Treatment for hooded eyelids?

[dkwak]

I'm 37 and ALREADY have pretty bad hooded eyelids. I feel so limited on what I can do with eye makeup because of it. But mostly, I just really hate what it looks like.

Besides any kind of surgery, is there anything I can do reduce the sagginess of my eyelids?

[mrssavy42112]

I have hooding too. If it's due to puffiness, then an eye gel can help to reduce the puffiness & a firming eye cream can tighten it a bit. For me, it's just genetic. I can still wear almost any eye shadow combo I want, I just need to be more conscious of placement & using a good primer.

[scout8]

I have this problem too, but I haven't found anything that really helps. My eyes were always hooded, but at 41, they are starting to sag a bit too. I can no longer wear eyeliner on my top lashes as it ends up all over my lids. I also had to switch to a waterproof mascara. I gave up on wearing eye shadow years ago as you can't really see it anyway.

If you find a product that helps, let me know. Otherwise, I see surgery in my future. My mom finally broke down and had it done in her mid 40's. She was happy with it.

[Deleted]

Mine have always been leaning in that direction. I agree primer helps. I think I almost like the Smashbox primer better than Urban Decay.

I've had best luck with the potted cream liners--Loreal HIP and Sephora actually seem best. Smashbox is okay and Laura Mercier is a disaster.

[scout8]

Jun 30, 2012 10:34:36 GMT -5 @mavjen said:

scout8, I've always had hooded eyelids since I'm Asian so I had the same problems with mascara eyeliner. I found that using the Urban Decay eyeshadow primer on my eye area has prevented eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara from running or doing things I didn't want them to do.

It doesn't help with the skin, but it helps a ton with makeup application.

Thanks for the rec. I will give it a try. I tried another primer, but it didn't work. I will give this one a shot.