
Cucumbers
have an anti-inflammatory effect that reduces puffiness. The vegetable
not only has a high water content, it but it's often stored in the
refrigerator and comes out cold. This means that the water hydrates your
skin, and the cool temperature decreases the flow of blood to the space
around your eyes. Together, additional hydration and reduced blood flow
can sooth the skin around your eyes and alleviate swelling.
Smoother,
more hydrated skin around your eyes means less stretching and fewer
lines and wrinkles in the future. Since the skin around your eyes is
some of the thinnest tissue on your body, it is very susceptible to
damage from stretching and swelling. While cucumbers might not be your
choice for a daily eye moisturizer, they can help in a pinch when you
realize your eyes are puffier than normal.
To use cucumbers as an
eye treatment, grab a cold cucumber from the refrigerator and cut two
thick slices. Then, find a comfortable place to relax and set the
cucumbers over your closed eyes for about 10 to 15 minutes. The
cucumbers will then act as a cold compress on your eye.
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Next
time you're at the store, you might pick up a few extra cucumbers.
Treating yourself to a weekly cucumber eye therapy session could prove
beneficial in more ways than one. After all, your whole body can benefit
from relaxation.
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