Puffy Eyes: {Home Remedies & Tips}
Here are several tips I’ve collected for helping treat puffy eyes. Make sure to be careful when applying any treatment–you don’t want to get anything inside your eyes. Each of these remedies should be applied when you have a chance to rest with your head elevated for at least 10 minutes.
Slices of Thin Cucumbers and Chilled Eye Masks Can Help To Reduce Puffiness
- Used Tea Bags (chilled or slightly warm–both work)
- Potato Slices
- Cucumber Slices
- Apple Slices
- Strawberries (mash then apply to the puffy area or you can make slices and apply)
- Plain Yogurt (dab over area)
- Chilled teaspoons (rest directly on eye area for several minutes)
- Cold Compress spritzed with witch hazel water*
- Cold Compress spritzed with lavender water*
*For the witch hazel water or lavender water compress, first soak the compress in cool water, ring out then spritz with witch hazel water or lavender water–just a light, even spritz will do. Witch hazel water can be found at organic or health food stores, your local pharmacy may carry it too.
Tips
- When using sliced food items, slice really thin then apply a couple layers over the skin. With thin slices, they’ll form to your face easier. Spritz or dab cool water over the skin first before applying food slices.
- Another idea is to make eye pillows and filling with rice or flax seed. Just keep them in the freezer and apply to your eyes for several minutes, resting with head elevated. You can use the same directions as Make Your Own Microwave Heating Pad, just make the bag small enough to use as an eye pillow. There’s an eye mask template here if you’d like to use that.
- If you have regular problems with bags underneath your eyes, try drinking more water, cutting down salt intake and getting more sleep at night. Make sure to check with a doctor too since the puffiness could be caused by allergies.
The website for the eye mask doesn’t work. Anyone know of any other? Thanks
hmmmm, it’s not working for me either Joan. It’s Martha Stewart’s website, I can load the webpage just not the pdf template. Maybe give it a try tomorrow? I’m sure they’ll get it fixed (hope so!).
I have had horrible puffy eyes for weeks at a time. They are finally normal again and mine were so bad due to thyroid issues.
Anyway, my doctor told me to put some ice in baby socks. He said to rub them gently around the eyes in a circular motion.
He also said to be careful over the products you can buy to put on your eyes. Some of them will cause discoloring.
thanx for the info I have puffy eyes from thyroid issues as well. need all the help i can get
Thanks me too!
Joan I’ve changed the eyemask template link from martha stewart’s site to another pattern that was sent in. You should be able to get the pattern now
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Another great tip is to sleep with your head slightly elevated on two pillows – this will promote lymphatic drainage overnight. Caffeine is a vaso-constrictor so any products with that ingredient should help too! Happy deflating!
You also have to cut down on your salt intake which causes puffy eyes. Also try to eliminate these kinds from diet before going to bed: potato chips, popcorn with salt, etc. In my case, this worked. Good luck!
Thanks so much for the info on “puffy eyes” due to thyroid issues. I too have that and have just recently been diagnosed — it was on going and untreated for about 2 or 3 years. Yikes. I’ve been wondering about why my eyes are puffy and just bugging me lately. ugh. Well, I’m going to try it….thanks so much