As we age, our faces naturally change, including the delicate area under our eyes. The right hairstyle can work wonders to draw attention away from under-eye sagging and highlight your best features instead.
These fifteen hairstyles are specifically chosen to help women over seventy look and feel their best while minimizing focus on under-eye areas.
1. Soft Face-Framing Layers
Gentle capas that cascade around your face create a natural lifting effect. The movement draws eyes upward rather than focusing on under-eye areas.
Ask your stylist for graduated layers that start near your cheekbones for maximum impact.
2. Voluminous Bob with Side-Swept Bangs
Nothing distracts from under-eye concerns like a classic bob with volume! Side-swept bangs create diagonal lines across the face, naturally lifting the appearance of sagging areas.
The asymmetrical element adds youthful energy to your overall look.
3. Pixie Cut with Textured Top
Brave and beautiful! A pixie with extra texture on top creates height that draws the eye upward. The vertical visual line counteracts the horizontal lines that under-eye sagging can create.
Bonus: this low-maintenance style requires minimal styling time.
4. Curtain Bangs with Medium Layers
Curtain bangs frame the face beautifully while creating a soft focus effect. When paired with shoulder-length layers, they balance facial proportions and minimize attention to the under-eye area.
The gentle sweep away from the face has a lifting effect.
5. Swept-Back Elegant Updo
Sophistication meets strategy! Pulling hair away from the face with an elegant updo creates natural tension that visually lifts facial features. A few loose tendrils add softness without drawing attention downward.
Perfect for special occasions or anytime you want to feel polished.
6. Soft Shag with Feathered Ends
Feathery texture creates movement that keeps eyes dancing across your whole face rather than settling on any one area. The shag’s layers around the face cleverly disguise under-eye concerns.
Ask for feathering techniques that soften the overall look.
7. Asymmetrical Lob with Volume
Playful yet sophisticated! An asymmetrical long bob creates diagonal lines that naturally counteract the horizontal appearance of under-eye sagging. Adding volume at the roots lifts the entire face.
The slightly longer front pieces create a slimming frame around your face.
8. Full Crown with Tapered Sides
Height is your friend! Creating fullness at the crown while keeping sides more tapered draws attention upward. This vertical emphasis minimizes focus on horizontal under-eye areas.
The visual lift creates balance throughout your entire face.
9. Soft Waves with Deep Side Part
Romantic waves with a deep side part create asymmetry that naturally lifts facial features. The wave pattern introduces curves that contrast with any straight lines under the eyes.
The deep part allows hair to partially frame one side, creating a soft, diffused look.
10. Blunt Bob with Arched Bangs
Sharp meets soft! A precise blunt bob paired with gently arched bangs creates a framing effect that draws attention to your eyes rather than beneath them. The clean lines add structure to softer facial features.
The arch in the bangs creates a lifted appearance.
11. Layered Cut with Face-Framing Highlights
Strategic highlighting around the face brightens your complexion and draws attention away from shadowy under-eye areas. Combined with flattering layers, this technique creates dimension and movement.
Light-catching strands near the face have an instant lifting effect.
12. Tousled Crop with Forward Texture
Youthful energy radiates from this stylishly messy crop! Forward-styling the front pieces creates movement that draws attention toward your eyes and away from under-eye concerns.
The textured, piece-y finish adds modern flair that keeps the style from feeling too severe.
13. Classic Pageboy with Curved Ends
Timeless elegance meets clever optical illusion! The pageboy’s curved ends naturally direct attention outward rather than down. When styled to curve slightly upward at jaw level, it creates a subtle lifting effect.
The smooth, polished finish reflects light beautifully.
14. Wispy Bangs with Graduated Layers
Light as air! Wispy bangs soften forehead lines while graduated layers throughout create movement that keeps the eye traveling. The feathery texture diffuses focus from any one facial area.
Ask for bangs that hit just at or slightly above the eyebrows.
15. Rounded Silhouette with Volume at Temples
Frame your face beautifully! A rounded haircut with strategic volume at the temples creates width that balances facial proportions. This clever technique draws attention outward rather than to under-eye areas.
The softly curved shape complements mature facial contours perfectly.