Eye bags: prevent, treat, repair
Eye bags - a common, harmless and often solvable problem. In this article we will discuss different ways to remove eye bags. There is a wide range of options, from home remedies to aesthetic treatments.
Eye bags
Summary
- The problem: bags under the eyes are almost always a purely cosmetic problem.
- Treatments: home remedies, medicated eye creams, aesthetic treatments (mesolines, injections, laser), lower eyelid surgery.
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"The right procedure can effectively fade under-eye bags, but the wrong treatment can actually make this aesthetic problem worse. The more visible the bags under the eyes, the longer the treatment path. There are no quick wins - and they are not worth looking for." (Surgeon Ville Männistö)
Reasons Behind Under-Eye Bags
The causes of under-eye bags vary for each person. Understanding the root cause is essential for selecting the most effective treatment.
- Under-eye fat: Genetics can cause fat to accumulate under the eyes, even at a young age. With time, these under-eye bags typically become more noticeable.
- Fluid retention: Impaired lymphatic circulation, excessive salt intake, or lack of exercise can cause temporary puffiness in the lower eyelids.
- Allergies: sometimes the swelling of the eyes is due to allergies or skin sensitisation.
- Skin ageing: With age, collagen and elastin levels in the skin decrease significantly. This leads to sagging and reduced elasticity, often first appearing in the upper and lower eyelids.
- Sleep deprivation and stress: Lack of sleep and constant stress worsen swelling and slow the skin’s natural regeneration process.
Understanding the root cause of an aesthetic concern is essential. With thorough assessment, corrective treatments can be precisely tailored for the best results.
Dehydration and eye bags
Adequate hydration is one of the easiest ways to prevent eye bags. When the body is dehydrated, it can begin to accumulate fluid, especially in sensitive areas of the skin, such as the eye area.
Tips for preventing dehydration:
- Drink 1.5-2 litres of water every day.
- Avoid salty foods and alcohol, which dehydrate the body.
- Include water-rich foods such as cucumber and melon in your diet.
- Don't drink just before bedtime!
How to Remove Under-Eye Bags?
There are various ways to treat under-eye bags, depending on their severity. Start with home remedies and medical skincare products. If those aren’t enough, consider a series of facials or minor aesthetic treatments. In more advanced cases, surgical correction may be an option.
Ways to Reduce Under-Eye Bags
- Home remedies: gentle and short cold treatments, light eye creams, massage and facial massage.
- Skin care products: those with eye bags should look for products that contain caffeine, vitamin C, maybe retinol. Caffeine reduces puffiness, vitamin C brightens under-eye circles, and retinol strengthens aging skin.
- Aesthetic treatments: Efficiency and results are achieved through microneedling, mesotherapy, PDO threads and laser. By combining treatments, the results are cumulative.
- Filler treatments Fillers are rarely suitable for treating eye bags but can effectively address other concerns like dark circles and fine lines under the eyes.
- Lower eyelid surgery: if there is excess skin and fat in the area, it may be wise to book an appointment with a plastic surgeon.
Quick Home Remedies for Under-Eye Bags
Home remedies offer temporary relief and are usually simple, affordable, and easy to apply.
Home Remedies for Under-Eye Bags
- Cool tea bags: place the cooled tea bags under your eyes for 10 minutes. Green tea is worth a try!
- Facial massage: A light massage to stimulate lymphatic circulation and reduce puffiness. However, stretching of the skin should be avoided. Facial massage instructions can be found on TikTok and YouTube.
- Cool spoon: Place chilled spoons from the fridge over your eyes for a few minutes. You can also try open-air swimming or dipping your face in cold water for a refreshing effect.
Best product for eye bags
Reducing puffiness, hydrating the skin, and supporting its natural elasticity require effective skincare products.ZO Skin Health provides a range of gels and creams specifically designed for the delicate eye area. With a consistent ZO home care routine, many achieve a more refreshed and well-rested appearance.
Why ZO products?
- Efficiency: advanced formulations and active ingredient delivery systems ensure that active ingredients can act where they are most useful. Because the products are more effective than usual, they are sold only in aesthetic clinics.
- Active ingredients: the ZO eye products contain retinol, peptides and caffeine, among others, which reduce eye bags.
- Gentleness: all ZO eyelid products are specifically designed for sensitive eyelid skin.
- Clinically tested: the effects of ZO products have been proven in clinical trials.
ZO Eye Brightening Crème
- Contains ZPRO and retinol.
