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Healthy Eyes For Life: 10 Tips For Good Visual Hygiene

You brush your teeth at least twice a day and you never miss those biannual cleanings.  Flossing comes as naturally to you as breathing.  Dental hygiene has become a part of the standard health regime, but what about visual hygiene?

No, I am not advising that you start rinsing your eyes before you go to sleep, but I am suggesting that our eyes need daily attention just as our teeth and gums do.  A combination of eye exercises, proper nutrition, and healthy lifestyle habits can help your eyes feel better and see better and preserve your sight far into the future.

We still have our ancestors’ hunter-soldier eyes that were designed for survival, helping us spot game and threats at a significant distance.  Biologically, we were not designed to do all of the close work that defines much of the modern way of life.  Reading, writing, texting, and time spent at the computer all contribute to eyestrain and potentially to the development of eye disease.

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Easy Ways To Take Care Of The Skin Around The Eye Area

Puffy eyes and dark circles are a cause of worry for many. There are many factors that can cause this. Changing lifestyle habits with sleeplessness, long working hours and dietary deficiencies can pave a way to dull looking eyes. Certain other factors like starring at our TV screens, computers and UV rays from sunlight can also cause our eyes to lose moisture as well. Also irregular sleeping habits and dependence on junk food affects the health of the skin around the eyes. Many times it has also been observed that the muscles around the eyes become weak and lose tone, thus resulting in wrinkles and fine lines around the eye area. Sometimes genetic factors aging can also cause the appearance of blemishes or wrinkles under the eyes.

Imagine a sleepless night without the fear of puffy eyes. Healthy, fuller eyes sans wrinkles, fine lines and dark circles. Dermatologists suggest some exercises to have healthy eye muscles . Also one should try and stick to a fixed sleeping routine that gets as much sleep as possible up to 8 hours per night. This would ensure the eyes get proper rest and are completely de-stressed. Including more of vitamin K and C prove good for eyes as well. Other than exercise and diet there are other possible measures to ensure healthy under eye skin.

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