Swelling under the eyes - causes and treatment

Have you noticed that many ladies wear sunglasses even where there is no sunlight, for example, sitting in the front rows of Fashion Weeks? Swelling under the eyes makes the face look tired. Therefore, in order to look younger than your age, you need to pay more attention to your eyes.

Most often, we do not notice swelling under the eyes and other changes in the area around the eyes at once, we see wrinkles on the forehead, "crow's feet", etc., but already an elderly look somehow escapes us for a long time.

In order to clearly understand all the processes of aging of the eyes and the area around them, it would be necessary to study the anatomy of the face well. But the main causes of age-related changes in the eye area, is the stretching of the skin, the weakening of the muscles of the face under the influence of gravitational forces. The force of gravity pulls the muscle tissue down, somewhere bulges are formed and they are filled with fatty tissues, and somewhere there are depressions - relief folds.

If you do not always have puffiness and bags under the eyes, but suddenly appear and do not go away throughout the day, it may be an allergy. Especially if the eyes are also watery and run from the nose. If the bags formed a long time ago, and only increase over time, then these are age-related changes.

Diseases of internal organs: stomach, intestines, urinary system and even the nervous system. To all this, including stress, the skin under the eyes reacts with bruises and swelling.

You may have poor sleep or an incorrect head position while sleeping. The head on the pillow should be slightly raised. The cause of both edema and circles under the eyes can be bad habits, most often smoking and alcohol. Because of nicotine, blood vessels constrict, the skin is poorly enriched with oxygen. Frequent consumption of alcohol or caffeinated beverages such as coffee, tea and Coca-Cola also contribute to the loss of water in the body. But what does edema have to do with it if the body is dehydrated? It sounds paradoxical, but dehydration contributes to the occurrence of puffiness under the eyes.

We understand this way - if there is a lack of water, then tissue should dry out, and the body understands this situation in its own way, - if there is not enough water, then all the available liquid must be held in case the water runs out altogether. This is how swelling appears. Fleeing from dehydration, the body stores water in reserve, including under the eyes in the form of bags.

1. Edema, including under the eyes, can also appear from heat (in summer). Edema appears as a result of lymph congestion.

2. Insufficient water intake. Many people think that the less water we drink, the less we swell. A healthy body removes as much fluid as it consumes. And if the liquid is poorly excreted, then this is a violation of metabolic processes or the urinary system.

3. Eating disorders - foods containing enhancers of taste, salinity and smokiness contribute to edema. Improper skin care in the eye area, that is, improper cleansing from makeup or the use of products containing a lot of alcohol in their composition.

How to determine the cause of the appearance of puffiness under the eyes

Look at the pictures of your young grandmothers and aunts. If they have bags under the eyes, then it is heredity. Press circles under the eyes... If the color has not changed, there is likely to be an increased production of melanin. If they have lightened, the reason lies in the proximity of blood vessels or the skin is too thin.

To be deprived of these bags, one must deprive them of their contents, i.e. excess fluid in the area. Avoid strong tea, frequent consumption of coffee, sweets, salty foods, smoked meats, mayonnaise, food containing flavor enhancers.Do not smoke, do not overuse alcoholic beverages and beer too. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, drink green tea, pay attention to physical activity. In short, you need to establish a proper diet and lifestyle.

1. You need to drink more water so that salts and toxins are removed. To avoid dehydration, drink at least 1.5 to 2 liters of water throughout the day.

2. Use special care products for the skin around your eyes. These are sun protection, eye creams, make-up remover ...

3. You may need to see a cardiologist or urologist.

How to remove puffiness under the eyes at home

Apply to bags under the eyes mint ice cubes - for 5 seconds, after 5 seconds repeat again. And so three - four times. Ice cubes can be made from tincture of parsley and chamomile. This is a very effective remedy, it helps even those who are well over 30. If the edema is associated with age or with a disease, then everything is more complicated.

Make compresses... The most suitable infusion of parsley or chamomile, you can do both at once.

To do this, brew 1 cup boiling water 1 tbsp. a spoonful of parsley, strain after 15 minutes and apply for 10 minutes. You can finely chop the parsley and put it on your eyelids, covering it with wet cotton pads on top. The procedure takes 15 minutes.

Contrasting compresses from sage broth help.
Pour 1 teaspoon of dry sage with half a glass of boiling water, let stand for 10 minutes, strain and divide the resulting solution into two parts. Make one part hot and the other cold. Apply napkins alternately on the eyelids - either from a cold solution, then from a hot one. Do this for 10 minutes. If the swelling has been around for a long time, do these procedures for a month. In this way, you can make compresses from chamomile.

Compresses from tea leaves can be a good remedy to combat swelling. Put cotton pads soaked in cold (from the refrigerator) tea solution for just 5 minutes each morning.

Do not forget to do gymnastics every morning, pick up such exercises and in such quantity that during morning exercises you have to sweat a little. Compresses together with morning exercises will help remove excess fluid and, of course, edema.

Edema around the eyes - hardware procedures

If cosmetic care and products do not help, and bags under the eyes provoke unpleasant emotions, then turn to hardware procedures. There are several effective treatments. For example, a radiofrequency thermolifting procedure.

If the puffiness and circles under the eyes are caused by poor circulation, fractional photothermolysis will help. There are also procedures such as chemical peels, mesotherapy, biorevitalization, all of them have a beneficial effect on the skin around the eyes, and they are all based on the effect of skin regeneration.

Assuming this or that procedure, you should be warned in advance by the cosmetologist about the possible positive results and about the complications that, alas, do occur.