- Reduces puffiness and evens out dark circles under the eyes.
- Use: apply a small amount around the eye area in the morning and evening.
ZO Intense Eye Crème
- A peptide-based cream that moisturizes and firms the skin.
- Eliminates signs of fatigue and reflects light, reducing dark circles under the eyes.
- Use: apply with a light pat, especially in the evening.
ZO Growth Factor Eye Serum
- A gel-like serum that improves skin elasticity.
- The cooling applicator reduces swelling.
- Use: Apply a small amount of the product to the eyelid using the applicator.
Additional tips:
- Gently pat the cream onto cleansed skin.
- Use both morning and evening for best results.
- Choose the product that's right for your skin problem. Ask a medical skincare professional for help.
- Remember to protect your skin from UV rays too. Sunscreen is used all year round.
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Eye bag treatment in an aesthetic clinic
When home remedies and skincare products aren’t enough, aesthetic treatments provide effective, long-lasting results. At Ebeling Beauty, our experts create a personalized treatment plan tailored to your needs and budget. Your journey begins with a free, no-obligation consultation.
Targeted Solutions for Under-Eye Bags
- ZO facials are highly effective at reducing under-eye bags. The treatment can also be paired with a soothing, de-puffing massage for enhanced results. Lue lisää!
- Microneedling is one of the most effective ways to increase the firmness and elasticity of the under-eye area. Lue lisää!
- Mesotherapy Active ingredients that reduce under-eye bags are injected precisely where they are needed most. Lue lisää!
- Polynucleotides bring an extra boost to traditional mesotherapy treatment. Lue lisää!
- Straight PDO threads are suitable for some customers with eye bags. They stimulate fluid and blood circulation, biorevitalise the eye bag area and firm sagging skin. Lue lisää!
- Tience repairs and regenerates sagging skin from the inside out. Lue lisää!
Often the problem requires patience and combination treatments.
Choosing the right treatment is the job of an aesthetic medical professional. It all starts with a free consultation. During the consultation, the client's needs, budget and schedule are identified. (Nurse Juuli Korkeila)
Reduce Under-Eye Bags with ZO Facials
ZO facials combine medical skincare products and effective clinical therapies into a healthy skin care package. As the skin heals and improves its condition, the aesthetic problems of the under-eye area are reduced. Results are achieved through a series of treatments.
Benefits of a ZO Facial Series
- Skin texture, firmness and resilience are visibly improved.
- Aged skin regenerates more strongly than without medical treatments.
- Puffiness caused by swelling is reduced after the first treatment.
- The eye contour, brightened and brightened by the treatment, will look great, even if not all the bags will disappear.
The first results of a ZO facial are often visible after just one session. However, the best and longest-lasting results are achieved with a series of treatments.
ZO Facials
- Cleansing: the treatment starts with a deep cleansing to remove impurities and prepare the skin for the conditioners.
- Exfoliation: exfoliation uses enzymes or acids to renew the skin and smooth its surface.
- Mask: a soothing mask to reduce swelling and firm the swollen and puffy eye area.
- Active ingredients: finally, ZO products containing effective ingredients such as retinol, peptides and caffeine are applied to the skin.
ZO facials are an excellent choice if you want a natural, effective and relaxing way to treat your eye bags. Combine your clinic treatments with professionally recommended home care products to get the most out of your treatments!
(Juuli Korkeila)
Reduce Under-Eye Bags with Microneedling
Microneedling boosts skin regeneration and gradually lightens under-eye bags when done as a series of treatments. Tiny sterile micro-injuries are created in the under-eye area, triggering the skin’s natural healing process and increasing collagen and elastin production. After multiple sessions, the under-eye area appears firmer and smoother.
The benefits of microneedling:
- Microneedling enhances skin texture, tightens the skin, and reduces puffiness.
- Needling reduces wrinkles and smoothes even deep lines.
- As a collagen stimulation treatment, microneedling improves skin firmness and elasticity.
- The procedure also improves the absorption of eye products.
Microneedling works best as a series of three or four treatments.
The course of treatment:
- Skin Assessment: a professional evaluates the condition of the under-eye skin.
- Local anaesthesia: an anaesthetic can be applied to the sensitive area.
- Microneedling: hundreds of thin needles make sterile micro-injuries in the skin.
- After microneedling, active ingredients penetrate deeper into the under-eye area, boosting their effectiveness and enhancing results.
