# Why does my face look all bloated after I wake up in the morning?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 9, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-face-look-all-bloated-after-i-wake-up-in-the-morning/303069 "2005-05-09T15:44:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miss\_Shevious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Miss\_Shevious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Shevious)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-face-look-all-bloated-after-i-wake-up-in-the-morning/303069/1 "2005-05-09T15:44:36Z")

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Why do our faces look more bloated, after we get out of bed? Is is really just bloating? What gives?