How to de puff my face after drinking
8 TIPS TO GET RID OF FACE BLOATING 😍 Dermatologist @DrDrayzday
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well hey guys in this video we're gonna
be going over eight ways to de-bloat
your face sometimes you wake up and you
just look puffy swollen maybe you've got
prominent bags under the eyes how do you
de-bloat your face quickly i'm gonna
give you eight ways to address facial
bloating there are a lot of reasons why
your face may be bloated maybe you over
indulge in salty processed sugary foods
or you drank too much alcohol of course
as with anything we can always blame
good old hormones on everything we hate
about our lives including facial
bloating certain times in the menstrual
cycle you're more likely to retain fluid
and that can show up in your face
especially under the eyes where the skin
is much more delicate of course the
stress hormone cortisol which i mean who
doesn't have stress can contribute to
fluid retention and facial bloating
rubbing your face a lot maybe from
seasonal allergies sniffing sneezing
sniffling eyes running recently i did a
video on how your face changes with age
and you'll recall from that video and by
the way if you haven't watched it
definitely check it out i'll link it in
the description box below but with time
the ligaments that attach the muscles in
our face to the skin then start to
weaken and that can contribute to a lot
of age-related facial sagging you start
to get redistribution of fat around the
eyes and that can lead to prominent
under eye bags and puffiness my number
one tip is to cut out alcohol now
alcohol in moderation is not necessarily
a bad thing and as a reminder moderation
is one alcoholic beverage a day for
women and two for men but if you are
trying to de-bloat your face alcohol is
your nemesis alcohol really messes up
your sleep cycle makes you very drowsy
but then very alert and it makes you
wake up earlier than you need to so
you're not getting good restorative
sleep if you're drinking regularly
alcohol also is very dehydrating and
that makes you retain fluid contributes
to facial puffiness and a lot of
alcoholic beverages are high in sugar so
both the alcohol and the sugar
contribute to a lot of inflammation
throughout the body and that affects
fluid retention and leads to facial
puffiness number two re-evaluate your
sleep position consider sleeping with
your head ever so slightly elevated to
facilitate return of fluid from the face
to the heart as you sleep if you're a
stomach sleeper try and train yourself
to sleep either on your back or on your
side with the head of the bed elevated
sleeping on your face is going to make
you a lot puffier i trained myself to
sleep on my back a few years ago
actually well many years ago gosh time
flies and it has made a huge difference
in morning puffiness for me and then
later on i got that sleeping glow pillow
which really has made a huge difference
because it just kind of helps keep my
head elevated as i sleep comfortably on
my back i'll link that down below this
is not sponsored by sleep n glow but
seriously it is a must-have for me in
terms of getting good sleep and having
my head elevated at night time it's
really made a difference in morning
puffiness but honestly just try sleeping
with your head elevated a bit and if you
are trying to train yourself to sleep on
your back one thing that helped me is to
actually put some pillows
under my knees if you've ever gotten a
spa or beauty treatment where you have
to lay on your back you'll notice
they'll put pillows underneath your
knees and it just makes laying on your
back suddenly like the most blissful
thing so i think i realized that at one
point and that really actually helped me
quite a bit tolerate laying on my back
for sleep and so that i definitely would
suggest now if you wake up with a puffy
face i do suggest applying a cool
compress that can be something as simple
as taking your washcloth running it
under cool water and lightly patting it
under your eyes around your face there
are all of these jazzy gadgets out now
ice rollers they're kind of cool i have
to admit they're kind of cool looking i
mentioned these in my video talking
about the 2022 predicted skincare trends
so you know that's certainly something
just applying like those cooling globes
under your eyes it can help
with vasoconstriction of the blood
vessels facilitating return of fluid
back to the heart and you know debuff
deep popping the face there's the old
school approach of putting some cool
cucumber slices around your eyes i also
like to do those hydrogel eye patches
and face patches i even store those in
my refrigerator so that when i put them
on they go on cool that kind of helps
reduce puffiness especially if you've
got under eye bags number four tip is to
cut out ultra processed foods for a time
if you were dealing with facial bloating
i mean it's fine to have these in
moderation but the reality is the
majority of people in the u.s at least a
majority of their diet actually is ultra
processed foods ultra processed foods
are typically high in salt sugar and low
quality carbohydrates and by low quality
carbohydrates i mean like refined simple
carbohydrates
low in fiber packaged sweet and savory
snack foods i heavily encourage everyone
honestly regardless if your face is
bloated or not to
reduce as much as possible your reliance
on ultra processed foods and instead try
your best to cook and prepare your own
food from actual foods i suggest
preparing your own meals meal prepping
as boring as it sounds just look at the
sodium content in
chicken breasts that you have to cook
and prepare yourself versus deli meat
chicken breast i mean it is like
