well hey guys in today's video i'm going
to be talking all about
puppy eyes and sharing with you guys my
tips
for getting rid of eye puffiness it's a
really frustrating thing to wake up
with puffy eyes puffy under eyes and
not really knowing what to do about it
puffiness happens because
first of all the skin around our eyelids
is already really thin to begin with
but with age and time the skin
thins even further also the little
muscles around our eyes start to weaken
and the fat that supports our eyes can
drift down to the lower eyelid
bulging out and giving the look of puffy
under eyes
excess fluid can also pool around these
thinned
structures leading to a puffy appearance
as with everything in the skin
you have your genetic makeup to blame
for
puffy eyes that has a lot to do with
that just your overall
anatomy the anatomy of your eye socket
and the structures around your eyes
are a major governing factor in puffy
eyes
but habits make a huge difference
in puffy eyes so some habits that
contribute to
puffy eyes include poor sleep
but maybe not for the reasons you might
think we always associate
being fatigued with dark under eye
circles and puffiness
and being tired but one reason for that
is that with fatigue your body starts
yawning more
and the yawning causes your eyes to
water more
and that fluid then can collect in the
the structures around your eyes leading
to puffy
under eyes so a lot of it has to do with
just yawning and tearing more frequently
but of course when we're fatigued and
we're not sleeping well we become
dehydrated and dehydration can result in
fluid retention that again is going to
show up around your eyes
in the form of puffiness a big
contributing factor in
puffy eyes is seasonal allergies similar
to yawning anything that increases
tearing watery eyes is going to
lead to fluid accumulation in those
spaces around
the eyes and puffy eyes and also when we
have seasonal allergies we tend to rub
our eyes more
and this can bring in even more fluid
and cause more irritation
that can really exacerbate that puffy
under eye area
and and cause cause issues so a lot of
it could be seasonal allergies
high salt foods huge driver of fluid
retention
especially around the eyes that's going
to be one of the first areas
where a salty meal shows up is around
your eyes
because fluid's going to be retained
throughout the body but it's going to be
more obvious
around your eyes where there's just not
a lot of space
for that fluid to go other than bulging
out and making your eyes look puffy
honestly putting salt on your foods like
table salt or salting your food with
cooking
it pales in comparison to the sodium
levels
in processed ready-made foods canned
soups are a major culprit
anything through a drive up is going to
be packed with sodium
those things are really high in salt
remember your skin is a window to what
is going on inside and
fluid retention from high salt foods
showing up around your eyes is like a
clue that maybe you want to
back off on almost salty salty snacks
and whatnot they
they can they can definitely creep creep
creep your sodium levels up and cause
fluid retentions that
ultimately could lead to high blood
pressure which is not
good and of course there's dehydration i
already kind of alluded to this with
poor sleep and being over tired you
become fatigued
and you're more prone to dehydration
when you're fatigued but
also if you drink a lot of alcohol
that's very dehydrating
if you consume a lot of caffeinated
beverages that chew is very dehydrating
you guys are looking at me like you're
always chugging on that giant bat of
coffee
i'll remind you guys i do have a video
on the benefits of coffee
so i'm not saying cut it out i mean i
could not live without it so i'm
definitely not suggesting that
but do be mindful of of your caffeine
consumption
stick to moderate amounts if you're like
me and you just love the taste of coffee
two bits
make sure you switch to decaf after
you've had
one to two cups of caffeinated coffee it
can make a huge difference and
it will feed right into the quality of
your sleep as well i mean caffeine keeps
you up at night
um those energy drinks yeah it can
really be very dehydrating
if you live in a dry climate that too is
really dehydrating anytime
i i used to live in colorado and i would
love to go up into the mountains
all the time but anytime i went to the
mountains i would
have puffy eyes for sure just because
the air is so
dry and and it would always alarm me but
it has to do with just
fluid shifts as the humidity drops
so that can that can definitely play a
role and then
uh if you're not drinking enough water
that certainly can result in fluid
retention and puffiness
so a lot of people may be on a diet like
a ketogenic diet and if they don't drink
enough water
they can be more prone to dehydration
those of you who follow a ketogenic
lifestyle or ketogenic diet
definitely i would say that's that's an
area where you can become dehydrated
if you're not consuming enough water
because carbohydrates they tend to hold
water
and whatnot so if you're removing those
from your diet make sure you are staying
hydrated
with fluids and electrolytes if you have
puffy eyes
what can you do about it well make sure
you manage your lifestyle factors
