Swelling under the eyes is a fairly common phenomenon that everyone has had to face. The causes of edema are various. For some, they arise extremely rarely and quickly pass, while someone has to constantly deal with them.
The main cause of edema is the accumulation of fluid, which can be associated with diseases, bad habits, malnutrition. Edema under the eyes can be caused by age-related changes or be a genetic feature of a person. Their cause is poor makeup or constant fatigue.
If swelling is caused by diseases of the heart, thyroid gland, digestive organs, kidneys, nervous system, then fighting them with cosmetic methods is useless. In this case, you need to see a doctor and treat the disease, and then the swelling of the eye will disappear.
Edema under the eyes is often caused by fatigue, lack of sleep, and overwork of the eyes. To fight them, you need to rest the body and get enough sleep.
The abuse of spicy and salty foods leads to the drinking of large amounts of fluid, its slow exit from the body and the appearance of edema in the morning. Therefore, you should not eat spicy food and drink plenty of fluids, especially at night. A large amount of alcohol in the evening invariably in the morning will affect the condition of the area around the eyes. Swelling under the eyes in the morning, which appear as a result of accumulation of fluid, usually disappear during the day.
Swelling under the eyes associated with heredity or age-related changes in subcutaneous fat can only be removed surgically.
If edema is formed due to constant overwork or excessive fluid intake at night, then you need to use some simple tips to help get rid of them quickly. First of all, it is required to establish proper nutrition, not to abuse spicy and salty, not to drink any liquid at night and especially alcoholic drinks. You need to walk more and exercise. Evening TV shows can be replaced with an evening walk.
Edema not associated with disease, age, or heredity can be easily eliminated using simple home-based methods.
A good option is cold silver spoons. To do this, put four spoons in a bowl with ice. Take two spoons and attach them to the swollen places, but do not press strongly. When the spoons heat up, change them to cold.
Another proven remedy for edema in the eye area is black or green tea. Take two tea bags, put them in boiling water for a few minutes, then put in the refrigerator. Put chilled bags on the eye area for 15 minutes.
A very common way to deal with edema is a fresh cucumber. Cut the cucumber into circles, put them in the refrigerator. Put chilled cucumber circles under the eyes. Swelling should disappear quickly.
A very effective remedy is wiping swollen places with ice cubes. To do this, you can freeze clean water, a decoction of linden, chamomile or green tea. Massage should not last longer than two minutes so that there is no hypothermia.
From time immemorial people used herbs to relieve edema. Broths of dried herbs are well suited: linden, chamomile, cornflower, dill. To get a decoction - pour raw materials with boiling water, put on a stove, bring to a boil and keep on low heat for about 10 minutes. Cool, strain and compresses the eye area.
If you want to remove swelling quickly, you need to make a mask of parsley. Take fresh parsley, rinse, chop with a knife, pour boiling water and leave for several minutes. Cool, grind the parsley to a mushy state, apply to the area around the eyes. Put cotton swabs on top. Hold for 10 minutes, then rinse with water, pat dry with a napkin or towel, apply eye cream.