that's quite a sodium load right there
if you don't eat meat like yours truly i
also suggest that you take a look at
consumption of those meat alternatives
which likewise can be quite high in salt
they're not like the devil or anything
i'm not demonizing any food group here
but i'm just pointing out that switching
over to at least trying to prepare your
own foods
uh really can help in cutting down that
excess sodium i'm not demonizing any one
particular food group or even ultra
processed foods honestly if you want to
enjoy those by all means but i encourage
you to not rely on those solely and if
you are trying to improve facial
bloating
cutting those out or minimizing them as
much as possible what it's going to help
in terms of your diet quality is it's
going to lower likely your sodium
content for the day to a more normal
amount and that is not only helpful for
facial bloating but for your overall
health eating this type of diet ultra
processed foods the sodium content alone
can contribute to high blood pressure
yeah i honestly i always feel like i
kind of have to tiptoe around any sort
of diet advice because people will
accuse me of vilifying a certain food or
whatever but honestly i mean
it's the truth ultra processed foods
they're fine in moderation but if you
are subsisting on these foods it can put
you at risk for a variety of health
adverse effects including facial
bloating which you know may be a more
cosmetic thing to you but honestly i
mean it is a reflection of the quality
of the food itself
it's very poor nutrient quality and it
has low quality carbohydrates it's not
sustaining there are actual studies
showing that ultra processed foods are
much less satiating you know relying
more on whole foods that you prepare
yourself i really do i really do
advocate for doing that as much as
possible all right the other thing which
i harp on in all my videos but honestly
it's very important and it's going to
help with your facial bloating is to
make sure that you are not sacrificing
your sleep and your sleep quality again
cutting out alcohol can definitely
improve your sleep quality tremendously
because alcohol it messes up the sleep
cycle and when you sleep well then your
stress responses are better your infl
total body inflammation is much lower
and as a result you're going to have
less fluid retention around the face all
right it's springtime so number six is
related to seasonal allergies for me i
mean i don't know if you can hear it in
my voice and slightly more raspy than
usual it's the seasonal allergies and so
if you have allergies that can
definitely contribute to facial
puffiness simply from just fluid
accumulating around your eyes especially
that also can lead to the appearance of
dark under eye circles and staying
consistent with an antihistamine that
you may have been prescribed it's
helpful for controlling those allergies
and then avoiding any allergen triggers
i am particularly sensitive to cat
dander which is odd because i did grow
up around cats but yeah if i were to
stay in someone's home and they had a
cat i would probably have
more facial puffiness it's just the
reality of it i i avoid that by not
having a cat or friends with cats
so if you have a cat we can't be friends
in real life i'm just kidding so
allergies is a big one you know it's
it's one of those subtle things and then
of course there are you know more severe
types of allergic reaction for which you
have facial swelling i'm assuming that
if you're watching this that's not what
you're dealing with right now but you
know anaphylaxis or angioedema you get
prominent facial swelling we're not
talking about that in this video we're
just talking about day to day you know
my face looks puffy what's going on and
in that case your seasonal allergies may
be contributory all right number seven
has to do with improving lymphatic
drainage i get questions about this all
the time you know i've got a video on
that gua sha tool
and jade rolling i've got a video on and
then people also ask me about lymphatic
massage lymphatic drainage all of that
is fine to do like i have no issue if
you want to do that but i'm not going to
hand over a study to you affirming that
that does anything
it makes sense that it would help if
anything it's relaxing that's going to
help with the cortisol and the stress
and all that when we're talking about
lymphatic drainage massage what comes to
mind for me is like lymphedema a medical
condition related to
cancer treatments for example that
people deal with then it definitely can
be helpful but they were talking about
like the legs the arms lymphedema is not
a condition that people develop on their
face or that most people who are asking
me about it likely have any any actual
lymphedema going on now anything that
helps return fluid and lymph back to the
heart it will help remove some of that
excess fluid so you know sure if you
want to do those things that's fine i
have like i've said they're safe
harmless i mean just make sure that your
jade ruler or gua sha tool is clean that
you keep it clean consistently but yeah
i have no issue with those however do
you know that you know simply moving
your body a bit can help with improving
fluid return to the heart so if you wake
up and your face is puffy in the morning
maybe spend some time walking just
getting moving it will help with
returning fluid back to the heart and
away from your face all right number
eight it's probably an unpopular opinion
but honestly when it comes to facial
bloating
swelling under the eyes i honestly don't
believe products are going to do
anything if you just think about it
critically about the physiology behind
fluid retention putting something on
