Puffiness in the eye area is a very common appearance of mild facial edema. Edema is a term given to the accumulated excess fluid in the soft appeared tissue by swelling.

The skin gets stretched due to this edema and this leads to wrinkles and sagging. Since there is a very dense capillary network and lack of fat padding the eye area specifically becomes very susceptible to edema.

One should make a note about it that a particular edema (especially if it is not limited to the face) can be a signal of health problem like allergy, kidney insufficiency or a live disease. In this condition one must visit his/her physician and get a proper check up done.

Also another type of common puffiness is a morning puffiness, which is also called as mild facial edema that sometimes appears in the morning and passes by during the course of the day.

This morning edema is not caused by any health condition but it is caused by lifestyle factors like lack of sleep, alcohol, etc.

One should try to curb this morning edema down, not because it is a temporary annoyance early in the morning but it is a major factor that leads to have an aging effect around the eye area.