Eye bags

Eye bags are bul­ges beneath the eyes that can make the face look tired or older. Unli­ke tem­po­ra­ry puf­fi­ness after a short night, true eye bags persist.

Cau­ses

Over the years, the con­nec­ti­ve tis­sue and sup­port­ing struc­tures of the lower lid lose firm­ness. The fat pad sur­roun­ding the eye­ball can then push for­ward. Gene­tics also play a major role, which is why eye bags can appear at a young age. Flu­id reten­ti­on, all­er­gies or lack of sleep make them tem­po­r­a­ri­ly worse.

Sym­ptoms

The typi­cal sign is a soft bul­ge beneath the eye, often with a shadow line below it. It is fre­quent­ly more noti­ceable in the mor­ning. Eye bags should be distin­gu­is­hed from dark cir­cles, which are main­ly about dis­co­lou­ra­ti­on and volu­me loss.

Tre­at­ment

Skin­ca­re pro­ducts and coo­ling only ease tem­po­ra­ry puf­fi­ness. For genui­ne fat bul­ges, a lower eyelid lift is the tre­at­ment of choice. In sel­ec­ted cases, a slight step towards the cheek can be smoot­hed out with filler.

Matching tre­at­ment at Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic: Eyelid lift (ble­phar­oplasty)