Face puffiness

Understanding facial puffiness

Facial puffiness most often comes from fluid building up in the tissues, when lymphatic circulation slows and no longer drains fluids and toxins efficiently. Sleep, diet, stress, hormonal fluctuations, salt or alcohol intake — even certain sleeping positions — can make it more pronounced.

It shows up as heavy-looking features in the morning, puffy eyelids, a less defined facial contour, or a feeling of tightness. Unlike fat-related volume, this kind of swelling fluctuates and is reversible — which makes it particularly responsive to approaches that get circulation moving again.