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Dark circles, Puffy
eyes and Crow's-feet are the three main eye problems that
can cloud an otherwise beautiful face.
If your
eyes are puffy with dark shadows, it shows you are not
getting enough sleep. One can get dark circles and puffy
eyes if you had a late night out or didn't have a night's
sleep or cried your heart out. But, you can make them fade
fast.
Preventive methods :
For dark circles :
- Gently wash the face,
then apply a skin tightening moisturizer around the
eyes.
- Grind a raw potato and
add almond paste to
it. Use the mixture regularly on the under-eyes to get
rid of dark circles and puffiness.
- Increase your daily
intake of water to minimum 8 to 10 glasses.
- Apply fresh fig on the
eyes.
- Place two cucumber
slices over the eyes and rest for 15 minutes or apply
cucumber juice under eyes.
- Getting enough sleep at
least 8-10 hours a day, can fade out dark circles
For puffy eyes :
- The puffiness of the
eyes can be reduced with a glass of ice water and four
stainless steel spoons. Chill the spoons in the water
and then place one over each eye. When the spoons become
warm, switch them with the others chilling in the glass
of water. Keep switching until you see improvement.
- Settle down for two to
five minutes with a chilled, steeped chamomile or green
tea bag over each eye. The natural properties of these
herbal teas helps to bring puffy eyes back down to
size.
- Cucumber contains
anti-inflammatory properties to reduce redness and
puffiness of eyes. Slice a large cucumber, reserve two
slices to place over eyes. Peel and puree the remaining
cucumber. This can be applied as a pack onto your face.
Remove after fifteen minutes. Apply moisturiser thickly
to seal in water.
Crow's-feet are
those wrinkles or tiny lines at the corner of the eyes.
Once it appears, it is difficult to make it fade. It can
only be faded with the aid of injections or cosmetic
surgery. It is better to prevent them from occurring in
the first place.
- Wear a sunscreen with a
sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or more to avoid the
ultra violet rays of the sun which cause wrinkles on the
skin.
- Always wear sunglasses
when you go out in the sun.
- Sleeping on your back
helps smooth out the wrinkles because gravity works to
pull the skin backward. If you cannot sleep on your
back, at least try to switch sides frequently.
- The skin below your eyes
is thin and has few oil producing glands. So don't pull,
tag or drag it as you apply and remove make up. Any time
you apply cream or lotion, dab, don't rub.
- Regular use of Retin-A
cream, an acne product that exfoliates the skin, also
improves the appearance of fine crow's-feet
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