Natural Skin Care Guide

Our eyes are the most beautiful and sensitive part of our body. It needs good care. But we often neglect our eyes and do not provide it with the care it deserves. Here are a few simple tips which can help us to keep your eyes healthy.

• A preservative free eye drop has a shelf life of one year. It’s better to use an eye drop within one month of its opening. Because, the medical properties of the eye drop starts deteriorating after being exposed to external environment making it unsuitable for further usage.
• Give up smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages as nicotine and alcohol both being toxic in nature, causes damage to the optic nerves which can lead to weak sight in the long run.
• Never rub your eyes. Rubbing make the dirt go deeper into the eyes. Instead blink several times to moisten your eyes the tears will flush the dirt out.
• Eat a healthy diet rich in Vitamin A, C and E. Include leafy vegetables and citrus fruits in your diet. Eat foods rich in beta carotene to keep a healthy eye. Have lots of fluids in form of water or fruit juice. Water flushes out the toxin from the body and also keeps it hydrated. This reduces the puffiness of our eyes.
• Wear proper eye gears while going out in the scorching sun. It protects the eyes from the harmful UV rays and dusts.
• Sleep at least for 8 hours a day. It gives rest to your eyes as well.
• Try this eye exercises whenever you feel the strain in your eyes. Close your eyes. Then rotate the eye balls clock wise first then anti clock wise for 1 minute. Take a deep breath and open your eyes.
• Apply grated potatoes or cucumber slices on your tired eyes, keep them for 10 minutes then wash it off. This will help you to reduce the dark circles around your eyes.
• Keep two used tea bags in refrigerator for some time. Take them out and place them on your eyes for a few minutes as you relax. This not only soothes tired eyes, but also reduces puffiness.
• Clean your eyes using cotton balls dipped in milk. Milk are excellent natural cleansers. Apply oil mixed in glycerin to your eye lashes and eye brows to keep them dense and dark.
• Don’t work on computers for long hours at a stretch. Take some short breaks. Try to look at green objects as it sooths the eyes.

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