Calling all skin gurus: I need help with sun damage!

I am 26, but unfortunately I spent some 20-odd years in the sun *every damn day* as a tennis player--without any sunscreen! (I now want to go back in time and drop-kick my reckless younger self). As a result, I have considerable, visible sun damage in the form of:

-Standing fine lines. These appear when my face is at rest; some cross my face in a diagonal direction opposite from the others, and stretch from the lash line down to the middle of my cheek as you would see on people far older than myself.

-Slack/papery thin/crocodile-like skin under the eyes.

-Tear trough formation. This was a congenital problem, but has gotten much worse with age/sun damage. I have lost subcutaneous fat over the years and have very weak cheekbone structure to begin with, so my mid-face is very deflated.

-The slacking of under-eye skin has also contributed to the beginning of hanging naso-labial folds.

I now avoid the sun like the plague, apply La Roche-Posay Anthelios XL 50 throughout the day like it’s a religious ritual, and use .05 Tazorac nightly/Murad Vitamin C serum daily. I have done some Jessner’s peels, which produced an overall glow, and probably improved things on a celluar level, but I need the big gun treatments. I realize progress with peels takes patience and many treatments, but I want to graduate to a combo-TCA peel (35% TCA ? with Jessner’s or 70% Glycolic acid) to tackle those fine lines and perhaps do a little tightening.

My question(s): Will a medium-depth TCA (or series of them) have any effect on these lines? I know Phenol is the only “miracle cure” (with staggering side effects), and I’ve read Kosmed’s account of her experience, but is there a way to do a modified Phenol just under the eyes? Should I be thinking about dermabrasion, or will that cause scars? After reading RealSelf reviews of laser stuff and DCGNA’s accounts, laser is definitely out. Is there anything else I could be doing? (Red light therapy? Maybe dermaroller?)

I’m so afraid of scarring and hypopigmentation with a TCA, so if anyone knows of good chemical peel docs in SoCal, I’m desperate! Anyone hear of these docs?: Peter Helton, Mitch Goldman, Robert Kotler, Dore Gilbert, Michelle Aszterbaum, John Bradford Fisher, Lorrie Klein, or Maurice P. Sherman, or Wendy E. Roberts? It’s such a stab in the dark. My method of doctor-hunting has entailed Googling scholarly articles/research on TCA and Phenol, and trying to see if the authors of the studies are docs nearby, but I just don't know.

Also, Kosmeds, if you’re reading this (you rock by the way—I’ve consumed as many of your posts as I can), I saw that you recommended Dr. Rullan for peels. He had some reviews that make me suspicious, one of which said his exoderm “did not even help with the shallowest of my scars or tiny fine lines, not even the red marks. I paid 5 grand and ended up with more scars and hypopigmentation.” Do you have personal experience with him or other docs?

Finally: These lines are really eating away at my self-esteem, and I can’t help but drive myself crazy for my indiscretion in my youth. I seriously can’t even look myself in the mirror anymore (save to apply sunscreen, heh). I’m really hoping for some rejuvenation here. Thanks a million guys, I really really appreciate it :)

How long have you been using your current routine? It seems like a good one. I would keep it up along with the low grade peels for at least a year.