3 tips to stop puffy eyes in the morning

Are you one of those people who wake up with a small swelling in your eyes that makes you look badly awake in the morning? So you should know that sometimes I have a time to wear off which is not always easy to handle and it is not easy to apply makeup on your eyes with puffy lids. Don't panic, we are revealing our tried and tested tips to avoid swollen eyes or make them deflate quickly.

Sleep with your head slightly elevated

It’s lying down for a long time and not blinking while you sleep that is the cause of your swollen eyes in the morning. This lying position makes fluids accumulate in the head, and more particularly in the eyelids and under the eye, when they are usually drained during the day thanks to the movements of your eyes and the position. standing. Do you see the feeling of heavy legs you sometimes have at the end of the day when your feet and calves are swollen? Well, this edema that appears in the lower body after standing for a long time tends to spread, conversely, in the upper body when you sleep. This makes your face and eyes look puffy in the morning when you look at yourself in the mirror right after getting up. This edema is temporary and will naturally go away after a few hours after you are up again, but it can be avoided by getting into a simple little habit: elevating your head while you sleep.

This will allow fluids that tend to stagnate in your eyes overnight to drain away better so that your eyelids don't all get swollen when you wake up. No need to put a bunch of cushions under your head though, a simple pillow will do just fine as your head just needs to be slightly elevated from the rest of your body. If you were sleeping with your head directly on the mattress without putting it on the pillow until then and you are prone to this targeted eyelid edema, consider propping your head up in the pillow before you go to sleep. And if you already have a pillow and it's not enough, maybe it just isn't thick enough to raise your head enough. Consider filling it a little more if you have the possibility, or swap it for a pillow that naturally has more loft. This should prevent (or at least largely reduce) the edema that sometimes forms in your eyes overnight.

Decongest the eye area with cold

This is certainly the best way to quickly control edema once it sets in and we can only see it when we wake up. The refreshing effect of the cold has the advantage of decongesting the area around the eye by boosting the blood micro-circulation and stimulating lymphatic drainage which has not been done well naturally due to the lying position. During the night. To effectively reduce the swelling of the eye contour area thanks to the cold, you are spoiled for choice: cold compresses with thermal water or soothing floral water (we are particularly thinking of (cornflower or chamomile floral water) that you leave on your eyes for a while, ice cubes wrapped in a fine and clean cloth that you spend on the area for a few minutes, small spoons just taken out of the refrigerator which gladly replace these famous ice cubes or best of all, a special anti-puffy eye mask that contains a gel that cools down when your accessory is stored in the fridge and thus offers a cooling effect when placed on the eyes.

It is also possible and interesting to opt instead for an eye contour treatment with a metal applicator tip which will be naturally fresh at the time of application and which can replace these options.

Finally, whatever your previous choice, you can also slip your eye contour treatment into the refrigerator in the evening so that it is very fresh when you place it again on your skin in the early morning. By spending a night in the fridge, the formula will become very fresh and able to give your eyes a little extra charge.

Apply the eye contour by massage

If putting a decongestant treatment around the eye area can clearly make the difference in deflating your eyes and the bags that appear when you wake up as quickly as possible, the way you apply it is just as important (if not more). Indeed, the gestures that you are going to use can become your best ally against puffy eyes because by massaging the area around the eyes you will also be able to restart lymphatic drainage effectively (just like blood circulation for that matter) to deflate edema (and reduce your dark circles in the process). Applying your eye treatment with a targeted massage at eye level can make all the difference in optimizing the decongestant action of the eye treatment and draining the liquids that have concentrated in the eyes during your sleep. To remove the edema and drain the bags under the eyes, start by taking a very small dose of care on each of the index fingers and then place them in the inner corner of your eyes (the area just below the head of your eyebrows) . Then exert a very light pressure before running the pads of your fingers along the palpable line formed by the orbital bone. Continue by gently patting the underside of the eye with your fingertips as you would for gentle strumming, following the same line and working your way up towards the temples. Finally, very gently pinch your eyebrows between your index fingers and your thumbs so as to stimulate the tissues even more and further promote good blood circulation all around the eye.

With these three beauty tips, your eyes shouldn't stay puffy for long!

Good to know : if your eyes remain swollen despite everything, then you may confuse the temporary swelling around the eye area, which is quite usual when you wake up, with permanent bags that sometimes appear when small deposits of fat in the eye socket move under the eye. eye over time. If this is the case, the only remedy is a small surgical procedure which aims to remove the famous bags.

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