Bags under my eyes

cpapjack · Post by **cpapjack** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:33 am

Is it normal to still have bags under your eyes since I'm sleeping better or is this something that won't go away? I've always had bags under my eyes and I thought once I started treatment and started sleeping better, they'd go away. But they haven't.

NyNurse33 · Post by **NyNurse33** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:35 am

I don't know, but I have noticed that since starting cpap therapy, my eyes are "wet" in the am. Eye boogers as some call it. What's up with that?

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:02 am

Jack,

I've still got mine, too. Too many years of too little sleep (good or bad). I attribute some of it to the profession and age. Mine don't seem to be as dark as they used to be.....I take that as a good sign.

Melissa,

I think the wetness in your eyes could be from small air leakage in the nose area of your mask. I have it occasionally, too. One wouldn't think that if your eyes are shut that that would happen, but I believe that may be what it is.

Best wishes,

Den

Maryb · Post by **Maryb** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:06 am

I don't have bags but my dark circles have lightenend up and my bloodpressure has dropped enough for me to cut my blood pressure medication in half. Plus (and most importantly) I have so much more energy.
Aah, the benefits of CPAP!

Maryb

Offerocker · Post by **Offerocker** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:10 pm

Maryb wrote:I don't have bags but my dark circles have lightenend up and my bloodpressure has dropped enough for me to cut my blood pressure medication in half. Plus (and most importantly) I have so much more energy.
Aah, the benefits of CPAP!

Mary, you sound like one terrific success story! Way to Go!
Glad to hear it.

Sleepless in St. Louis · Post by **Sleepless in St. Louis** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:35 pm

Cpapjack, circles under the eyes, at least my understanding, is a genetic thing. This article used bags and circles interchangably.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bags_under ... s#Heredity

Some have this issue worse than others. I'm curious, do your siblings or parents have this problem (assuming they are sleeping normal and are not sleep deprived too). I think that your bags may improve over time, but you may just be one of those people who is stuck with this feature. I hope I'm wrong for your sake. Just look at this as an interesting facial feature instead of something to worry about.

Keep on papping.

Tim

krousseau · Post by **krousseau** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:53 pm

I think that after a while they begin to consider your face home & move in more or less permanently. Allergies also contribute to dark circles-then they are euphemistically called allergy shiners rather than dark bags. Works for me.

whatrdreamsmadeof · Post by **whatrdreamsmadeof** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:16 pm

i too have heard that bags under the eyes is genetic..........has anyone experienced puffiness in the morning around the whole eye area? i have for the past 2 nights and my machine records no leaks.........anyone out there with puffy face?

motherall · Post by **motherall** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:06 pm

I don't have bags under my eyes but instead have puffiness under the eyes and on the sides of my nose at the bridge. The better I sleep, the more puffy the eyes so I'm sure it's related to the cpap. It is usually gone in a couple hours and I consider it my prize for a good night's sleep. I do have allergies but this is different from my shiners and I don't have any darkness. I would guess it's like the gas some suffer with...all that air has to go somewhere.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:37 pm

I have two theories because of bags that really jump out sometimes since starting on xPAP. Could the straps restrict lymph circulation providing lymphedema? Since it seems to be quite variable, I lean toward this explanation versus my other thought that it might be related to pressure of treatment within the sinuses? Or maybe it's backed up tears that we want to shed because the masks are such a P.I.T.B.

TerryB

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