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Give Your Eyes This Do-It-Yourself Spa Treatment

Your eyes work nonstop for you. They help you admire everything from movie trailers to Monet. Now it’s payback time.

Thank your eyes for all they do by following three peeper-protecting steps. Your eyes will feel like they’ve had a fancy spa treatment. Bonus: pricey creams and cucumber slices not required.

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RodiKenley

4 of 4 people found this helpful.

6/27/2008 2:32:30 PM

I've talked about this already. Need fluids, maybe lycopene, vitamin C, vitamin K, not being near much light nor pollution, need lutein, Zeaxanthin, vitamin E or Bilberry or Blueberries, sunglasses, and more. How more honest could I be?!!! Get all the sleep you can, too.

groundhog1

18 of 21 people found this helpful.

6/24/2008 9:33:34 PM

My mother's eye doctor advised her to put warm water washcloth compresses every morning and be sure to take omega 3 fish oil capsules every day.

snookwidow

6 of 9 people found this helpful.

6/24/2008 6:17:36 PM

I thought your tear glands kept your eyes moist, not your tear ducts...

gailcats

7 of 11 people found this helpful.

6/24/2008 3:29:02 PM

Regarding the tip to "change your display setting so that the monitor refreshes at a rate of at least 70 hertz," please note, I tried this with my laptop and got a message that 60 hertz is the only rate at which it will display things correctly, and if I try to change it, some things will not display correctly. So this tip is not as useful as it may seem.

trouble

1 of 3 people found this helpful.

6/24/2008 1:32:51 PM

whenever I cry the night before, I wake up the next morning with eye boogers

EQUINA

7 of 8 people found this helpful.

6/24/2008 9:15:50 AM

green tea ,camomille tea cataplasme and above all EUPHRASIA [eyebright]as jelly on yous eyelids and around your eyes.Red,burning,itching goes out in only a few minuts.Ideal before social evening.

seranita

4 of 5 people found this helpful.

6/24/2008 3:15:42 AM

I haver a blocked tear duct.Tried a specialist syringing to no avail.Have found if I STEAM them it will stop the problem for quite some time.Also taking 6 capsules of fish oil a day.Many years ago an eye specialist told me it relieves many eye problems.He told me to wrap some plain cotton around a wooden spoon and dip into near boiling water and hold up to face so that eyes get the steam (not close enough to touch or burn them) I use a face steamer now.Works really well.

patgbees

6 of 6 people found this helpful.

6/23/2008 9:05:43 PM

I have used this tip to relax my tired eyes as well as my children' eyes. Just rub both your palm until hot and place it over your closed eyes immediately. The warm of your palm sooth and relax the eyes. You can do it as many times as you like.

wuffy

1 of 2 people found this helpful.

6/23/2008 7:51:53 PM

When eyes are all used up at the end of the day, I find that closing them for a short duration and then splashing normal tap water into them, extremely effective. Also start the day by splashing water into the eyes.

youngmay

5 of 5 people found this helpful.

6/23/2008 6:56:47 PM

deep relaxation!!!!! the key to youthfullness

babyhewy

4 of 7 people found this helpful.

6/23/2008 4:20:55 PM

Allergies may be the cause of dry itchy eyes. Check with your family doctor who can prescribe eye drops, if necessary. Dab a small white washcloth in boiled salted water, which has cooled to room temperature, onto your closed eyes. Repeat 10 times. I still like a warmed tea bag and cold cucumber eye compresses.

Juneloc

7 of 10 people found this helpful.

6/23/2008 4:00:00 PM

Don't worry. Worry is a payment you make on a debt you may never incur

goldenboy3...

13 of 13 people found this helpful.

6/23/2008 2:09:21 PM

put a couple pieces of ice in a damp cloth and lay on eyes for a cooling relief and slow eye flicker.

PASSION

3 of 8 people found this helpful.

6/23/2008 1:56:43 PM

place a warm face white towel cross your eyes for five min. u will feel refresh don't use colorful towel cause of the chemical.

MaxKon

13 of 14 people found this helpful.

6/23/2008 12:00:06 PM

Massage your eyes! The best one and easiest to do is to rub your hands together to generate some heat and press your palms gently onto your eyes. Then move your eye upwards, center, right, center, down, center, left, center, up... etc. 10 each way and your eyes will just have recieved a relaxing massage.

[Edited by MaxKon on 6/23/2008 12:03:45 PM]