How to get rid of puffy eyes| Dr Dray — Transcript

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1. 0:00well hey guys in today's video i'm going
2. 0:02to be talking all about
3. 0:03puppy eyes and sharing with you guys my
4. 0:06tips
5. 0:07for getting rid of eye puffiness it's a
6. 0:09really frustrating thing to wake up
7. 0:11with puffy eyes puffy under eyes and
8. 0:15not really knowing what to do about it
9. 0:17puffiness happens because
10. 0:18first of all the skin around our eyelids
11. 0:21is already really thin to begin with
12. 0:23but with age and time the skin
13. 0:27thins even further also the little
14. 0:29muscles around our eyes start to weaken
15. 0:32and the fat that supports our eyes can
16. 0:34drift down to the lower eyelid
17. 0:36bulging out and giving the look of puffy
18. 0:39under eyes
19. 0:39excess fluid can also pool around these
20. 0:42thinned
21. 0:42structures leading to a puffy appearance
22. 0:45as with everything in the skin
23. 0:47you have your genetic makeup to blame
24. 0:50for
25. 0:50puffy eyes that has a lot to do with
26. 0:52that just your overall
27. 0:54anatomy the anatomy of your eye socket
28. 0:57and the structures around your eyes
29. 0:59are a major governing factor in puffy
30. 1:02eyes
31. 1:02but habits make a huge difference
32. 1:06in puffy eyes so some habits that
33. 1:09contribute to
34. 1:10puffy eyes include poor sleep
35. 1:14but maybe not for the reasons you might
36. 1:16think we always associate
37. 1:18being fatigued with dark under eye
38. 1:20circles and puffiness
39. 1:22and being tired but one reason for that
40. 1:25is that with fatigue your body starts
41. 1:29yawning more
42. 1:30and the yawning causes your eyes to
43. 1:33water more
44. 1:34and that fluid then can collect in the
45. 1:37the structures around your eyes leading
46. 1:39to puffy
47. 1:39under eyes so a lot of it has to do with
48. 1:41just yawning and tearing more frequently
49. 1:44but of course when we're fatigued and
50. 1:46we're not sleeping well we become
51. 1:47dehydrated and dehydration can result in
52. 1:50fluid retention that again is going to
53. 1:51show up around your eyes
54. 1:53in the form of puffiness a big
55. 1:55contributing factor in
56. 1:56puffy eyes is seasonal allergies similar
57. 1:59to yawning anything that increases
58. 2:01tearing watery eyes is going to
59. 2:04lead to fluid accumulation in those
60. 2:07spaces around
61. 2:08the eyes and puffy eyes and also when we
62. 2:11have seasonal allergies we tend to rub
63. 2:13our eyes more
64. 2:14and this can bring in even more fluid
65. 2:17and cause more irritation
66. 2:19that can really exacerbate that puffy
67. 2:21under eye area
68. 2:22and and cause cause issues so a lot of
69. 2:25it could be seasonal allergies
70. 2:26high salt foods huge driver of fluid
71. 2:30retention
72. 2:31especially around the eyes that's going
73. 2:32to be one of the first areas
74. 2:34where a salty meal shows up is around
75. 2:37your eyes
76. 2:38because fluid's going to be retained
77. 2:39throughout the body but it's going to be
78. 2:40more obvious
79. 2:41around your eyes where there's just not
80. 2:44a lot of space
81. 2:45for that fluid to go other than bulging
82. 2:47out and making your eyes look puffy
83. 2:49honestly putting salt on your foods like
84. 2:52table salt or salting your food with
85. 2:54cooking
86. 2:55it pales in comparison to the sodium
87. 2:58levels
88. 2:59in processed ready-made foods canned
89. 3:02soups are a major culprit
90. 3:04anything through a drive up is going to
91. 3:06be packed with sodium
92. 3:08those things are really high in salt
93. 3:10remember your skin is a window to what
94. 3:12is going on inside and
95. 3:14fluid retention from high salt foods
96. 3:16showing up around your eyes is like a
97. 3:18clue that maybe you want to
98. 3:20back off on almost salty salty snacks
99. 3:23and whatnot they
100. 3:24they can they can definitely creep creep
101. 3:26creep your sodium levels up and cause
102. 3:29fluid retentions that
103. 3:30ultimately could lead to high blood
104. 3:32pressure which is not
105. 3:34good and of course there's dehydration i
106. 3:36already kind of alluded to this with
107. 3:38poor sleep and being over tired you
108. 3:40become fatigued
109. 3:41and you're more prone to dehydration
110. 3:43when you're fatigued but
111. 3:46also if you drink a lot of alcohol
112. 3:47that's very dehydrating
113. 3:49if you consume a lot of caffeinated
114. 3:51beverages that chew is very dehydrating