Reduce Under-Eye Bags with Skinko E Mesotherapy
Skinko E mesotherapy is a powerful and versatile treatment that helps reduce under-eye bags. The Skinko E solution is packed with vitamins, amino acids, and antioxidants that firm, regenerate, and reduce lower eyelid swelling. This treatment can be combined with other gentle procedures, especially polynucleotide treatments, for even better results.
Combining polynucleotide therapy with traditional mesotherapy has been a game-changer for many struggling with under-eye bags! However, polynucleotides are not suitable for those with fish allergies. (Juuli Korkeila)
Can PDO Threads Reduce Under-Eye Bags?
PDO threads are biodegradable sutures placed under the skin to stimulate collagen production. Straight Mint PDO threads help firm the skin and improve texture. In some cases, PDO threads can reduce under-eye puffiness by enhancing fluid and blood circulation. However, they are rarely the primary treatment for eye bags and are best used as part of a comprehensive approach.
Benefits of treatment:
- Accelerates fluid removal
- Gently firms and tightens the skin
- Stimulates microcirculation
- Provides long-lasting results after just one treatment
Every PDO thread treatment starts with a consultation, where a professional evaluates your skin and recommends the most suitable approach or combination of treatments. The results of a single PDO thread treatment last 6–9 months, while combination treatments provide longer-lasting effects.
Tience: Ideal for Under-Eye Skin
Tience is a product developed in Finland that is ideal for light firming of the eye bags, among other things. The effectiveness of the treatment is based on the activation of biological processes in the skin. When the skin's own functions are accelerated, the skin heals and firms.
The benefits of Tience:
- Brightens the skin and reduces swelling
- Accelerates fluid circulation
- Improves skin firmness and elasticity
- Delivers natural, visible results without surgery.
During the treatment, bioactive substances are injected into the under-eye area, acting like an emergency response for the skin. They accelerate healing, promote regeneration, and restore skin health. Initial results often appear within a few weeks, with the final outcome visible after about three months.
Tience is a new, highly effective treatment that rejuvenates and firms the under-eye area. While the procedure can be quite painful, the results make it well worth it. (Surgeon Ville Männistö)
Laser eye bag removal
Laser treatment is a modern and effective way to reduce eye bags. The CO2 laser is one of the most popular options, tightening the skin, boosting collagen production, and minimizing puffiness. It’s especially beneficial for age-related under-eye bags or cases where skin elasticity has diminished due to factors like illness.
Benefits of laser treatments:
- Firms the skin: the laser stimulates natural skin regeneration and collagen formation.
- Reduces puffiness: as the puffiness decreases, the bags under the eyes are visibly reduced.
- Long-lasting results: effects last for months or even years.
Laser treatment always begins with a consultation to assess suitability, client needs, and budget. The procedure is not painless.
Laser eye bag removal - price
The price of laser treatment is determined individually based on the treatment area and the number of sessions needed. Pricing and payment options will be discussed during the consultation.
Malar bags
Malar bags are typically caused by sagging skin and fluid retention, giving the face a puffy and tired appearance. Unlike traditional eye bags, they require a specialized treatment approach for optimal results.
Causes of Malar Bags
- Lymphatic circulation: Slowed fluid circulation can lead to swelling in the cheekbone area.
- Ageing: With age, skin elasticity decreases. Subcutaneous fat pads shrink, shift apart, and gradually descend.
- Heredity: Sometimes, bags under the cheeks are purely hereditary.
- Lifestyle: Lack of sleep, stress, and poor dietary habits can worsen bags under the cheeks.
Natural Remedies
- A gentle facial massage boosts lymphatic circulation and helps reduce puffiness.
- Cold packs tighten blood vessels and minimize swelling.
- Drinking water every day helps prevent fluid retention. 1.5-2 litres is enough.
Lower eyelid surgery
Lower eyelid surgery is a highly effective, one-time procedure that rejuvenates the entire mid-face. It removes excess skin, redistributes or removes fat, and leaves the under-eye area looking significantly fresher.
Stages of lower eyelid surgery
- Problem assessment: the plastic surgeon will examine the condition of the lower eyelids and plan the procedure on an individual basis.
- Fat removal
- Skin volume removal
- Lower eyelid tightening: if necessary, the lower eyelid is tightened and lifted.
- Fat transfer: Sometimes, fat transfer is used to smooth the transition between the lower eyelid and the cheek.
The procedure is usually performed under local anaesthesia.
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