What are the best treatments for tired looking eyes?

The common problems that most people encounter when aging is that their eyelids tend to become droopy, eyebrows tend to sag, and eyebags start to appear. While these are just common signs of aging, and some might experience more severe signs, most are not pleased with what aging brings. Thankfully, there are treatments for tired looking eyes. Phew!

Signs of aging such as eyebags or sunken eyes may just be aesthetic problems but droopy eyelids or saggy eyebrows would be a more serious problem to the extend that it affects your sight. So if you have droopy or sagging eyelids, here is a guide for the various treatments that can help treat your sleepy eyes.

What causes tired looking eyes

These are the reasons you have tired looking eyes (aging might be the biggest contributing factor):

• Saggy eyelid skin due to the natural aging process
• Weak eye muscles which results in droopy eyelids (condition named ptosis)
• Droopy eyebrows due to loose skin under eye brows
• Sunken eyes / eye hollows due to loss of collagen
• Puffy undereye bags due to weak eye muscles and tissues

Apart from the signs of aging, ptosis could be present at birth. Sometimes, even babies are born with it. Whereas for others, ptosis can be developed due to a trauma or a nerve injury causing damage to the eye muscles.

However, most droopy eyelids can been seen in older adults because of the natural aging process. As the skin around your eyes is thin and delicate, and because you are always using your eyes, your eye muscles and skin stretches and get weak. As a result, your eyelids get droopy as you age.

That said, the most suitable treatments for tired looking eyes depends on many factors actually. Some of which are your eye anatomy, amount of eyelid fats, extend of saggy skin, and overall muscle distribution. Here are the options available:

Effective treatments for tired looking eyes

1. Double Eyelid Surgery

Getting a double eyelid surgery can not only fix your saggy eyelids but also give you bigger and more expressive eyes. Unless you dislike having double eyelids, this is one of the most effective and best treatment for tired looking eyes. Sometimes, just double eyelid surgery alone could also fix very mild ptosis. It is suitable for those who:

• Want to fix droopy eyelids and get double eyelids
• Are suffering from blocked vision due to drooping eyelids
• Have drooping eyelids and/or eyebrows due to aging
• Have mild ptosis

2. Ptosis Correction

Ptosis refers to a condition where your upper eyelids droop due to muscle problems and it can happen to one or both eyes. This drooping occurs as the muscles used for raising and lowering your eyelids weakens. If you have ptosis that is severe to the point that it affects how you look and blocks your vision, it is highly recommended that you get ptosis correction surgery to fix it!

It is also very common for one to get both ptosis corrections and double eyelid surgery to fix severe ptosis and make your eyes look more attractive and bigger at the same time. Ptosis correction is suitable for those who:

• Want to correct mild or severe ptosis
• Have upper eyelids that are covering at least 1/3 of their pupil
• Are suffering from blocked peripheral vision due to sagging eyelids
• Have double eyelids with multiple folds due to ptosis
• Have lazy, sleepy eyes and cannot open their eyes fully

3. Sub-Brow Lift Surgery

Sub-brow lift is a cosmetic surgery that fixes droopy eyelids and eyebrows by removing excess loose skin under the eyebrows. This procedure also tightens your eye muscles and tissues, and significantly reduce sagging without making any changes to the existing eyelids. It is suitable for those who:

• Want to fix droopy eyelids but not get double eyelids
• Want to maintain existing double eyelid but fix sagging eyelid skin
• Have excess eyelid fats and skin under the eyebrows (puffy and thick eyelids)
• Are sporting a large space between their eye and eyebrows
• Are suffering from drooping eyelids and/or eyebrows due to aging
• Have asymmetric eyebrows due to sagging eyelids

4. Eye Bag Removal Surgery

Having eye bags makes you look tired and older than you really are. The two types of procedures available to address this issue – eye bag removal surgery and under eye fat repositioning surgery, the latter being the most recommended procedure because in many cases, complete removal of eye bags can lead to sunken eyes. Under eye fat repositioning surgery is suitable for those who:

• Are suffering from protruding undereye bags (not to be mistaken with aegyo sal aka Korean love bands)
• Want to improve dark circles caused by under eye bags
• Have drooping under eye muscles
• Have hollow undereye areas

5. Forehead Lift Surgery

Forehead lift surgeries such as endotine forehead lift and traditional forehead lift, also known as endotine brow lift, are cosmetic procedures that aims to improve the appearance of your upper face – mainly your forehead, brows and eye area. It is especially suitable for cases where:

• You have sleepy eyes and drooping eyelids due to sagging forehead skin
• You have mild ptosis due to sagging forehead skin
• Your forehead is showing signs of droopiness
• You have puffy or thick “sausage” eyelids
• Your eyebrows are drooping or asymmetrical

6. Facial Fat Grafting

Facial fat grafting, aka facial fat transfer, is a cosmetic procedure where fat tissues are extracted from other parts of your body (usually the back of your thighs or belly or buttocks) and injected into the areas of your face which requires volume. There are two ways fat grafting can help address your sleepy eyes – upper eyelid fat grafting and under eye fat transfer.

Upper eyelid fat grafting can:

• Fix sunken or hollow upper eyelids which makes your eyes appear tired
• Corrects problem of upper eyelids with multiple folds

Under eye fat transfer can:

• Fix sunken or hollow under eyes

Conclusion

If you have tired looking eyes, fix it! If not for cosmetic purposes, at least for functional purposes. And there is no ideal age to start correcting those sagging eyelids. In fact, the earlier the better, before your condition gets worse.

And most importantly, because the eye area is very sensitive and delicate, make sure to get a reliable and skillful plastic surgeon who is experienced in treatments for tired looking eyes. Because only an experienced surgeon will be able to tell which procedure is most suitable for treating your droopy eyes and produce the best results for you.