Why Puffy Eyes? - Remedies for Puffy Eyes

Eye puffiness is often a common problem among males and females.
Caused by body fluids pooling overnight in the eye area, you can trace morning eye puffiness to activities from your previous day.
The usual activities that results in morning eye puffiness includes drinking of fluids at bedtime, the consumption of salty food and staying up late.
The puffiness will subside hours after rising as the fluids are re-absorbed by the body.
There may be other possible causes to those puffy eyes, for instance hormonal changes during menstruation, aging and allergic reaction.
If your eyes are red and feeling itchy, it may be an allergic reaction.
Knowing that puffy eyes can be a major concern to you, here are some steps you can take to try and reduce the puffiness.

• Skip your fluids before bedtime.
  
• Avoid excessive salt intake.
  High sodium levels can cause your body to retain more fluid.
  
• Raise the head of your bed or keep your head raised when you sleep.
  By doing so, it helps to keep fluids from pooling near the eye area.
  
• Splash of cold water when you get out of bed gets the blood circulation moving.
  
• Light tapping of eye lids.
  Lightly tap the upper and lower eye lids as it helps moving fluids away from your eyes.
  
• Use concealers.
  Concealers come in handy at hiding those pimples.
  Puffy eyes can be concealed too.
  
• Use chilled compresses.
  Refrigerate eye masks overnight.
  Place over your closed eyes for a few minutes after waking up.
  

In addition to the above steps, tea bags are useful in reducing puffy eyes.
The tanin in tea may help pull our skin taut.
Furthermore, tea bags can soothe tired eyes.
You can soak the tea bags in ice cool water or if you have used tea bags, refrigerate them.
Apply the tea bags over the eye lids for approximately 10 minutes.
The tea will rejuvenate your face and remove any redness and improves puffy eyes.
If you have had a bad night, the tea bags might just be the help you need.
If you do not have tea bags at home and would like an alternative, regular ice bags will work too.
Although regular ice bags would do for soothing of the eyes, tea bags would be a better choice.
It is common to hear the use of cucumbers to rejuvenate the skin.
Further to that, cucumbers have been said to possess properties that can help get rid of puffy eyes and dark eye circles.
Take a chilled cucumber from the refrigerator, cut thin slices and place them over your eyes for approximately 15 minutes.
It should help reduce and remove those puffy eyes.
Looking good is one of the key to being confident.
Eye puffiness is one of the common reasons we look haggard and feel less confident about ourselves.
Try out the steps and find out for yourself which works for you the best.
Most importantly, keep a healthy lifestyle and ensure you have a good night's rest.
Now you do not want to be plagued by puffy eyes or dark eye circles do you?