115. 3:53you guys are looking at me like you're
116. 3:55always chugging on that giant bat of
117. 3:57coffee
118. 3:59i'll remind you guys i do have a video
119. 4:01on the benefits of coffee
120. 4:03so i'm not saying cut it out i mean i
121. 4:05could not live without it so i'm
122. 4:06definitely not suggesting that
123. 4:09but do be mindful of of your caffeine
124. 4:12consumption
125. 4:13stick to moderate amounts if you're like
126. 4:15me and you just love the taste of coffee
127. 4:17two bits
128. 4:18make sure you switch to decaf after
129. 4:20you've had
130. 4:22one to two cups of caffeinated coffee it
131. 4:24can make a huge difference and
132. 4:26it will feed right into the quality of
133. 4:28your sleep as well i mean caffeine keeps
134. 4:29you up at night
135. 4:31um those energy drinks yeah it can
136. 4:33really be very dehydrating
137. 4:35if you live in a dry climate that too is
138. 4:37really dehydrating anytime
139. 4:38i i used to live in colorado and i would
140. 4:40love to go up into the mountains
141. 4:42all the time but anytime i went to the
142. 4:44mountains i would
143. 4:46have puffy eyes for sure just because
144. 4:48the air is so
145. 4:49dry and and it would always alarm me but
146. 4:53it has to do with just
147. 4:55fluid shifts as the humidity drops
148. 4:59so that can that can definitely play a
149. 5:01role and then
150. 5:03uh if you're not drinking enough water
151. 5:04that certainly can result in fluid
152. 5:06retention and puffiness
153. 5:08so a lot of people may be on a diet like
154. 5:12a ketogenic diet and if they don't drink
155. 5:14enough water
156. 5:15they can be more prone to dehydration
157. 5:18those of you who follow a ketogenic
158. 5:20lifestyle or ketogenic diet
159. 5:23definitely i would say that's that's an
160. 5:25area where you can become dehydrated
161. 5:27if you're not consuming enough water
162. 5:29because carbohydrates they tend to hold
163. 5:31water
164. 5:32and whatnot so if you're removing those
165. 5:34from your diet make sure you are staying
166. 5:36hydrated
167. 5:37with fluids and electrolytes if you have
168. 5:40puffy eyes
169. 5:41what can you do about it well make sure
170. 5:42you manage your lifestyle factors
171. 5:44try and dial in your sleep make sure
172. 5:46you're getting really good quality sleep
173. 5:48but when you sleep at night try training
174. 5:50yourself to
175. 5:52sleep on your back with your head at a
176. 5:54slight incline
177. 5:55sleeping on your back and sleeping in a
178. 5:58slight incline will facilitate drainage
179. 6:00of fluid
180. 6:01from the head and neck back to your
181. 6:04heart
182. 6:04as opposed to pooling around your eyes
183. 6:06if you sleep on your stomach
184. 6:08try and train yourself to flip over and
185. 6:10sleep on your back that can make a huge
186. 6:11difference
187. 6:12and then if you're already sleeping on
188. 6:14your back then try elevating the head of
189. 6:16the bed a little bit
190. 6:17or you know putting a few pillows under
191. 6:19your head to keep your head
192. 6:20elevated at an angle and facilitate
193. 6:22drainage i'm telling you guys for me
194. 6:24personally
195. 6:25making that change it took a long time
196. 6:27to train myself to sleep on my back
197. 6:29but it made a huge huge difference in
198. 6:31the quality of my sleep
199. 6:33the other thing is very very simple is
200. 6:34just to keep some spoons in the
201. 6:36refrigerator and
202. 6:37apply them to your eyes cold it will
203. 6:39constrict the blood vessels and push the
204. 6:41fluid
205. 6:42back out of the tissues around your eyes
206. 6:45and reduce that puffiness and it feels
207. 6:47good one thing i love doing
208. 6:49even though i don't really cope with the
209. 6:51puffy under eye area
210. 6:52um is to use a caffeine containing
211. 6:56under eye hydrogel patch i love these
212. 6:59i love keeping them in the fridge
213. 7:01putting them on the skin while it's cold
214. 7:03and the caffeine
215. 7:04can kind of help constrict the little
216. 7:06blood vessels to even further
217. 7:08push that fluid out from under the eyes
218. 7:10i love the derma e
219. 7:12vitamin c bright eyed ones i'll list
220. 7:14them down below i don't use them for the
221. 7:16vitamin c i just i just like the cold
222. 7:18patch feeling
223. 7:19but i do think that the caffeine does
224. 7:21have a transient brightening effect and
225. 7:23kind of helping to push fluid
226. 7:25out from the tissues around the eyes so
