Acupuncture for Reducing Eye Bags
Acupuncture for reducing eye bags offers varying degrees of effectiveness for different types of eye bags beyond surgical or pharmaceutical treatments. Traditional Chinese medicine classifies eye bags into congenital and acquired types. Congenital cases are hereditary, while acquired ones result from prolonged adverse stimulation of eyelid skin, such as improper massage, frequent tearing, or habitual eyeliner use, ultimately causing laxity and atrophy of the eyelid skin. The treatment method involves connecting power supply and stimulating corresponding acupoints such as Taiyang, Yuyao, and Ah-Shi points. Electrical current induces noticeable contraction and twitching of the eyelid muscles, accelerating local fat breakdown and tightening loose eyelids.
Traditional Chinese medicine also holds that the formation of eye bags is directly related to the function of the spleen and stomach in the body, especially the spleen’s function, which directly affects muscle function and fat metabolism. From an anatomical perspective of meridians and acupoints, the location of eye bags precisely corresponds to the origin point of the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian. Therefore, activating the Stomach Meridian points through benign stimulation improves spleen and stomach functions, which has practical significance in treating eye bags.
Acupuncture for reducing eye bags is thus a safe and stable preventive and therapeutic measure, particularly suitable for "pseudo-eye bags" caused solely by the orbicularis oculi muscle.