Puffy Eyes Remedies

Puffy eyes are caused by lack of sleep, too much alcohol, salt or caffeine, and genetic predisposition. Fortunately, many remedies are readily available.

Here follows some effective tips to maintain your puffy eyes

• If you have an important day coming up and you want to be sure that your eyes won't be puffy, you can use several of these measures the day before:

• Avoid alcohol and salt.

• Be sure to get a good night's sleep.

• Do not apply cream moisturizer around your eyes at bedtime. Rather, use a gel-formula eye moisturizer, which will help firm and tighten the area and thereby reduce swelling.

• Fill the sink with ice cubes and cold water, then dunk your face in for 30 seconds or as long as you can stand it.

• Apply makeup to conceal the puffiness and draw attention away from the problem area. First, apply concealer around the entire eye area (lash line to brow bone too) and set it with powder. You can apply any eye shadow you desire to your eyelid and a dark liner to your upper lash line. Avoid putting mascara or eyeliner on bottom lashes.

• Place chilled tea bags or sliced cucumbers over your eyes.

• Eye mask--Grate 1/4 of a apple and a small raw potato and combine. Apply mixture to eyes for 15 minutes, cover your eyes with a warm washcloth and relax with some soothing music.

• Place chilled teething rings on eyes to reduce puffiness and give you a wide awake appearance.

• Juice a cucumber. Apply drops to eyes for a cooling and soothing eye treat. Store excess in refrigerator for up to 10 days.

• For puffy and swollen eyes, make a wet compress of 4 Tbsp. freshly grated raw potato. Place on the eyes for about 15 minutes, and then rinse with cold water.

• To reduce swelling and for bags under the eyes, brew a cup of strong rosehip tea. Soak 2 cotton balls in the tea or use 2 tea bags, lie down and place over the eyes.

• For eye puffiness, any tea bag (herbal is better, especially eyebright), slightly cooled, placed on the eyes while you rest.