏻💕

Looks like they did a great job! Thanks for sharing.

We didn’t watch the video yet but my son just said “he must of did that so he can be ultra light while backpacking” haha

Dan, we accepted you the way you were and the way you are now. I am in agreement that you have to be happy with yourself. Thanks for sharing Sir

It looks good. I‘m really glad you did it, now can we get back to camping content? 😅

yep, never noticed it before, but it is nice to know we finally get some new thumbnails :D

Looks great Dan!

Interesting. Glad you shared. Seems like there is a stigma and some shaming around doing plastic surgery. I think you’re right in that if you want to do it for yourself go for it.

You look great Dan. The most important thing is how you feel though!

You look great Dan, good you're happy.

Yeah its not a massive difference but you definitely look younger. I think its easy to conflate things in your head when reading comments. You know the analytics on the percentage of people that leave a comment, if there's 5 comments on one video you might yhink wow, 5 different people noticed it enough to say something. But of the other 100,000 that watched nobody paid it any mind. At the end of the day I'm glad you did it because you like the way you look.

Your eye situation never bother me. But i'm happy for you and you look great!

Good for you! ❤ I’ve always against plastic surgery… until I found out I could have a tummy tuck at the same time that I have a (medically necessary) hysterectomy! 😂

It's interesting as someone who is quite a bit older than you that my eye bags are more skin (like excess skin) in lieu of any fat. So I'm sure there are different kinds (?). TY for the info.

Me being who I am had to go look up this surgery. OMG HOW DID YOU DO THAT AWAKE?!?!?!?!?! I fainted twice watching it.

I didn't notice before. I just thought you were well-rested now! Good for you. 👍

What’s to stop the “eye bags” from just returning over the next ten years? There’s gotta be something underlying the formation of the bags (genetics, allergies, sleep, alcohol etc.). It seems that unless you figure out and solve that problem, you’ll likely be in the same place 10-15 years from now. Big difference for sure, but I never even noticed that you had eye bags in the first place.

happy belated birthday Dan thank you for your course. I truly love it. It is very helpful and I have learned a lot. 0:06

Dan, you look fantastic. The difference is noticeable. Maybe there’s too many men in your life, they don’t notice anything 😂

You look great! I hope this video got you new viewers! I’ve always loved your channel and plastic surgery videos is another niche I love, especially the horror stories lol 😬

I can only imagine putting myself on RU-vid for all of the not so nice people out there to feel the need to criticize and make rude comments, especially about one's appearance. I can understand why the eye bags bothered you (I'm 35 and already struggling with how aging is affecting my appearance, without being on a public platform in front of a camera) and I'm glad that you did what makes YOU feel good! It looks so natural, I'm sure anyone who doesn't know you wouldn't have any idea you had surgery in the first place. I'm sure more people have noticed than are telling you for fear that saying it looks good implies something negative like you didn't before, or just thinking it's not their place and none of their business to comment on someone else's appearance. You've always seemed like a hella nice, down to earth guy and I'm sure that's why a majority of us viewers keep coming back to your channel, eye bags or not. You look happy and that's the most important thing!

Nice!

Our culture obsession with youth and not showing aging is really sad. We age. It's fine. It seems pointless to be depressed about it. Aging brings wisdom and gravitas. We should honor aging, not try to erase the effects of it.

Hi Dan, I hope you feel better. You do look better. I'm not sure I would really notice if you didn't mention it. I'm more interested in your backpacking content and goofy takeaways. I especially like the pranks you and the other backpacking youtubers pull on each other.

That's fantastic! As you said. do it for you! I've lost 70lbs and people don't comment. Whether they notice or not is inconclusive.

I just got my upper lids done last April. Best money I have ever spent 😊

Maybe I'll try saving up once I get employed again. But damn that recovery sounds brutal.

I love backpacking but I’m not a professional who does it all the time. I get together with a friend in Idaho and we hike to a lake for about 4-5 days once a year. I turn to your videos out of love for backpacking and what you provide for just the average person. Honestly I never even noticed your eyes until you mentioned it. I like to go fishing with backpacking and just wondering if you ever take fishing equipment with you and what kind?

I like the post-surgery "goth dan" look. In all seriousness, I appreciate you sharing your experience and thoughts!

How do I get on the waitlist?

"Hopefully my picture's not up on your wall. That would be pretty weird." Meanwhile Miranda Goes Outside has your face on her window (if I recall correctly). Miranda gets a pass for all kinds of endearing weirdnesses, though.

That's a lot of money and a lot of recovery time just to remove fat under your eyes. This was an education though. I watched some of your videos from a few months back and there is clearly a difference. Surgery is successful when no one notices. The opposite extreme is you could look like Jocelyn Wildenstein. The point is that you were a 10 before and you're a 10 now. ♥

Thanks for the info Dan.

Eyebags FTW!

From someone who only found out about your channel a couple months ago (and therefore has no long term animosity built up towards you like, say, that young ‘un Kyle🧔🏻‍♂️used to)… I honestly think it looks amazing man. I broke my nose pretty severely during a wrestling match in high school, but I didn’t get it checked out (or even reset post match), until months had passed, it had already healed & the septum was causing me serious breathing issues. As a result, I chose to have “plastic surgery” (twice) in my early 20s to straighten it all out. Unfortunately, the first time was to fix it & the second time was for another plastic surgeon to fix the terrible job the first did🤦🏻‍♂️… So anyway, after that type of surgery (& maybe I’m wrong, but I think this applies to you as well), I think what most people want is others NOT TO NOTICE. If anything, you want others to be thinking that you’re just looking really good or much less tired that day, or maybe even that “something seems different” but they just can’t put their finger on what it is. And It seems to me your surgeon did that perfectly. What you DON’T WANT, is the surgery to be obvious. Like one of the countless people these days getting their teeth redone into these perfectly aligned, fluorescent Chiclets that are blindingly white & so instantly noticeable, that not even a month afterwards, their name followed by the word “teeth” immediately becomes the first Google search suggestion. NO ONE wants that… or at least no one should. Just please don’t let anyone convince you that you should feel guilty for having the procedure done. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a guy (or anyone) showing a concern for theur vanity. Just as long as it, like anything else, doesn’t overtake the truly important things in your life. So, if it makes you feel good & doesn’t hurt anyone in the process, go for it. I’m in my 40s & I can tell you that if my eye bags get much worse I might be DMing you for the name of your doctor. Now do yourself a favor & take those new eyes to the gym, get your cardio up, & go back to the Canyon & redeem yourself! Or just sit outside, eat Cheetos & enjoy being with your kids. I don’t care. Just please keep making videos so I have something to watch while I’m not outside. Thanks Dan 👍👊✌️