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Periorbital puffiness, also known as puffy eyes, or swelling around the eyes, is the appearance of swelling in the tissues around the eyes, called the orbits. It is almost exclusively caused by fluid buildup around the eyes, or periorbital edema. Minor puffiness usually detectable below the eyes only is often called eye bags.
Moving around and exercising regularly can also promote circulation and move fluid out of the face, she says. ... and muscles to weaken around the eyes and the fat pads descend and bulge, causing ...
The corrugator supercilii muscle is a small, [1] narrow, [citation needed] pyramidal muscle [1] of the face. [citation needed] It arises from the medial end of the superciliary arch; it inserts into the deep surface of the skin of the eyebrow. It draws the eyebrow downward and medially, producing the vertical "frowning" wrinkles of the forehead ...
“Sometimes facial swelling will be more noticeable first thing in the morning due to lying flat and gravity allowing fluid to accumulate in our head and neck,” explains Jeffrey Davis, D.O., C ...
On either side, the epicranial aponeurosis attaches to the anterior auricular muscles and the superior auricular muscles. Here it is less aponeurotic , and is continued over the temporal fascia to the zygomatic arch as a layer of laminated areolar tissue .
Face swelling combined with shortness of breath or lip swelling can be a sign of a life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis, which is a medical emergency, Lipner says. In these cases ...
Edema (American English), also spelled oedema (British English), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy and hydropsy, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue, [1] a type of swelling. [4] Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. [1] Symptoms may include skin that feels tight, the area feeling heavy, and joint stiffness. [1]
The procerus muscle arises by tendinous fibers from the fascia covering the lower part of the nasal bone and upper part of the lateral nasal cartilage.It is inserted into the skin over the lower part of the forehead between the two eyebrows on either side of the midline, its fibers merging with those of the frontalis muscle.