The age at which bags under the eyes appear varies from person to person, mostly around 40 years old. However, due to genetic factors or some bad habits, bags under the eyes will be born early. Bags under the eyes have a great influence on appearance, which not only makes people look old, but also causes serious complications such as ectropion of lower eyelid and entropion of lower eyelid margin.
The appearance and aggravation of pouch is an important sign of the aging change of lower eyelid. However, the formation of bags under the eyes is not just an instant thing, but is caused by many factors, such as the growth of age, the continuous effect of the earth's suction, the relaxation of the lower eyelid skin, and the decline of the orbital diaphragm support.
Classification of bags under eyes
1. Loose skin type:
Due to early neglect of maintenance and years of sun exposure, the skin and orbicularis oculi muscle are slack.
2. Hypertrophy of orbicularis oculi muscle (pseudopouch):
More common in young people, mainly due to genetic factors. It shows that the orbicularis oculi muscle of the lower eyelid is thick and the skin muscles are not slack. The bags under the eyes are just the wheel-shaped protrusions of the orbicularis oculi muscle, especially when laughing, so they are generally called fake bags under the eyes. Such people should pay attention to adequate rest and try not to drink water before going to bed, so as to avoid eye edema the next morning.
3. Orbital septal fat protrusion type:
Orbital septum is a typical pouch caused by exophthalmos. No skin laxity and wrinkles in the lower eyelid.
4. Hybrid power:
1 type and 3/type mixed manifestations, mainly manifested as orbital septum fat swelling, accompanied by different degrees of lower eyelid skin relaxation and skin wrinkles.
5. Fatigue type:
Fatigue, poor sleep, excessive nightlife and systemic or chronic diseases are all easy to induce, which accelerates the appearance of bags under the eyes and even dark circles around the eyes.
The problem of looseness is yes and no.
Fat people are more likely to have bags under their eyes than thin people.
The eyeball is located in the orbit, surrounded by fat tissue pad, which plays a protective and buffering role and is convenient for eye movement. Even for the fattest or thinnest people, there is not much difference in the amount of fat around the eyeball, so bags under the eyes have nothing to do with obesity.
Drinking less water before going to bed helps to relieve bags under the eyes (yes)
Drink less water before going to bed, properly pad the pillow, so that the water that is easy to accumulate in the eyelids can be dispersed through blood circulation, which can alleviate the pouch phenomenon to some extent.
Losing weight can also lead to the formation of bags under the eyes (yes)
Losing weight and dieting will lead to malnutrition or sudden weight loss, which will also cause rapid changes in fat content, affect skin elasticity and produce bags under the eyes.
Young people have no bags under their eyes (no)
Because the eyelid skin is thin and the subcutaneous tissue is thin and loose, edema is easy to occur. Not only the elderly, but also young people will have bags under their eyes for many reasons, such as heredity or poor sleep, which will become more and more obvious with age.
Wearing contact lenses may cause eye bags (yes).
Most people subconsciously pull down their eyelids when they wear contact lenses. In the long run, the muscles of the lower eyelid will relax, leading to bags under the eyes. If you want to put on the lens conveniently, you can gently pull up the upper eyelid.
How to eliminate eye bags
The appearance and aggravation of eye bags is one of the signs of facial aging, which gives people a feeling of listlessness. It is unrealistic and impossible to completely avoid eye bags, because aging is a natural law. But a little attention can completely delay the appearance and aggravation of bags under the eyes.
1. Get enough sleep
Long-term lack of sleep is an important reason for the aggravation of eye bags. Modern research has proved that a good sleep can obviously improve the blood circulation of eyelid tissue, keep the eye tissue in good vitality, and thus effectively prevent the occurrence and aggravation of bags under the eyes. If you don't get enough sleep for a long time, it will lead to chronic fatigue of eye tissues and blood supply disorder, and then the effect of gravity will make eye bags appear prematurely and increase and aggravate rapidly.
2. Drink plenty of water before going to bed.
People who are prone to eye bags should exercise more, or often do facial and eye massage to help local circulation, and try to eat less salty or spicy food. Eating too much food and drinking too much water before going to bed are the reasons for eye edema and pouch formation.
Choose a refreshing eye cream.
Don't oil the eye cream. Too oily eye cream, it is difficult for the skin to absorb all, and excess oil particles accumulate around the eyes, which is easy to form bags under the eyes. It is best to choose products with refreshing texture for eye cream to avoid accumulation of grease particles.
4. Medical cosmetic surgery
At present, there are two main methods to remove eye bags in clinic: skin approach and lower eyelid conjunctival approach. The former is suitable for any kind of bags under the eyes, while the latter is suitable for correction of bags under the eyes of young people. Common pouch surgery is to make a small incision on the eyelid to remove fat. Generally speaking, the operation time is short and the recovery is quick.