What's the best way to get rid of puffy eyes due to crying?

Answer 1

Crying and lack of sleep aren't the most common cause, though. "Sleeping on your face is probably the easiest way to get puffy eyes," says Dr. O'Donoghue. You're also more likely to wake up with puffy sacks if you're menstruating or pregnant and retaining fluid, say doctors. Ditto if you eat salty foods or drink anything--even fresh filtered water--less than two hours before you go to bed.

The fluid simply has to go somewhere, and sometimes it ends up in temporary pouches under your eyes, says Dr. O'Donoghue.

DO'S AND DON'TS FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF

If you want to erase puffiness before you start your day, say doctors, here's what you can do.

Don't rub. If you do, says Dr. O'Donoghue, your eyes will get irritated and red--and stay puffy.

Employ a cold compress. Dunk a washcloth in cool water (or wrap ice cubes in a washcloth) and place it on your closed eyes, suggests Dr. O'Donoghue. When the cloth gets warm, wring it out and repeat. Do this three or four times. "This takes just a few minutes, but it will help drain the puffs under your eyes," she says.

Apply a cold tea bag wrapped in tissue. Tea contains tannin, a natural astringent. "The tannin in the tea may help pull the skin taut and reduce puffiness," says Dr. O'Donoghue. Five minutes should be all you need.

It is a good idea to wrap the tea bag in tissue. Otherwise, the tea will stain your skin, creating a raccoon effect. And tannic acid (a derivative of tannin) can sting, explains Dr. O'Donoghue. So keep your eyes shut.

NO MORE PUFFINESS, EVER

So much for deflating puffy eyes today. To prevent future episodes:

Raise your head with pillows. Two or three pillows will help keep fluids from pooling under your eyes, says Monica L. Monica, M.D., Ph.D., an ophthalmologist in New Orleans and spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. But it takes hours.

Avoid salty foods and alcohol. Increasing the amount of salty foods (like chips and pickles) that you eat and drinking alcohol make you retain fluids that can collect in the eye area (and elsewhere), says Dr. O'Donoghue.

Answer 2

Cool compresses plus an anti-inflamatory. You likely will have a headache as well from the tension in your eyes. Next make a thick eye mask out of witch hazel, moisturizer, and crushed cucumber. If you have the time to set it in the fridge for a half hour, you can also use this as your compress. Apply like a patch to your eyes and rest for about 20 to 30 minutes.

Answer 3

Place ice cubes in a wash cloth and place on your eyes.. this will reduce the swelling

Visine will remove the redness

To refresh them after your cry and help to reduce swelling use sliced cucumbers...

To prevent further puffy eyes.. get rid of what or who ever it was that made you cry..

GOOD LUCK

Answer 4

I agree that anything cold helps. Personally, I keep a gel eye mask in the fridge to use to start with. I leave that on for 15-30 minutes. Then I apply some AWESOME eye gel from Mary Kay called "Indulge Soothing Eye Gel". It not only works for the puffiness, but, to me, it feels almost as good as peppermint foot lotion does to my aching feet! Check it out...you'll love it!

Answer 5

put a spoon in the fridge for like 5 minutes then take it out and put it under your eye.. it gets rid of the puffiness. and feels good too.

Answer 6

ice pack. or ice to reduce puffiness. visine for redness. wet, cold face towel to calm down the rest of your face. breathe slow and deep while it's on your face.

added measure: put concealer. add taupe eyeshadow to eyelid. remember to contour the crease with a brown eyeshadow.

Good luck.

Answer 7

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It works!

Answer 8

anything cold cucumber and herbal tea bags helps alot after you make yourself a nice camomile tea put the bags in the fridge to get cold put on your eyes and drink the tea it will help calm you crying is never good for you if you are upset the tea will help.

Answer 9

Ag sweetie pie, firstly dont cry, its all gona be fine!
secondly, anything cold does the trick, ice blocks wrapped in towel, cold spoons, cucumbers, they all work nicely
;-)

Answer 10

y0u should try sleeping in the most confortable way....and y0u should f0rget ab0ut what ur crying about 1st....aftersleeping, be happy...d0 all da things y0u want to...or eat alll da f0od u want t0....or try putting concealer..



gudluck>>>st0p crying...it's fine