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Old 12-27-2014, 01:07 PM
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bags/circles under eyes

How long before the bags or circles under your eyes start to get better? Im two plus weeks...
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How is your nutrition and sleep?
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Nutrition is pretty good. Eating more veggies and fruit. Sleep is ok not great. But even when I sleep for 9 hrs I still have bags under eyes.
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Old 12-27-2014, 01:14 PM
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Keep doing what you're doing. It takes time for the damage to be repaired. I don't know how old you are or how long you drank, but some things are just part of getting older, too.

Try to look at the positives, what has gotten better? Two weeks is very early on.
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I kinda looked worse before all of a sudden I looked so much better.....about 1-2 months in for me (we're all different)
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Old 12-27-2014, 01:23 PM
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32. And I drank every day for probably 5-6 yrs about a sixer a day sometimes more sometimes less. All blood work done in April was clean as a wistle. But I have been a drinker since age 18.
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Old 12-27-2014, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by biminiblue View Post
Keep doing what you're doing. It takes time for the damage to be repaired. I don't know how old you are or how long you drank, but some things are just part of getting older, too.

Try to look at the positives, what has gotten better? Two weeks is very early on.
Oh I agree a loy has gotten better. I just wish I looked liked I wasn't drinking all yhe time lol. I am happier, get more done, have a better outlook... I have more energy sometimes and sometimes I just feel zapped.

I probably put my body through a lot the past 5 or so yrs. So it only makes sense it takes time to get all the way better. Just trying to gauge other peoples experiences.
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Old 12-27-2014, 01:43 PM
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Jryan everybody is diffrent but by around a month or 2 i was looking a lot healthier
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Yeah I figured I was expecting a little too much after this short time.
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Old 12-27-2014, 01:52 PM
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Probably a month. Get as much sleep as you can!
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Old 12-27-2014, 03:04 PM
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When I was drinking daily I had not just bags, but steamer trunks under my eyes! Getting much better as time goes by.
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Old 12-27-2014, 03:23 PM
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A couple months for me too. One day they were just gone.
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Old 12-27-2014, 03:34 PM
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I'm 52 and drank for 38 years

I'm 11 weeks in. Yesterday my granddaughter said "Granny, your face has gone all pink ! "

It's a healthy glow....

So I 'm looking a lot better in under three months.

Give it time. Someone on here was taking selfies to chart their progress, thought that was quite a good idea, you can really see the changes then.
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