Despite her overall young appearance, new mom Nicole Gist couldn’t quite shake her sleep-deprived gaze. So, after consulting a few friends, she made an appointment for an under-eye filling. “You can feel a substance being injected, but the process itself is not painful,” says Gist, who after the procedure only had little swelling. “After some days, I felt such that I was sleeping the eight hours I may not have again.”
Judging by the recent increase in non-invasive eye treatments, Gist isn’t the only one feeling (and looking) a little more sleep deprived in the COVID-19 era. “In my office, tear fillers are on the rise,” says Michelle German, a certified medical assistant based in Washington, DC. Fillers under the eyes, usually based on hyaluronic acid, create volume under the lower eyelids to reduce hollows and dark circles. Juvéderm, which…
