Your bags beneath your eyes could be worsened by various factors, including eating salty foods, drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes or lack of sleep.
Other causes could include fluid retention, allergies or inflammation of the skin. To address these conditions, try some natural solutions for bags under your eyes such as these natural remedies for bags under eyes.
Cucumbers
Cucumbers contain vitamin K, which helps to minimize dark circles by making blood vessels less visible beneath thin skin. They also contain high quantities of water for moisturizing delicate eye areas.
People can use cucumber slices or products containing cucumber extract to reduce puffy eyes and dark circles, while also ensuring the cucumber remains free of bacteria that could potentially lead to an infection under their eyes.
If people don’t have cucumbers on hand, other cold compresses may work just as effectively – including cold washcloths and chilled steel teaspoons. People should refrain from placing hot substances directly onto their face as this could potentially burn the sensitive skin around their eyes and they should also avoid rubbing their eyes excessively.
Green Tea
Green tea’s anti-inflammatory properties make it an excellent natural remedy for bags under eyes. Rich in tannins that reduce swelling under eyes and constrict blood vessels to eliminate puffiness, green tea can be used alone or combined with other remedies like cucumbers to ease puffiness.
Warm tea bags may help drain a stye (red, painful lump on the eyelid skin) or chalazion and reduce blepharitis (an inflammation of the eyelid caused by oil glands, scalp dandruff and bacteria), as well as soothe red eyes known as pink eye (conjunctivitis).
Simmer two green tea bags in hot water for five minutes, allow to cool, squeeze out any extra liquid and place on closed eyes for 15-30 minutes before taking out.
Potatoes
Under eye puffiness can be reduced with cool compresses such as damp washcloth soaked in cool water. To further alleviate fluid retention, consider cutting back on salt consumption, drinking plenty of water and getting adequate sleep.
Potatoes contain starch that draws excess fluid out of the tissues to reduce puffiness. Furthermore, they’re rich in vitamin C – known as an effective skin brightener that reduces dark circles while brightening skin tone – as well as niacin which decreases any purple tint caused by blood clotting around eyes.
Grate a small-sized potato and squeeze to extract its juice, applying the juice around your eyes for 10-15 minutes before rinsing off with water. Use this remedy twice daily to lighten dark under eye circles and relieve puffiness.
Chamomile Tea
Chamomile tea, created from the dried flowers of Chamaemelum nobile’s daisy-like plant, can be an easy and caffeine-free herbal remedy that has numerous health benefits including treating dark circles and puffiness under the eyes.
Tea bags filled with cool, damp tea leaves can help relieve irritation and lessen dark circles by placing a cool damp tea bag over them. Bisabolol found in chamomile may also enhance tear production while healing minor eye injuries more quickly.
Droopy eyelids may be an indicator of lack of sleep, or could occur for other reasons. Tea bags can help improve this condition by reducing dark circles, tightening skin and improving circulation. Furthermore, green and black tea contain antioxidants which may reduce inflammation by neutralizing free radicals that damage tissues – as well as potentially decreasing risk factors associated with glaucoma or other eye diseases.
Tomatoes
Tomatoes are natural bleaching agents with antioxidant properties that can reduce discoloration under your eyes. Apply a paste made with tomato juice directly onto your eye area for 10-15 minutes before rinsing off with cold water and repeating multiple times throughout the day.
Tomatoes contain natural astringent properties which can help shrink blood vessels under your eyes and diminish puffiness. To use tomatoes as an effective natural remedy for bags under your eyes, dab a small amount of pureed tomato on your skin and wait several minutes before rinsing thoroughly with cold water before patting dry.
Vitamin C is essential to healthy skin and can be particularly helpful for reducing under-eye circles by encouraging collagen production. Studies also indicate it can reduce redness and irritation around the eyes, so consider drinking some green tea, steeping two tea bags in cold water in the fridge for several hours, then refrigerating until cool before enjoying!