How to reduce eye swelling.

Jun 25, 2015

Tiffany B.

Hello,

So I have extremely bad allergies and it has caused my eyes to swell, which I find odd. I work for a cosmetic company and return to work in 2 days, I've tried allergy medication but nothing is helping. Do any of you know what could quickly and safely reduce the swelling of my eyes? I hear cucumbers help... if I don't have cucumbers what else could I use?

Jun 26, 2015

Joy M.

Cold teabags will help! :)

Jun 26, 2015

Kailey L.

^^ came here to say exactly that! Green tea (with caffeine) works great. Brew 2 cups of tea, drain the excess from the bags, stick em in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, then lay with them on your undereye area for 10-20 minutes (or as long as you can stand). If the allergies have made your eyes red as well, I highly recommend Systane or Roto eyedrops.

Jun 26, 2015

Tiffany B.

Thank you ladies, greatly appreciated.

Jun 26, 2015

Emily M.

Warm showers often help me. If you aren't against Benadryl, it can reduce swelling. I usually try a warm water rag, then ice (for very little time) also, eye drops for allergies may become your best friend to avoid the swelling!

Jun 26, 2015

Shelley W.

If you are unable to reduce the swelling then play up another feature on your face to bring focus away from your swollen lids. What I usually do is keep eye makeup to a bare minimum and focus on my lips. Creating an ombre lip look or if I'm short on time just picking out a bright lippie shade paired with a neutral blush and tons of mascara on curled eyelashes.

Jun 26, 2015

Lara R.

There are eye creams designed for puffines, so those ones may help :) An example is Clinique All About Eyes

I just wanted to strongly recommend to avoid eyedrops (p.e. Rohto) because they are vasoconstrictors. My ophthalmologist prohibited them because on the long term are super dangerous for your eyes

Jun 26, 2015

Diana T.

Try allergy eye drops or see your doctor if OTC stuff isn't working - otherwise wash your face/eyes regularly and sometimes taking a shower helps to remove all the pollen from your hair and face at the end of the day - my eyes get itchy and I usually take Claritin if it isn't too bad but sometimes that isn't enough so I take an OTC allergy eye drops and that works much better but the prescription stuff is the best

Jun 26, 2015

Alyx T.

Lara - there are all sorts of different kinds of eye drops. I've had problems with my eyes due to a medication I was on for the past few years, and have to see my family eye doctor almost weekly. As long as you are using moisturizing drops and not redness reducing drops, and not using them 5 times a day every day, they're good for the eyes. It's long term abuse of it that's not good, it can cause the eyes to stop producing tears on its own. But if that is a concern, and you use drops everyday, switching to a preservative free drop (they come in little individual droppers and have a 12 hour window after opening one) will not get your eyes addicted, as it's just gently lubricating without making the eyes stop producing it's own tears to lubricate.

Aa for puffiness, cucumbers, tea bags, and sliced raw potatoes are app great options. I personally use tea bags and then follow up with an anti eye puffiness mask (I use one from sephora) and then I notice a huge difference.

Jun 27, 2015

Lara R.

Alyx, it's true that there are different kinds of eye drops, but they were suggesting brands that are counterproductive :)

Jun 27, 2015

Alyx T.

Lara - both systane and roto have all sorts of drops, I currently use systane preservative free drops, and have used roto's before, but personally find systane helps my eyes better and it's cheaper. Almost every brand of eye drops has the redness reducing, allergy, ones for contacts, moisture, and preservative free drops.