Eye Bag Remedy

For people who suffer from under eye puffiness, finding a good eye bag remedy is a top priority. Not only can eye bags make us look tired or ill, but they can also be incredibly aging. There are a variety of ways to address the eye bag problem, but the first step is to find out exactly what is the cause.

If the eye bags are not due to illness (kidney disease and thyroid problems being the two main culprits), then other factors must be looked at. For some people the remedy is as simple as getting more restful sleep and sleeping in an elevated position to ensure that fluid doesn’t settle around the eye area. If lack of sleep is not the problem, but the eye bag is worse in the morning, it may be due to an allergic reaction to feathers used in the bedding. Again, the simple remedy for this is to change to a hypo-allergenic material.

There are quite a few homemade solutions that can be tried as an eye bag remedy, the best known being the application of a cooling compress, possibly cold tea bags, cucumber slices or iced spoons. However, these are just temporary solutions that will bring quick relief. For longer lasting remedies, it may be worth investing in a good beauty cream, specifically designed to treat eye bags. Most of these creams or serums contain slightly astringent ingredients, witch hazel and ivy extract for example. Applied sparingly to the area, they work by tightening the skin and in some cases, stimulating the sinuses to allow for improved fluid drainage.

The ultimate eye bag remedy of course is to undergo a cosmetic surgery procedure. Whilst more expensive than the solutions mentioned above, Blepharoplasty, the medical term for the surgery, is a long lasting remedy which, when followed by preventative measures, should keep the eye bags at bay for years to come.