When I get up, my face is bigger, but my eyes are still smaller? 3 tricks can be solved!

For many girls, what really wakes them up in the morning is not an alarm or a dream, but when they look in the mirror and find that their face is swollen again!

Especially the eyes, if you are not careful, a single eyelid can swell into double eyelids, and double eyelids can also swell into small goldfish… 

What’s even more frightening is that if you did these things the night before, after you woke up the next day, you might swell to the point that your mother didn’t even know him.

First, eat heavy snacks and pay back tons and tons of water

Note: However, the statement that “excessive intake of salt and water will cause edema” is still controversial, and the actual situation varies from person to person.

Second, I had to drink some wine while socializing

Third, emo late at night, cry a lot 

Fourth, stay up late to swipe your phone, swiping until one or two o’clock

So, what is going on with the edema at every turn? Can you rescue it again?

Don’t worry, let’s have a cup of coffee first, and let’s slowly uncover the secret of edema.

The essence of edema is “water accumulation” in the skin

Human blood vessels are not completely “closed”. In some cases, when too much water accumulates in the blood vessels and the water pressure is too high, our body will quietly drain some water into the surrounding subcutaneous tissues, and the skin will also It will swell up. 

Therefore, places where blood circulation is not smooth will be more likely to “accumulate water” and swell more easily.

Normally, our heads are “high above”, and under the action of gravity, water is more likely to run down the body. But once you lie down, the blood vessels on your face can hardly escape the bad luck of stagnant water.

But having said that, everyone is lying down and sleeping, so why do you always feel that girls have more swelling?

Poor venous return power makes it difficult for girls to escape from edema

First of all, in the matter of edema, there are indeed some physiological differences between men and women. Women’s venous return is weak, blood is more likely to pool, and edema is inevitable.

However, the more important reason may be that girls look in the mirror more seriously in the morning, so they find that their face is swollen. As for most boys, they may only look in the mirror once for several days, and they don’t even notice when their beard grows, let alone swollen…

In addition, the degree of edema is different in different parts, and the eye area is usually the hardest hit area of edema.

This is because the water in the blood vessels will preferentially flow to the place where the connective tissue is loose. The eyelids are very thin, the connective tissue is loose, and the subcutaneous capillaries are still very rich. They are born like a “water pool”. After we lie down, the gravity on the eyelids will decrease and become more slack, which will further aggravate the edema problem.

But don’t worry too much, this kind of edema usually does not affect your health. Moreover, as long as you master a few tips, you can quickly reduce the swelling before going to work.

Three powerful tools to get rid of edema: cold compress, massage, and caffeine

First, use a metal spoon to freeze for 3 to 5 minutes. Cold compresses can shrink local blood vessels and reduce water exudation. In theory, it can tighten subcutaneous tissues and relieve edema.

Second, gently massage the eye area, to a certain extent, it can also make the water in the subcutaneous tissue return to the original position faster. 

Third, please invite our master of swelling “caffeine”! If we want to get rid of sleepiness, we can drink a cup of coffee; and if we want to get rid of edema, we can apply some caffeinated eye cream or eye essence.

Studies have shown that topical caffeine can improve local microcirculation, promote skin metabolism around the eyes, reduce water retention, and relieve vascular dark circles and eye puffiness.  

In addition to prone to edema, dark circles, dullness, dry lines and other problems often occur around the eyes. Therefore, an excellent eye cream or eye serum that contains caffeine, a star ingredient, is not enough, and the overall formula should be good enough.

For example, adding vitamin C or vitamin C derivatives and other antioxidant ingredients, as well as adding effective moisturizing ingredients, are good points. A combination of multiple ingredients helps to combat eye problems more comprehensively.