227. 7:27those are really fun to do
228. 7:28in the morning and i i swear by those
229. 7:30they do they do help
230. 7:33but cold spoons work too you know
231. 7:35cucumber slices or whatever
232. 7:38tea bags a cold tea bag just a soothing
233. 7:41cold
234. 7:42compress you get the idea that can help
235. 7:45constrict those blood vessels and help
236. 7:47push the fluid out from the area around
237. 7:50the eyes
238. 7:51so those things can really help but
239. 7:53don't forget if you've got seasonal
240. 7:54allergies too the other thing
241. 7:56is to check in with your primary care
242. 7:59physician or if you see an allergist
243. 8:02check in with them make sure you're
244. 8:04dialed in on your antihistamine regimen
245. 8:06or your allergy medications if you're if
246. 8:09you need to
247. 8:10take an over-the-counter uh xertech or
248. 8:13allegra
249. 8:14on a consistent basis some people think
250. 8:17that those medications are
251. 8:18just when you have symptoms but for
252. 8:20people with allergies
253. 8:21you actually talk to your allergists
254. 8:24they actually work best
255. 8:26if used daily even when you don't
256. 8:28necessarily have symptoms just because
257. 8:30of the way
258. 8:31uh histamine receptors uh and those
259. 8:34medications work it's actually better to
260. 8:36take them
261. 8:37daily to check in with your doctor and
262. 8:39get dialed in on a antihistamine regimen
263. 8:43uh if you need to for your allergies it
264. 8:45can make a huge difference in
265. 8:47in fluid retention but also in the
266. 8:49quality of your sleep at night if you
267. 8:50have poorly controlled seasonal
268. 8:52allergies it can also cause
269. 8:53post nasal drip and snoring disrupt your
270. 8:56sleep
271. 8:58and the quality of your sleep you know
272. 9:00you're up tossing and turning sneezing
273. 9:02and whatnot
274. 9:03i do believe most people are blindly
275. 9:05unaware of how much sodium they are
276. 9:07consuming
277. 9:08so depending on your relationship with
278. 9:10food this might be beneficial to you if
279. 9:12it doesn't sound like it would help then
280. 9:13don't do it
281. 9:14but try tracking your meals for a while
282. 9:16and like one of those apps that measures
283. 9:18the
284. 9:19the nutrient try it for the purpose of
285. 9:21tracking your sodium consumption you
286. 9:23will be surprised
287. 9:24people have um you know are sometimes
288. 9:27blindly under
289. 9:28unaware of the sodium consumption
290. 9:30especially if you eat a lot of
291. 9:32snack foods and processed foods and
292. 9:35again it's not to say that like salt is
293. 9:37a devil
294. 9:37and you should like go completely salt
295. 9:40free i mean unless your doctor has
296. 9:42advised you to do that because you
297. 9:43already have hypertension and they're
298. 9:45trying to encourage you to do something
299. 9:46like a dash diet
300. 9:48um no you don't have to fear monger
301. 9:51around salt and if you're really active
302. 9:53you you know
303. 9:54sodium is important uh in maintaining
304. 9:56electrolytes and everything
305. 9:57but i would say it's more often the case
306. 10:00that people are
307. 10:01consuming on the higher end of sodium
308. 10:03and one of the first places that will
309. 10:05show up
310. 10:06is around your eyes anyways guys those
311. 10:08are my tips and tricks for
312. 10:10puffy under eyes and what causes them i
313. 10:14really think as with most things with
314. 10:16the skin
315. 10:16the lifestyle factors go really really
316. 10:19far
317. 10:20so pay attention to things like your
318. 10:22sleep quality how
319. 10:24well controlled your allergies are the
320. 10:26sodium levels in your diet
321. 10:28um and you know if you're if you're
322. 10:31super dehydrated
323. 10:33hydrate up these things can make a
324. 10:36difference and don't require you to buy
325. 10:38some expensive eye cream
326. 10:40that will just set you back financially
327. 10:41and potentially cause contact dermatitis
328. 10:44um that being said i do love those
329. 10:46hydrogel patches for myself personally
330. 10:48but i mostly do them as a relaxing thing
331. 10:51i don't really have puffy under eyes
332. 10:53so you know do the lifestyle things over
333. 10:56that for sure
334. 10:57but if you if you're like me and you
335. 10:59like the relaxing effect of the gel
336. 11:01patches i highly recommend those
337. 11:03so i hope this video was helpful to you
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