Your Bright-Eyed Potential: The Expert’s Morning Guide to Banish Puffy Eyes

In times of heightened stress and disrupted sleep patterns, puffy eyes are a common issue that many face.

What Causes Puffy Eyes?

Defines puffy eyes as the swelling around or below the eyes, often termed as eye bags. Factors like smoking, alcohol consumption, and inadequate sleep can loss and ageing around the eyes.

Treating Puffy Eyes at Home

The effectiveness of home remedies in combating puffiness. Here are some straightforward methods to reduce puffiness:

1. Cold compression

Wet a clean washcloth with cold water and place it around your eyes for a few minutes, applying gentle pressure—do this while sitting upright. Colder temperatures are known to make blood vessels shrink upon contact, thereby reducing the swelling around the eye.

2. Cold tea bags

Apply a cold compress of rosemary tea to increase circulation and reduce swelling around the eyes. Put half a cup of fresh rosemary in a quarter of water, soak for 20 minutes, then strain and chill. Soak a washcloth in the tea, wring out the extra fluid and place over the eyes for 15-20 minutes, once or twice a day.

3. Almond oil massage

Massage almond oil under and around the eyes for half an hour before bedtime for two weeks. This helps increase blood circulation around the eyes and reduce puffiness underneath the eyes over time.

4. Turmeric

Turmeric and pineapple paste Mix some turmeric powder and pineapple juice to create a thick paste, apply this mixture to your under-eye circles and leave for about 10 minutes. Remove the paste with a soft warm damp cloth, once a day. This paste is a natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent that can reduce puffy eyes.

5. Potato

Potato juice mask Grate some potatoes, extract the juice from the potatoes and soak some cotton makeup remover pads in the juice. Place the pads around your eyes for 10 minutes and then rinse with warm water. Potato juice is a rich source of Vitamin C and helps in the synthesis of collagen.