your skin is really unlikely to provide
much if any benefit
and i would say the one ingredient or
family of ingredients that may help
temporarily especially under the eyes
where the skin is a lot thinner it's
going to be topical caffeine it can have
a skin firming and skin tightening
effect it's temporary
how it works i mean one would assume it
has to do with constriction of the blood
vessels
similar to applying a cool compress so
that is that is probably one family of
ingredients
that may help and i say family of
ingredients because caffeine can come
from coffee extract tea extract or just
straight up caffeine and things
there are a lot of caffeine eye creams
that definitely can provide a temporary
under eye tightening effect depending on
the nature of the under eye swelling so
that i guess i would say is any family
of ingredients that help but don't go
chasing after products or you know
the idea that a certain serum is going
to help with improving the contours of
your face and de-bloating the face what
will help you a lot more rather than a
product is going to be your lifestyle
which a lot of this video i've already
weaved those lifestyle pieces that are
most relevant to facial bloating
but at the beginning of the video i
pointed out how with age we are more
prone to early morning facial puffiness
as some of those ligaments
and supportive framework interface
starts to
erode a bit
change the bones in our face
change we get sagging
the facial fat redistribution all those
factors and while those are not
necessarily a bad thing i mean it's part
of natural aging your lifestyle will
accelerate the rate at which those
things occur and kind of the severity so
lifestyle factors that make a huge
difference are not smoking not drinking
alcohol getting good quality sleep
eating a varied balanced healthful diet
and i know that's kind of a nebulous
recommendation but the
key thing i would say
from that is just don't rely on ultra
processed foods
and managing your stress which is an
even more nebulous recommendation right
and getting exercise get your heart
moving it's going to help with fluid
return to the heart going back over my
list here of everything we just talked
about i have to say if i were going to
give you one piece of advice
is to cut out alcohol honestly because i
mean if you're not already drinking this
it's not going to be helpful but cutting
out alcohol i really think can have the
most dramatic effect you know people who
drink alcohol in excess they also have
more prominent signs of skin aging
dilated blood vessels and it's just not
good for your heart honestly i think a
lot of the hype around the benefits of
alcohol
a lot of it may come a lot of that hype
may just come from red wine which has
resveratrol in it and as a reminder you
can get that from grapes and from other
foods so you don't have to drink wine to
drive that benefit i think that's
important to think about for example a
lot of people hype up the mediterranean
diet and they will point to the fact
that red wine is consumed in that diet
um but you know to what extent you need
to be consuming red wine i i question
that because alcohol is a toxin so i
question to what extent the benefits
from the mediterranean diet that you
know the red wine is required is it
really just resveratrol or some
antioxidant in the red wine is it really
does it really have anything to do with
alcohol so if you replace red wine with
you know
grape juice or something would you would
you see that same effect i don't know i
know i'm going on a tangent here but
honestly if i could recommend the single
most effective thing i think you can do
for reducing facial bloat is to get rid
of alcohol most people do eat ultra
processed food probably more than you
might be willing to admit and there's no
shame in it and it's not bad i'm not
saying you can never eat ultra processed
food but honestly a lot of people
subsist off of it why because it's
convenient so if you're dealing with a
lot of bloating i would say try and cut
out as much of that as you can and just
prepare your own foods you know and
honestly i say just prepare your own
foods but you can also end up relying on
a lot of prepared sauces that are high
in sodium so you know i'm not a
dietitian or anything i'm not going to
give you out food advice or anything but
i can say that
minimizing your reliance on ultra
processed foods probably the other thing
that would make a huge difference in not
only the bloating but your total body
health for sure all right you guys so
those are my eight tips for facial
bloating i know i went off on a bit of a
tangent there with the ultra processed
foods but i do really believe that just
as a population as a whole we really
should try and step away from our
reliance on those with inflation that
type of food is really expensive uh you
could just do a quick comparison
shopping to see how prices differ
between the ready-made stuff and the
fresh things that you have to actually
prepare yourself
uh the price difference is huge
and people are always like eating
healthy is expensive it's not it's
eating that ultra processed stuff you
pay a premium for that convenience
uh not only in terms of cost but to your
overall health if it's not obvious
already you know this video was about
facial bloating i know a lot of people
struggle with
abdominal bloatings you know stomach
bloating i know that's a big issue i'm
not going to speak on that you know
that's a digestive health thing all
right you guys i hope you enjoyed this
video on the end slate and in the
description box i'm going to link that
video on how your face changes with age
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