As you know, the tears that appear in response to intense experiences help the person achieve appeasement through stress-hormones released during crying. But, unfortunately, they also leave behind themselves traces in the form of swollen eyelids and reddened eyeballs, which can persist for a long time. This makes the face far from attractive, and it is impossible to hide the consequences of tears with the help of cosmetics. Consider what can be done in such a case, how to remove swelling and swelling from the eyes after tears with the help of home remedies.
Help with swollen eyes from tears
Remove swelling and swelling from the eyes after tears, as in cases of eye swelling for many other reasons, can be done with procedures that improve blood circulation and promote the removal of excess fluid from the tissues. Consider the basic methods available to everyone at home.
Contrast washing
The simplest thing you can do is alternate washing with warm and cold water. Instead of washing you can apply contrasting lotions: alternately apply for a few seconds wadded disks, soaked in warm, and then in cold water. Also, ice cubes can be used instead of cold water.
Gymnastics and eye massage
The simplest exercises for the eyes are quite effective in this case. They are as follows:
- Rotation of the eyeballs in the beginning clockwise, and then in the opposite direction.
- Frequent and rapid blinking.
- Close your eyes for 2-3 seconds, then relax for 5 seconds.
Each exercise is performed within 30 seconds, the whole complex should be repeated three times.
After such gymnastics it is possible to make massage of eyelids. For this:
- With lightly pressing movements of the fingertips, one should "run" in the direction from the outer to the inner corner of the eye in the lower eyelid and along the reverse "route" along the upper eyelid.
- Then the middle fingers should massage the areas between the bridge of the nose and the inner corners of the eyes.
Herbal Lotion
A fairly effective method is applying to the eyes for 5-10 minutes of cold lotions prepared by wetting the cotton pads in:
- tea brewing;
- decoction of parsley;
- decoction of chamomile;
- decoction of mint.
Diuretics
Remove excess fluid from the body, thereby get rid of puffiness of the eyes, in a safe way, you can, using 2-3 glasses of one of the drinks:
- green tea with lemon;
- milk with honey;
- infusion of dog rose ;
- cranberry compote.