Acupuncture for Eye Bags
In addition to surgical and medical treatments, acupuncture, which combines traditional Chinese medicine with modern electronic science, also has varying degrees of efficacy in treating eye bags.
Traditional Chinese medicine classifies eye bags into congenital and acquired types. Congenital eye bags are hereditary, while acquired eye bags are caused by long-term adverse stimulation to the eyelid skin, such as incorrect massage, excessive tearing, and frequent use of eye liner, which eventually leads to eyelid skin relaxation and atrophy.
The treatment method involves connecting to a power source and acupuncture at specific acupoints such as Taiyang, Yuyao, and Ashi. The electric current causes noticeable contraction and twitching of the eyelid muscles, accelerating the breakdown of local fat and tightening the relaxed eyelids.
Chinese medicine also believes that the formation of eye bags is directly related to the body's spleen and stomach function, especially the quality of spleen function, which directly affects muscle function and fat metabolism in the body. From the perspective of the actual anatomy of meridians and acupoints, the location where eye bags occur happens to be the starting point of the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming. Therefore, stimulating the acupoints of the Stomach Meridian can improve spleen and stomach function, which has practical significance in treating eye bags.
Acupuncture for eye bags is a safe and stable preventive and treatment measure. It is especially suitable for treating "pseudo eye bags" caused by the isolated hypertrophy of the eye orbicularis oculi muscle.
