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Why does the face and bags under the eyes swell in the morning?
Together with a specialist, we understand the reasons and ways to get rid of the problem.
If, waking up in the morning, you are tremblingly afraid to look in the mirror and see there a swollen face with pronounced bags under the eyes, then especially for you Wday talked with a dermatovenerologist and dermatocosmetologist of the Remedy Lab clinic Marina Kulbaeva and asked her about the most common causes and methods dealing with these problems.
Dermatovenerologist, dermatocosmetologist at the Remedy Lab clinic
When should you not worry about edema?
According to the specialist, puffiness may be considered normal in some cases.
For example, a person with a face of an edematous type and pronounced fatty packs always, even at a young age, has puffiness in the morning.
It can also be associated with changes in hormonal levels during pregnancy.
After childbirth, this condition can last up to six months and is considered the norm.
If the puffiness does not go away and is actively held both on the face and on the body, the cause should be found out.
The most common causes of edema in the morning
Puffiness and bags under the eyes in the morning can appear in several cases.
If you drink a lot of water at night, eat something salty or dairy.
If you went to bed late the day before.
The cause can be somatic diseases, kidney disease, disorders of the cardiovascular system, as well as hormonal changes.
If puffiness did not bother you before, but you have begun to notice it recently, you should figure out the causes of its occurrence together with a specialist.
How to get rid of morning puffiness at home?
If a person has a tendency to develop edema, then several options can be recommended.
1. Limit your intake of liquids, dairy and salty foods at night.
2. It is important to stay asleep (sleep 8 hours if possible) and pay attention to the correct position during sleep.
3. As an express remedy, you can use a mask from the refrigerator. In combination with a contrast shower, it will relieve swelling well.
4. For home care, look for creams and serums with caffeine and green tea – ingredients with decongestants.
5. For these purposes, home gadgets with microcurrents are also suitable, which improve lymphatic drainage and reduce the severity of puffiness.
Treatments to help get rid of edema
Care procedures
To combat the problem, care procedures with a lymphatic drainage effect are suitable. For example, microcurrent therapy и micromassage… The latter is especially effective due to the fact that the device operates at two frequencies and affects different areas of the skin. During the procedure, excess fluid and toxins are removed from the intercellular space, which accumulate due to disturbances in the functioning of the lymphatic system and slowed circulation of lymph. Blood circulation and metabolism are accelerated, the production of youth proteins – collagen and elastin is stimulated. All these processes solve the problem of puffiness.
Injections
As for injection procedures, hyaluronic acid-based preparations are not recommended for an edematous type of face, as well as for patients with a gravitational type of aging. This is due to the property of the water molecule, which attracts up to 500-700 hyaluronic acid molecules. The procedure can worsen the swelling and puffiness.
Plastic surgery
In the presence of a pronounced hernia under the eyes, fatty packets, overhanging upper eyelid, it is more effective to contact a plastic surgeon who will remove excess fat.
Daria Vertinskaya, Expert