If you're looking to make those bags under your eyes disappear, then lets first take a look at the causes and how you might be able to change some of your lifestyle habits to eliminate these unsightly features.
Causes of Bags Under Eyes
Sleeping
Believe it or not, the angle at which your head is positioned when you sleep can either contribute to or help alleviate under eye bags.
Sleeping completely horizontally creates water retention under the eye meaning it can't drain properly, thus the build up of water will rest under the eye causing the skin to swell or form dark circles.
Too Much Sodium
Foods such as fast foods like McDonalds or KFC contain a lot of sodium for flavouring purposes, while tinned food and frozen food also contain higher than average levels of sodium as it acts as a preservative.
Too much sodium causes your body to retain extra fluids and one of those areas is under your eyes.
So watch your diet. Some great anti-aging fruits include pomegranate, pineapple, apples and blueberries while some of the best vegetables to include would be broccoli, Bok Choy, green cabbage, spinach and cauliflower.
Lowering your sodium intake through addressing your diet will have a profound effect on the skin beneath the eye.
Cold or Fever
Having a cold or fever or some allergy may cause fluid retention and the skin may become a little puffy but this will pass.
One of the best advantages of being a little slightly ill is that it forces you to eat more healthy food, and it's also a great detox, so don't be too concerned at this stage if your eyes aren't looking tip top.
Toxins
No need to elaborate here but we all know that excessive smoking, drinking and substance abuse will all contribute to dark circles and bags under the eyes.
How to Eliminate Bags Under Eyes?
If you've observed the causes above you will already be aware of ways in how to help eliminate the sagging under the eye.
There are then two other alternatives:
Eye Surgery
This is both expensive and dangerous and there is healing time to be taken into consideration.
In short a scalpel used to be the common form of surgery, by making a small incision in the conjunctiva to remove or reposition any fat. This often lead to scarring or the sad-eye look as the eye is then forced to droop a little.
Nowadays laser treatment is used to make a laser incision instead of a scalpel which reduces the amount of blood vessels that burst in the procedure.
There is less bruising this way but there is still recovery time to take into consideration and the cost which is well into the four figure mark.
Eye Tightening Creams
Eye tightening creams can range from as little as $25 up and are designed to work not just in the first few minutes after application, but also for long-term overall effectiveness, and due to high competition prices have dramatically fallen but their quality has not.
Most eye tightening creams include collagen, that powerful fibrous protein that binds and supports skin cell tissue, reducing under eye sagging and fine lines, while stimulating the growth of new skin cells.
Vitamin A and Vitamin C are the single best anti-oxidants for helping to constrict underlying blood vessels and for repairing molecules that have been damaged by the toxins in the air we breath, food we eat and substances we may consume - free radicals as they're termed.
Finally, while water retention under the eye may be the cause for these bags, it's still important that the skin stays well hydrated.
Hyaluronic acid is crucial here as it draws moisture from lower layers of the skin to the skins surface, and traps it there emitting a healthier all round glow.
Applying an under eye tightening cream daily is both inexpensive and highly effective.
Instant in 60 seconds, Instant Under-Eye Tightening Cream by Eye-Secrets is leading the way in the treatment for making bags under the eye disappear and is probably the most value for money of all under eye tightening creams currently on the market.
By Richard R Michaels
Causes of Bags Under Eyes
Sleeping
Believe it or not, the angle at which your head is positioned when you sleep can either contribute to or help alleviate under eye bags.
Sleeping completely horizontally creates water retention under the eye meaning it can't drain properly, thus the build up of water will rest under the eye causing the skin to swell or form dark circles.
Too Much Sodium
Foods such as fast foods like McDonalds or KFC contain a lot of sodium for flavouring purposes, while tinned food and frozen food also contain higher than average levels of sodium as it acts as a preservative.
Too much sodium causes your body to retain extra fluids and one of those areas is under your eyes.
So watch your diet. Some great anti-aging fruits include pomegranate, pineapple, apples and blueberries while some of the best vegetables to include would be broccoli, Bok Choy, green cabbage, spinach and cauliflower.
Lowering your sodium intake through addressing your diet will have a profound effect on the skin beneath the eye.
Cold or Fever
Having a cold or fever or some allergy may cause fluid retention and the skin may become a little puffy but this will pass.
One of the best advantages of being a little slightly ill is that it forces you to eat more healthy food, and it's also a great detox, so don't be too concerned at this stage if your eyes aren't looking tip top.
Toxins
No need to elaborate here but we all know that excessive smoking, drinking and substance abuse will all contribute to dark circles and bags under the eyes.
How to Eliminate Bags Under Eyes?
If you've observed the causes above you will already be aware of ways in how to help eliminate the sagging under the eye.
There are then two other alternatives:
Eye Surgery
This is both expensive and dangerous and there is healing time to be taken into consideration.
In short a scalpel used to be the common form of surgery, by making a small incision in the conjunctiva to remove or reposition any fat. This often lead to scarring or the sad-eye look as the eye is then forced to droop a little.
Nowadays laser treatment is used to make a laser incision instead of a scalpel which reduces the amount of blood vessels that burst in the procedure.
There is less bruising this way but there is still recovery time to take into consideration and the cost which is well into the four figure mark.
Eye Tightening Creams
Eye tightening creams can range from as little as $25 up and are designed to work not just in the first few minutes after application, but also for long-term overall effectiveness, and due to high competition prices have dramatically fallen but their quality has not.
Most eye tightening creams include collagen, that powerful fibrous protein that binds and supports skin cell tissue, reducing under eye sagging and fine lines, while stimulating the growth of new skin cells.
Vitamin A and Vitamin C are the single best anti-oxidants for helping to constrict underlying blood vessels and for repairing molecules that have been damaged by the toxins in the air we breath, food we eat and substances we may consume - free radicals as they're termed.
Finally, while water retention under the eye may be the cause for these bags, it's still important that the skin stays well hydrated.
Hyaluronic acid is crucial here as it draws moisture from lower layers of the skin to the skins surface, and traps it there emitting a healthier all round glow.
Applying an under eye tightening cream daily is both inexpensive and highly effective.
Instant in 60 seconds, Instant Under-Eye Tightening Cream by Eye-Secrets is leading the way in the treatment for making bags under the eye disappear and is probably the most value for money of all under eye tightening creams currently on the market.
By Richard R Michaels
