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You may have the necessary ingredients on hand in your home. Grab 12 chamomile tea bags and put them in a jar filled with 2 cups of icy cold water. Put the lid on the jar and keep the jar in the refrigerator. Whenever you are the victim of puffy eyelids, apply a tea bag to your lids for about 10 minutes, according to recipegoldmine.com.
Putting caffeinated wet tea bags on your eyelids or under your eyes to reduce puffiness works, according to Allure Magazine, because the tannin in the tea reduces inflammation, and the caffeine constricts blood flow. The pressure of the tea bag reduces the puffiness. - Cold cucumber slices help puffy eyes, as will a frozen bag of peas. The cold stimulates lymphatic drainage and shrinks the capillaries.
- Puffy lids can turn pink. Allure Magazine suggests using a cotton ball and dabbing Afrin (which is a nasal spray) on your lids to reduce the pinkness and puffiness. The spray contains oxymetazoline, which will combat the puffiness and pink color.
- It could be that your puffy eyelids are a result of an allergy, perhaps to the makeup you are using. Discontinue using your makeup and see if the puffiness goes down.
- Put two metal spoons into the refrigerator, letting them get cold. Lie down, placing the backs of the spoons over your eyes, suggests lifehacker.com. The coldness of the spoons will reduce puffiness.
- Some people swear by hemorrhoid cream. If you opt for this technique, make sure that you don't get it in your eyes. Components in the cream shrink hemorrhoids and may shrink eyelid puffiness as well. Dr. Lawrence E. Gibson of the Mayo Clinic (see Resources) notes that there is some anecdotal evidence that hemorrhoid cream works for reducing eye swelling, but he points out that these creams may prove irritating to the skin around the eyes, resulting in dryness and inflammation, so take that into consideration.
- If you have a chronic case of swollen and puffy eyelids, and if you have noticed a foamy substance on the surface of your eye, this may indicate that you have high levels of fat in your blood. It may also indicate an iron deficiency or a deficiency in vitamin A and B2, according to style.uk.msn.com. Discuss this with your doctor.
