Check your hands!

If you ever get irritation around your eyes, look at your hands We sometimes see people with things like acrylic nails which can cause irritation around the eyes if you touch that area. If you get itchy or sore eyes when you get your nails done, it might well be to do with your nail product.

Quick Tip

Avoid rubbing your eyes. Excessively touching them can cause a form of dark skin called hyperpigmentation.

Cucumber?

Yes and no.

When it comes to swelling, the temporary improvements are from the cool temperature effect rather than anything intrinsic to the cucumber itself. (But hey, it’s at least temporary relief.)

Cold spoons?

Just like the cucumber, when it comes to swelling, the temporary improvements are from the cool temperature effect. The spoons sit nicely and hey, it’s at least temporary relief.

Tea Bags?

As it turns out, there *is* something to the idea of holding a tea bag to puffy eyes, too. The magic boils down to the caffeine. Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor, which in turns reduces redness, swelling, and extensive fluid from pooling around the eyes. This gives a tightened appearance around the eyes. Caffeine’s also been shown to neutralize groups of atoms called free radicals from DNA damage—plus, it has anti-inflammatory properties.