Sometimes you look in mirror and see again puffy eye bags – swelling, irritating and itchy. What could trigger puffy eye bags? In general puffy eye bags could be a symptom of allergy, lack of sleep, stress, poor diet, normal aging process or bad habits (intensive use of alcohol and/or smoking). But sometimes puffy eyes could be the first signal of some serious diseases such as nephritic syndrome, eye infections, hormonal dysfunctions, anemia or dysfunction of tear glands. In all cases puffy eye bags (swollen eyes) usually triggered by fluid retention.
One of the main causes of puffy eye bags is heredity. Often members of the same family suffer from puffy eye bags. The main reason is the inherited tendency of having thin skin layer around the eyes or having more blood vessels than the average lot.
Sometimes broken blood vessels which supply blood underneath the eyes also could trigger puffy eye bags.
Women with puffy eye bags could have some additional symptoms such as discomfort, blurry vision, eye discharge or eye pain, itching or burning sensation, vision changes, redness on or around the eyes, feeling of foreign body in eyes.
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Some women could have also dark circles around puffy eyes which is the result of orbital hyper pigmentation (when the production of melanin around the eyes is more active than average).
Simple tips for puffy eye bags
Control you sleep because lack of sleep could be the main reason of your puffy eye bags. Sleep hygiene could prevent eye bags – 1. You should sleep at least 8 hours during night (non-stop and non-interrupted!); 2. Choose the best sleeping position (on back with elevated head); 3. Keep positive environment in your bedroom (quite, cool, and comfortable).
Cold water could be enough in cases of simple eye swelling – just splash your face with cold water and it will constrict the blood vessels and starts the fluid circulation thus reducing swelling. Some women use ice cubes for making water much colder and more effective. Remember that the whole cold water application time should be short – just few seconds.
Ordinary tea bags can help you to deal with puffy eye bags pretty fast. You just need two simple fresh unused tea bags. First you should make them wet and cold – place ice cold water in tea cup, dip tea bags in cold water and squeeze them. Now they are ready for use – just put chilled tea bags on your closed eyes and keep until they become warm. You can repeat the same procedure during 20-30 minutes.
Don’t be surprised! Simple teaspoons could treat your puffy eye bags. Actually cold teaspoons are considered as very effective and fast method to make your puffy eye bags disappear. For this method you need about 6-8 cold teaspoons. The easiest way to keep them cold is placing them in refrigerator in clean pot. Put two cold teaspoons on your both closed eyes for few minutes and change them when they become warm – keep on doing till you see your eye puffy bags gone.
Cucumber slices could serve as easy and fast treatment of your puffy eye bags. Fresh cucumber slices could help you to rid of puffy eye bags during 20-30 minutes.
Cut two slices of cold cucumber (taken from refrigerator) and put them on your eyes and try to relax – keep them until they become warm. Continue with next two fresh cucumber slices until your eye bags would disappear.
It is simple and cheap to use anti-inflammatory properties of fresh potatoes for treating puffy eye bags. You can use both round fresh potato slices and potatoes juice.
Put two cold potato slices on your eyes and keep it until they become warm OR deep small cotton tissue in potatoes juice and keep it on your eyes until the tissue becomes warm. This procedure could be repeated during 20-30 minutes.
As puffy eye bags are caused by excessive fluids that get trapped around your eyes, gentle massage around eyes could be pretty useful. First, relax and choose the comfortable position. Second, close your eyes and gently press the ring finger under your eye. Third, move your finger in arc shape from inside corner of eye towards outside (13-16 rounds). Repeat the same kind of massage for second eye.
Salty solutions could be used for puffy eye bags especially if you are using too much salt in your daily diet. Warm salty water compress can reduce eye swelling. Use only warm water (not hot!), add half teaspoon salt to 500-600 ml water, soak two cotton balls in prepared water, apply them on closed eyes and keep until they become cold. Same procedure can be repeated during 30 minutes. The result will be diminished puffy eye bags.
Egg white can also be recommended for puffy eye bags. First, beat egg white till it gets stiff; second, apply it around your eyes and keep it until it dries (20-30 minutes); third, wash your eyes with cold water and enjoy the result.
Ordinary tomatoes could have a magic effect on your eye dark circles. First, you should prepare the mixture from one teaspoon of fresh tomato juice, half teaspoon of fresh lemon juice, a pinch of turmeric and gram flour. This mixture can be applied under the eyes for 10-15 minutes.
You can treat your puffy eye bags overnight – just buy almond oil and apply it gently around your eyes before going to bed. It will work whole night. In the morning the effect will be visible.
Mint leaves are known for ages as an effective method for puffy eye bags – crushed mint leaves give very special cooling effect and immediately soothe tired eyes. Place crushed mint leaves around the eyes and leave it for 20-30 minutes.
Fresh figs have very similar positive effect on puffy eye bags – just cut some fresh figs in half and put them under the eyes for 20-30 minutes.
