As you look into the mirror you see to your horror the after effects of all the late night parties and stress in the unsightly sight of bags under your eyes. You notice that they definitely make you look drained and exhausted.
Naturally, you begin to wonder what causes them.
The main cause for bags under one’s eyes is not getting the required amount of sleep. And amazingly, lots of sleep can also get you under eye bags too. The solution to this is real simple. Ensure that you do get the right number of hours of sleep. Most people can survive on less than eight hours of sleep per day.
The next cause could be if you are anemic or have other vitamin deficiencies. Hence, start binging on fruits and vegetables. You could also check with the doctor to ensure that you are given the right supplements. Change of dietary habits will help of course. Go for a blood test to find out the vitamins that you lack in.
Flu or the common cold can get you under the weather and make you get these unsightly bags. Ensure that you drink lots of fluids, preferably warm, in order to flush out the toxins from your body.
Allergies are another thing. Treat yourself to a good diet and make certain that you keep away from allergy causing pollen and dust mites.
Some ethnic groups are more prone to under eye bags. These are of the Indian descent and also, those who have had laser treatment, chemical peels done which might result in hyper pigmentation.
When a large amount of melanin collects under the eye you tend to develop under eye bags. A good way of treating them is by the use of kojic acid or Hydroquinone. This will go ahead to get you a lighter skin tone and ensure less hyper pigmentation visibility.
This is also used post any kind of treatment with lasers be sure that post procedure no hyper pigmentation will occur. This goes to reduce the melanin content of the skin.
Retina A is known to be the angel for skin however, it could cause become smaller surface blood vessels to be more visible. Although all these vessels cannot be minimized completely they can be made to the bare minimum.
Different kinds of laser treatments such as the pulse laser go ahead to do this.
Moreover, as one ages the face becomes thinner and angular. This creates a loss of fat which further goes to add these eye bags. This also ensures that the blood vessels become more prominent and the skin tone appears darker than what it was.
The way you could treat these are:
• By injections of catalysts and fillers like Restylane or Sculptra
• Surgery or laser treatment. But mind you there is risk that comes along with it.
Now, how do you go ahead and minimize the risk. Go only to a qualified and re-known doctor. Beware of what you apply to your skin as it could cause more harm than benefits. You could end up with a skin that is burnt, red, peeling, bruises and swollen. Not something that you bargained for. And, last but not the least the allergic reaction that some customers get with these creams or injections.
In a nutshell whatever your reasons for having those eye-bags, you can overcome those.