try and dial in your sleep make sure
you're getting really good quality sleep
but when you sleep at night try training
yourself to
sleep on your back with your head at a
slight incline
sleeping on your back and sleeping in a
slight incline will facilitate drainage
of fluid
from the head and neck back to your
heart
as opposed to pooling around your eyes
if you sleep on your stomach
try and train yourself to flip over and
sleep on your back that can make a huge
difference
and then if you're already sleeping on
your back then try elevating the head of
the bed a little bit
or you know putting a few pillows under
your head to keep your head
elevated at an angle and facilitate
drainage i'm telling you guys for me
personally
making that change it took a long time
to train myself to sleep on my back
but it made a huge huge difference in
the quality of my sleep
the other thing is very very simple is
just to keep some spoons in the
refrigerator and
apply them to your eyes cold it will
constrict the blood vessels and push the
fluid
back out of the tissues around your eyes
and reduce that puffiness and it feels
good one thing i love doing
even though i don't really cope with the
puffy under eye area
um is to use a caffeine containing
under eye hydrogel patch i love these
i love keeping them in the fridge
putting them on the skin while it's cold
and the caffeine
can kind of help constrict the little
blood vessels to even further
push that fluid out from under the eyes
i love the derma e
vitamin c bright eyed ones i'll list
them down below i don't use them for the
vitamin c i just i just like the cold
patch feeling
but i do think that the caffeine does
have a transient brightening effect and
kind of helping to push fluid
out from the tissues around the eyes so
those are really fun to do
in the morning and i i swear by those
they do they do help
but cold spoons work too you know
cucumber slices or whatever
tea bags a cold tea bag just a soothing
cold
compress you get the idea that can help
constrict those blood vessels and help
push the fluid out from the area around
the eyes
so those things can really help but
don't forget if you've got seasonal
allergies too the other thing
is to check in with your primary care
physician or if you see an allergist
check in with them make sure you're
dialed in on your antihistamine regimen
or your allergy medications if you're if
you need to
take an over-the-counter uh xertech or
allegra
on a consistent basis some people think
that those medications are
just when you have symptoms but for
people with allergies
you actually talk to your allergists
they actually work best
if used daily even when you don't
necessarily have symptoms just because
of the way
uh histamine receptors uh and those
medications work it's actually better to
take them
daily to check in with your doctor and
get dialed in on a antihistamine regimen
uh if you need to for your allergies it
can make a huge difference in
in fluid retention but also in the
quality of your sleep at night if you
have poorly controlled seasonal
allergies it can also cause
post nasal drip and snoring disrupt your
sleep
and the quality of your sleep you know
you're up tossing and turning sneezing
and whatnot
i do believe most people are blindly
unaware of how much sodium they are
consuming
so depending on your relationship with
food this might be beneficial to you if
it doesn't sound like it would help then
don't do it
but try tracking your meals for a while
and like one of those apps that measures
the
the nutrient try it for the purpose of
tracking your sodium consumption you
will be surprised
people have um you know are sometimes
blindly under
unaware of the sodium consumption
especially if you eat a lot of
snack foods and processed foods and
again it's not to say that like salt is
a devil
and you should like go completely salt
free i mean unless your doctor has
advised you to do that because you
already have hypertension and they're
trying to encourage you to do something
like a dash diet
um no you don't have to fear monger
around salt and if you're really active
you you know
sodium is important uh in maintaining
electrolytes and everything
but i would say it's more often the case
that people are
consuming on the higher end of sodium
and one of the first places that will
show up
is around your eyes anyways guys those
are my tips and tricks for
puffy under eyes and what causes them i
really think as with most things with
the skin
the lifestyle factors go really really
far
so pay attention to things like your
sleep quality how
well controlled your allergies are the
sodium levels in your diet
um and you know if you're if you're
super dehydrated
hydrate up these things can make a
difference and don't require you to buy
some expensive eye cream
that will just set you back financially
and potentially cause contact dermatitis
um that being said i do love those
hydrogel patches for myself personally
but i mostly do them as a relaxing thing
i don't really have puffy under eyes
so you know do the lifestyle things over
that for sure
but if you if you're like me and you
like the relaxing effect of the gel
patches i highly recommend those
so i hope this video was helpful to you
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