Eye Disorder

Dark circles

This is a very common problem which may be caused due to fatigue, loss of sleep, prolonged illness, anemia, migraine, hereditary factors, dietary deficiency, stress or some kidney disease.

These dark circles usually develop when the person is in mid 30’s and becomes quite noticeable because the skin around the eyes is quite thin and delicate.

Dark circle remedies:

  • The most important factor is that you should have a good healthy sleep.

  • Cleansing cream should be applied around the eyes for fifteen minutes. Leave it dry and then wash off with moist cotton.

  • Two slices of cucumber should be kept on both the eyes for half an hour. This gives bleaching effect but also gives cooling to the eyes.

  • Take some water, and boil some tea in it. Wait till it gets cool. Make ice cubes of it and then put these cubes around the eyes. This will make your eyes brighter.

  • Prepare a juice of potato and cucumber. Dip cotton in this mixture and make cotton. Keep that on your eyes for fifteen minutes and then remove. This will reduce the strain on eyes and gives a cooling effect.

  • Apply a little castor oil for any boils in or around your eyes.

  • For washing your eyes Epsom salt should be used.

  • A diet rich in nutrients is advised.

  • A drop of refined castor oil should be pun into the eyes to remove the dirt.

  • Bleaching or peeling should not be done to make the dark circles light.

  • Wash your eyes with rose water. This would give cooling effect to the eyes.

  • Wash your eyes daily with cold water before sleep.

Laughter lines:

The skin around the eye is approximately ten times thinner than the skin which is on lower cheek. The use of skin around the eyes is used about ninety thousand times per day for blinking. That is the reason skin around the eyes shows sigh of ageing very early.

Tips for laughter lines:

  • Massage with corn oil or castor around the eyes.
  • Face packs and bleaching should be avoided near the eyes.
  • Good quality kajal and apply with god quality eye pencil and eyeliner.

Crow’s feet:

These are wrinkles at the corners of the eye. They appear because of old age, dryness of skin or sometimes due to cold wind. The protection from sun is necessary for preventing crow’s feet and laughter lines.

Treatment:

  • Apply petroleum jelly or olive oil on crow’s feet.

  • You can also apply homemade wrinkle cream

  • Lanolin Almond Cream:

  • Take one tablespoon of almond oil

  • Take two tablespoons of lanolin.

  • Heat the lanolin over slow heat till it melts. Add almond oil to it. Mix the ingredients to make a smooth paste. Apply this paste on skin near eyes. It will be very effective