After 40, when there are serious changes in the female hormonal system, visible signs of aging appear, among which drooping eyelids are quite common. How to get rid? Of course, the surest way is plastic surgery. However, there are a number of fairly effective methods available to everyone.
Why is this happening?
First of all, it is worth figuring out why drooping eyelids appear. How to get rid of the problem depends largely on the causes of its occurrence. Sometimes it is enough to adjust the lifestyle, and in some cases, you can not do without surgery. So, the main reasons are as follows:
- Lack of sleep is one of the most common causes of the problem. Give yourself a full 8 hours of sleep and the problem will resolve itself.
- Dramatic weight loss. Being unprepared for the rapid disappearance of adipose tissue, the skin can sag. Gymnastics, beauty treatments, and weight gain will help here.
- Poor-quality cosmetics can have the opposite effect of what the manufacturer promises. After refusing to use an unsuccessful product, the skin recovers over time.
- Allergicthe reaction can also cause the eyelid to droop. Review your diet, as well as the list of medications you take.
- Genetic predisposition often leads to such a defect even in young girls. Here you can not do without plastic surgery or intensive salon treatments.
- Age-related changes caused by inhibition of the process of producing your own collagen.
Beauty Habits
The right lifestyle can save you from such a problem as drooping eyelids. How to get rid? Not so easy, but because girls simply have to instill in themselves some good habits that will help prevent the appearance of age-related changes:
- Start your morning with a glass of clean water. But the last fluid intake should be no later than 2 hours before bedtime.
- Give up makeup or at least limit its use. If this is not possible, then at least make sure that the skin of the eyelids remains completely clean at night.
- Forget about nicotine and alcohol. These are the main enemies of beauty.
- Check your diet. By eliminating fatty and fried foods from the menu, as well as adding he althy foods to it, after a while you will not recognize your face.
- Teach yourself to sleep well. The habit of getting enough sleep will help the skin around the eyes to remain fresh and supple.
- Spend as much time as possible in the fresh air so that the skin is saturated with oxygen. Also, do not forget about the regular ventilation of living and working areas.
- Choose carefullycaring cosmetics (if you cannot afford expensive products, it is better to turn to folk recipes).
Rejuvenating massage
Massage is good not only for the body, but also for the face. A simple procedure helps to cope with such a problem as hanging eyelids. How to get rid? Master this technique:
- wash thoroughly, then lower your face over a vessel of hot water or herbal decoction, covered with a towel (you get something like a steam effect);
- when the skin is well steamed, apply eye cream to keep your fingers gliding;
- with ring fingers, make synchronous movements in the direction from the bridge of the nose to the temple (along the upper eyelid);
- massage duration about 4 minutes;
- doing this procedure every morning and every evening, after a week you will notice a visible effect.
Gymnastics for the eyelids
Unfortunately, many people forget that just like the rest of the body, the face is covered with muscles. Thus, if they are not trained, a number of problems may arise, including the impending eyelid. How to get rid? Exercise is the best solution:
- Every workout starts with a warm-up. This will help to avoid stretching the skin and injuring the muscles. It is enough to blink intensively for a minute.
- Open your eyes wide and hold your eyelids in this position for 4 seconds. Close your eyes tightly for the same amount of time. You need to complete about 15 repetitions.
- Fix the brow muscles by placing your index fingers in the middle. Now try to frown. The fingers should resist to prevent wrinkling of the bridge of the nose. 10 repetitions are enough.
- With your fingertips, gently pinch the skin under the eyebrows, moving from the bridge of the nose to the temples. You need to do about 8 reps.
Grandma's recipes
One of the most serious age-related changes is hanging eyelids. How to get rid at home? Of course, grandmother's recipes will help. The following tools have proven themselves best:
- Fill half a glass with fresh parsley and crush the herbs thoroughly. Now fill the vessel with water to the brim, pour the entire contents into a metal container and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. The finished broth must be filtered, cooled, poured into ice molds. Every morning, massage your eyelids with a cold cube.
- Another use of parsley decoction is a compress. Soak cotton pads in warm liquid and place on eyelids for a quarter of an hour.
- Pour a spoonful of dried sage with a glass of boiling water. After 3 hours, the infusion should be filtered and divided into 2 parts. One is sent to the refrigerator, and the second is heated on the stove. Now you need to do a contrast compress, changing the temperature every 2 minutes (5 repetitions are enough).
- Beat one egg with a spoonful of olive oil. Apply the resulting composition to the prepared skin and leave for a quarter of an hour.
- Squeeze juice from potatoes and sauerkraut and mix in different proportions. Add a little flour to bring the composition to the consistency of sour cream. Apply the composition on the upper eyelid, and rinse after 5 minutes.
- Dissolve 4 tablespoons of soda in a glass of milk. Beat the liquid thoroughly with a mixer and refrigerate for a quarter of an hour. Soak cotton pads in milk and place them over your eyes. Do a contrast wash after 20 minutes.
Blepharoplasty
In search of a solution to how to get rid of impending eyelids, it is not always possible to do without surgery. So, if the problem is related to a hernia, then you can not do without surgery. They also resort to the help of a surgeon when there is too much skin hanging over the eye.
The operation to correct this defect is called "blepharoplasty". Its essence is to remove excess skin. It should be noted that traces of such an operation cannot be seen with the naked eye. Of course, during the rehabilitation period, you will feel significant discomfort. But as a result, you will get a fresh look without an overhanging eyelid and facial wrinkles. There is also an improvement in vision after the intervention. Unfortunately, there are a number of contraindications to radically eliminate the hanging eyelid. People with the following diseases will have to get rid of this problem without surgery:
- oncology;
- slow blood clotting;
- dermatitis and other skin problems;
- infectious diseases;
- high intraocular pressure;
- hyperthyroidism.
Salon treatments
If you can not decide on your own how to get rid of the impending century, go to the beautician. ATsalon may recommend the following treatments:
- Collagen lifting involves the application of a special serum. Subject to regular procedures, after a month the skin becomes toned, and the muscles around the eyes become toned.
- Microcurrent therapy is an effect on the skin with the help of an electric discharge. The tightening effect is provided by accelerating the process of tissue regeneration.
- Lymphatic drainage is a kind of massage aimed at eliminating puffiness. It can be performed both with special devices and by hand.
- Laser therapy is one of the most effective methods in the fight against age-related changes. Under the influence of radiation, blood circulation is accelerated, tissue regeneration processes are activated and muscle tone increases.
- Filler injections fill voids under the skin. And hyaluronic acid is needed for deep hydration.
Correction with makeup
Having figured out how to get rid of the hanging upper eyelids, you can understand that this process is quite lengthy. Nevertheless, women want to be beautiful always, and therefore you can mask the problem with makeup. Makeup artists give these recommendations:
- to blend shadows correctly, apply them only with an open eyelid;
- avoid thick lines with a pencil or eyeliner, not only on the upper but also on the lower eyelid;
- apply mascara only on the upper lashes;
- to avoid drawing attention to wrinkles and drooping eyelids, avoideyeshadow with pearly sheen;
- correctly drawn arrows, slightly pulled up to the top, will help lift the eyelid;
- For a fresher look, apply some light shadows under the lower eyelid.
Conclusions
There are plenty of effective ways to get rid of drooping eyelids. At home, this can be done with the help of gymnastics, massage, proper care and, of course, folk recipes. If the skin sagged strongly, you can seek help from a beauty salon. As for blepharoplasty, this is one of the safest operations that gives an amazing effect.
