Are you young with bags under your eyes?

[IGBT]

noticeable among smokers of anything. By the time they are in their mid 40's their face looks like a scrotum.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Let's see your pic, OP. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you're probably not a model.

 

[JEDI]

just use some jack black eye serum. good as new

where to get this?

 

[Hacp]

It could be a hereditary feature. Not just sleep.

 

[destrekor]

I never really abused caffeine. Tea and cola but I don't drink coffee or energy drinks. I find it has no effect on me. I've cut back on sugar by only drinking diet soda or cutting it out all together. I think my diet is fine. I'm nowhere near overweight.

It's not to the point where I can't pay attention or I'm falling asleep. I just don't feel like I'm operating at peak. I think it must be poor sleep quality. The summer heat doesn't help either.

Well it doesn't have to come in the form of energy loss in the day... too much sugar (look at all the foods you eat - probably getting at least 50g of sugar without even trying), and it can lead to interrupting the sleep cycle.

But your body may also be designed with short but multiple sleep periods. It's actually a rather natural and native habit, but it's fell out of practice thanks to the schedule of the industrial work force, which translated to the same type of shifts in the white-collar world.

When you're in the office-world, it's not nearly engaging enough - in the physical sense - to have the energy as when working manual labor for a single shift. And truth be told, the developed civilization basically adapted to the shift and labor world. Not too much wrong if your body instinctively adapts to this shift world and operates at peak with a single block of sleep, but for the rest of the species that don't adapt, they are most productive when they get two or three sleep cycles in the day. As long as the blocks of time sync up with the natural and complete REM cycle, you'd actually be your most productive possible during all waking hours. Problem is, such a sleep schedule can be hard to use it effectively in the 8-5 world.

Though it is possible.
I can't remember the exact suggestions I had read elsewhere, but it's something like a moderate-length block of sleep before work (something like 12-6 for most people, though 1-6 and and 12-6:30 depending on the individual), and then a 20 minute nap during your lunch break, and after work either another 20 minute nap, or an hour and a half of sleep, and you're good to around midnight again.
It might not be as effective as multiple similar-length blocks of sleep, like 90 minutes thrice, followed up with a 180 minute phase. Problem there, you get a few interesting waking hours, two that are during the typical sleep time of most individuals.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

I do also, and oddly enough they developed over a relatively short period. My doctor blames stress, basically an adrenal thing.. I've fixed a lot of the stress problems and they're still there but it apparently takes a long long time for the skin around the eyes to heal.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

where to get this?

I actually meant Jack black eye balm. I got it off scentmonkey.com or something. It's some ghetto looking site that I found on froogle. I think it was a special deal going on. That was a while back.

It made a semi noticeable difference for me. But reviews for it are definitely mixed. You can get it on amazon/sephora/etc. I think bags under the eye are really more dependent on genetics/hours of sleep/diet. The eye cream helps out when I'm not sleeping enough which is most of the time.

 

[mmntech]

Well it doesn't have to come in the form of energy loss in the day... too much sugar (look at all the foods you eat - probably getting at least 50g of sugar without even trying), and it can lead to interrupting the sleep cycle.

But your body may also be designed with short but multiple sleep periods. It's actually a rather natural and native habit, but it's fell out of practice thanks to the schedule of the industrial work force, which translated to the same type of shifts in the white-collar world.

When you're in the office-world, it's not nearly engaging enough - in the physical sense - to have the energy as when working manual labor for a single shift. And truth be told, the developed civilization basically adapted to the shift and labor world. Not too much wrong if your body instinctively adapts to this shift world and operates at peak with a single block of sleep, but for the rest of the species that don't adapt, they are most productive when they get two or three sleep cycles in the day. As long as the blocks of time sync up with the natural and complete REM cycle, you'd actually be your most productive possible during all waking hours. Problem is, such a sleep schedule can be hard to use it effectively in the 8-5 world.

Though it is possible.
I can't remember the exact suggestions I had read elsewhere, but it's something like a moderate-length block of sleep before work (something like 12-6 for most people, though 1-6 and and 12-6:30 depending on the individual), and then a 20 minute nap during your lunch break, and after work either another 20 minute nap, or an hour and a half of sleep, and you're good to around midnight again.
It might not be as effective as multiple similar-length blocks of sleep, like 90 minutes thrice, followed up with a 180 minute phase. Problem there, you get a few interesting waking hours, two that are during the typical sleep time of most individuals.

Sadly I'm doomed then because I rarely get enough time for proper breaks. Long hours too right now, plus my career goal is in the media which is all shift work.

I'll sleep better come winter once it's cooler. My bedroom is a heat trap so it gets pretty uncomfortable in there come summer, even with central air. I'm probably due for a new mattress too. Had my current one over 20 years.

 

[MrPickins]

I have dark circles, but no bags. I'm pretty sure mine is hereditary.

 

[angminas]

Sadly I'm doomed then because I rarely get enough time for proper breaks. Long hours too right now, plus my career goal is in the media which is all shift work.

I'll sleep better come winter once it's cooler. My bedroom is a heat trap so it gets pretty uncomfortable in there come summer, even with central air. I'm probably due for a new mattress too. Had my current one over 20 years.

Box fan and an egg crate mattress topper = $30 and almost certainly a significant improvement in sleep. I like the old foam much better than cheap memory foam, but w/e works for you.

 

[mizzou]

i have very dark bags under my eyes, it looks like I've been punched sometimes in certain light.

It's probably because of some mediterranean/sicilian blood in my family

 

[nonameo]

allergies also cause this.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Is the girl in that picture really an example of baggy eyes? Those "bags" look like merely the result of squinting.

 

[mjrpes3]

When I accidentally leave my contacts in overnight I wake up in the morning with bags under my eyes. They go aways in an hour.

 

[shiner]

It is mostly a comblination of stress and lack of sleep for me.....Milly Cyrus is a ho bag though...and not in a good way...more of a "I might do her, but I'd rather ride a moped kinda way" cause I bet the bitch just lays there.

So anyway...yes...bags...very little sleep...noisy kids.

Amen!