Puffiness under your eyes can be the result of several factors; among them: heredity, dermatitis, allergies, or just simple fluid accumulation under your eyes.
Fluids can accumulate if you sleep face down, for instance, or in any other position in which the normal flow around the eye is obstructed or diminished.
You can also get puffy eyes from crying or repeatedly rubbing your eyes.
To reduce your under-eye puffiness, you can try a few strategies:
- Raise the head of your bed when you sleep at night. Raising your head promotes fluid flow.
- Use a cool tap water compress. You can also use chilled cucumber slices, a specially formulated gel mask, or even damp, chilled tea bags.
- Drink plenty of water. Fluid retention, in any part of your body, may indicated that your body has too much salt and not enough water.
What about the ‘cure’ which recommends hemorrhoid cream to be applied under the eye to reduce puffiness? There is no real evidence that this works, and the ingredients in this cream may irritate the delicate skin around the eyes- leaving them irritated, inflamed, dry- and possibly still puffy.
One other good strategy is to gently tap all around your eyes, with just the tips of your fingers. That can help boost sluggish circulation and make you look more well rested.
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Bruises happen when your skin is hit hard enough to break the blood vessels under the skin. Wherever blood vessels have broken, bruises will form.
Bruises go through a cycle of colors, usually starting out as black or blue, and then turning reddish, and then, eventually, greenish or yellowish before they fade completely.
This is related to the breakdown of hemoglobin, which is responsible for giving blood its red color.
As the hemoglobin breaks down, it separates into its component parts. Two of the components are bilirubin and biliverdin.
Bilirubin gives the skin its reddish color at the site of bruising, and biliverdin is responsible for the greenish/yellowish color at the site of the bruise.
The best way to treat a bruise, or a bruise in the making? Ice- lots and lots of it.
Applying ice to the site of a bruise causing injury will diminish swelling and will decrease the rate of bleeding under the skin.
This will decrease the size of the bruise that ultimately forms- and, in some cases, will prevent bruising all together.
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Skin tags are, technically, a skin abnormality, though they are very common.
Skin tags are small portions of skin which protude from normal skin. They are usually just a few millimeters in diameter, and can vary in appearance.
Skin tags can be the same color as the surrounding skin or may be much darker. These tags typically attach to the skin by a small band of tissue termed a stalk or a peduncle.
Skin tags can occur in anyone, but tend to increase in numbers as we age. Hormonal factors, aging, and obesity may all play a role in the development of skin tags.
Skin tags are commonly found on the neck, but can occur in any folded area of the skin.
Most of the time, skin tags have no symptoms. They are rarely a sign of anything serious. As a result, doctors tend to recommend removal of skin tags only when they are irritated, uncomfortable, or unsightly.
Skin tags can be removed by your doctor and are commonly removed by tying them off, cutting them off, or freezing them off. There are also all natural remedies for skin tag removal, which you can try if you’re absolutely certain your skin tag is merely ugly, and not a symptom of something more serious.
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