Stress Management Products

Most people do not think of stress relief management when they think of reducing puffy eyes.  Read below to find out how managing your stress level will help you reduce your puffy eyes and dark circles. 

Is Stress contributing to your Eye Bags, Dark Eye Circles, or Puffy Eyes?

 Life is tough--and while you can choose to smile in the face of increasing demands on your time, relationships, finances, ect.---your skin shows evidence of a stressful lifestyle unless preventative measures are taken.  If you have any doubts about that psychological stress can negatively impact your skin, just think about the dark eye circles, eye bags, and puffy eyes develop over the 4 years a president spends in the white house!

During stressful events, your body produces cortisol, a stress hormone that re-directs blood flow from the skin, to more essential organs like the heart and brain. Chronic stress means that your skin cells are continually lacking nourishment they need and will eventually die or stop functioning to maintain and repair healthy skin. As a result, the appearance of your skin suffers as matrix proteins break down, blood vessels leak, and inflammation occurs.

Did you know that when a person is exposed to a stressful event, their facial skin conductance drops well before any detectible change in heart rate or blood pressure?  Because the skin underneath the eye is very thin, it is the first to show visible signs of stress in the form of puffy eyes, eye bags, and dark eye circles. Maintaining beautiful skin around your eyes requires that you take action to manage the stress in your life in positive ways.