You may have flawless skin and a beautiful face, yet nothing ruins it faster than dark under eye circles or puffy eyes. The focal point of your face, the eyes, need some help so that they continue to radiate your inner beauty. To meet this end, you need to keep the dark circles under and puffiness around the eye at bay, as these unwanted elements in your face add undeserved years to your age whereas sparkling eyes reduce years by creating an illusion of youth.
The area of skin around the eyes requires special care and reflects neglect, abuse, aging, stress, internal health and lifestyle very easily. Problems like puffiness under the eyes or dark under eye circles can also develop due to hereditary factors, lack of sleep, illness, stress and nutritional deficiencies. Therefore, along with external treatment, it is advisable to take these aspects into consideration in order to establish the cause and bring about the necessary changes.
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The way to prevent dark under eye circles is to have a nutritious and balanced diet, including fresh fruits, salads, yogurt and sprouts in the daily diet, along with unprocessed cereals, skimmed milk, cottage cheese, lentils and beans. Some daily exercise, along with deep breathing, helps blood circulation, oxygenation and control of stress. Adequate sleep and relaxation are also very important too.
So don't give up there are ways to keep your eyes age proof with some great treatments and clever steps to keep your inner youth radiant.
Concerning then puffy eyes.
Your eyes are kept in the place by the septum in the eye socket, which becomes weaker as you get older. Due to this, the fat within the socket becomes more pronounced so giving the impression of puffiness under the eyes. The other sort of puffiness comes due to fluid retention and is more apparent during the mornings. You should try sleeping with your head in a raised position on a pillow to allow for drainage and avoid using oily products near your eyes. You could also try a cooling eye mask.
Some facial and eye exercises can help with bags under your eyes and puffy eyes.
Eye exercises... sounds a little strange doesn't it but if done correctly, it can help to provide good blood flow to the skin around the eye area and make it softer and supple. Here are some exercises you can include in your facial exercise regime in order to get rid of bags under the eyes.
o Close your eyes. Relax and then lift your eyebrows. Hold them in this position for about two seconds. Relax them for another two seconds. Open your eyes widely and stay in this position for another two seconds. You need to repeat this exercise for about ten times daily.
o With open eyes look down, look up, left and right. You should hold your pupil in each of the positions for one second each time. Repeat this exercise ten times.
Try massaging around the eye area with a little aqueous cream, but when doing facial massage, use only gentle pressure so as not to stretch the skin - it must be done gently.
Place the ring finger of each hand into the inner corners of each eye and press down gently for around three seconds, relax and then slide the fingers gently underneath your eyes towards your temples. At the temples, gently massage in a circular movement. Slide your fingers back gently to the inner corners of your eyes again and repeat ten times or so.
Just as with normal exercises, facial/eye exercises need to be done on a regular basis if you really want to achieve full benefit from them.
Living With Puffy Eyes and Bags Under the Eyes
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