How to remove bruises under the eyes at home

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Causes of bruising under the eyes
How to remove bruises under the eyes: step by step instructions
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Does your face look perpetually tired, dull and sickly? It’s all due to the blueness of the eyes. But the problem has a solution. All about the causes of bruising under the eyes and how to deal with them – in our article

Bruises under the eyes can spoil even the most perfect image. Concealers and photoshop will only mask the problem, but sometimes just getting enough sleep is not enough. We will tell you how to remove bruises under the eyes at home and prevent their occurrence.

Causes of bruising under the eyes

Bruises under the eyes occur for a reason, and before you deal with them, you need to find out the cause. The main reasons are:

1. Stress, overwork, lack of sleep

Working at night, sleeping 5-6 hours a day, stress at work, constant worries negatively affect our appearance. Due to overvoltage, the work of blood vessels is disrupted, the walls of the capillaries become thinner, a characteristic blue appears under the eyes. So if you want to look perfect – sleep 8-9 hours a day and try to be less nervous.

2. Age-related skin changes

Age can also cause bags and bruising under the eyes¹. Over the years, the production of natural collagen and hyaluronic acid slows down, due to which the thin and delicate skin of the eyelids loses its elasticity and becomes even thinner. Vessels begin to appear – hello there, shadows under the eyes.

3. Heredity

There is no escape from heredity, and if your mother, grandmother, aunt has bruises under her eyes, then most likely you will also encounter such a problem.

4. Some diseases

Sometimes bruises under the eyes can indicate some kind of disease or malfunction in the body. This is especially true for diseases of the cardiovascular system, kidneys, liver or problems with the endocrine system, as well as iron deficiency².

5. Wrong skin care around the eyes

For example, an allergy to some components of skin care creams can manifest itself in thinning of the skin and hyperpigmentation. If you vigorously rub your face with a cotton pad while removing makeup, you risk stretching the skin around the eyes and damaging the capillaries.

How to remove bruises under the eyes: step by step instructions

If bags and bruises under the eyes are not inherited, then it is quite possible to get rid of them. The most important thing is to check your health first and make sure that bruises and a tired look appeared due to some kind of disease. But even here it should be understood that a good night’s sleep is not a panacea. You need to change your lifestyle, and our helpful tips will help you with this.

1. Healthy sleep and no stress

First of all, in the struggle for beauty, you need to pay attention to your daily routine. Once again, we repeat that for a good sleep you need to sleep at least 8-9 hours a day³. This will help restore the process of saturation of cells with oxygen, speed up the metabolism in the body, and improve blood flow. Healthy sleep is impossible under stress, so try to calm down and not be nervous over trifles. This should also include the rejection of bad habits (nicotine makes the walls of blood vessels fragile, and the skin dry, thinned and tired). Walk more in the fresh air, play sports – this will help saturate the body with oxygen and return a flowering appearance.

2. Cosmetics for bruises under the eyes

Take care of the delicate skin around the eyes. Face cream is not suitable for the eyelid area, there are special care products for this. They include caffeine and hyaluronic acid, extracts of algae, medicinal plants and vitamins that moisturize and tone the skin around the eyes, removing puffiness and redness and removing blue under the eyes and fine wrinkles. Choose proven pharmacy brands: La Roche-Posay, AVENE, KLORANE, URIAGE, Galenic and others. The main thing is to use these funds not occasionally, but regularly, even better – after consulting with a cosmetologist or dermatologist when choosing. However, almost all pharmaceutical brands are hypoallergenic and suitable even for sensitive skin. Within 3-4 weeks after regular use, you will notice that the bruises under the eyes have lightened, the skin has tightened and become more hydrated.

3. Massage from bruises under the eyes

Another effective way to get rid of bruises under the eyes at home is self-massage. It will help improve blood circulation and normalize lymph flow in the eyelids. Self-massage gives a particularly noticeable result in conjunction with a well-chosen care product.

Performing self-massage is very simple. First, thoroughly cleanse your face of makeup, for the best glide, apply cream or gel to care for the area around the eyes.

Close your eyes, put the pads of your index, middle and ring fingers on your eyelids. Very gently in a circular motion, begin to massage the eyelids, first clockwise, then gently, barely pressing, massage the area of u30buXNUMXbthe eyeballs (do not overdo it!). For each area, XNUMX seconds of exposure is enough.

Then, with light patting movements of the fingertips, massage the area of dark circles under the eyes from the inner corner of the eye to the outer. Repeat the procedure above the upper eyelid, under the eyebrows. About 30 seconds is also enough for each zone.

4. Face fitness (facial gymnastics)

Another good way to deal with bruising under the eyes at home is face fitness (or simply a kind of facial gymnastics). Shadows under the eyes are reduced due to the normalization of blood flow, in addition, it will help get rid of superficial wrinkles and prevent the appearance of new ones. Again, it is important to do the exercises regularly, and not when you remember about it, looking in the mirror.

First close your eyes tightly, and then open your eyes wide, straining your eyelids as much as possible, and do not blink for 10 seconds. Repeat the exercise 10-15 times.

Squint, straining your eyelids, stay like this for 5 seconds. Repeat the exercise 15-20 times.

Look up – down, right – left, but only with the eyes, the face and neck should remain completely motionless. Repeat the exercise 5 times. Then draw the “eight” with your eyes 5 more times – first clockwise, then counter-clockwise.

5. Folk remedies

Our mothers and grandmothers often escaped from bruises under the eyes by applying a tea bag or cotton swab dipped in strong tea, cucumber slices, aloe gruel or even grated raw potatoes to the eyelid area. In this way, you can really lighten the bruises under the eyes and mask the effects of lack of sleep, especially since most of the handy tools are easy to find in the refrigerator. Just remember that some foods can provoke an allergic reaction, which will cause swelling and redness. Another option is to apply a compress of cold green tea or wipe the area around the eyes with an ice cube. Cold tones blood vessels and constricts capillaries, and also relieves puffiness around the eyes.

6. “SOS-means”

The so-called “SOS-remedies”, designed to return you to a rested look in a matter of minutes and mask bruises under the eyes, include recently very popular hydrogel and fabric patches and disposable masks. They contain caffeine, panthenol, herbal extracts (such as horse chestnut) and hyaluronic acid. Such patches and masks quickly (literally in 10-15 minutes) cope with puffiness, lighten bruises, returning a fresh and rested look to the look. The most popular patches are Petitfee Black Pearl & Gold Hydrogel Eye, Millatte fashion pearls, Koelf Bulgarian rose and Berrisom placenta. The main thing is to immediately stop using them at the slightest allergic reaction.