Swelling on the face and body. How to fight with cosmetic components?
Swelling is unpleasant. The body gains 1-2 extra kilos, your feet feel cramped in shoes, and your fingers look like sausages. With swelling, the oval of the face loses its shape and becomes puffy. The face looks tired and aged. Attention: if swelling occurs frequently and causes serious discomfort, this is a reason to see a doctor. Such swelling can occur due to problems with the lungs, cardiovascular system, or kidneys. They cannot be removed with cosmetics or dietary adjustments.
But if all your tests are in order and swelling is an aesthetic problem for you, then you can get rid of it by slightly changing your lifestyle and adding cosmetics with an anti-edema effect to your care.
The so-called mild swelling occurs due to problems in the lymphatic system. Lymph, commonly known as excess fluid, accumulates in the intercellular space and tissues, causing them to swell and the shape and volume of body parts to change.
Puffiness under the eyes
The most common puffiness is under the eyes, the skin around the eyes is thin and excess fluid accumulates there the fastest. Puffiness in this area occurs most often and the look immediately becomes tired. We have dedicated a separate article to this topic, you can read it here.
Puffiness on the face
Puffiness of the face, the medical term “pastosity” is an unpleasant aesthetic problem. The contour of the face is disturbed, it looks puffy and immediately adds 10 extra years. Most often it occurs due to an unhealthy lifestyle: lack of sleep, smoking, salty food at night, excessive alcohol consumption.
By the way, did you know that most often during the process of eating we do not get the norm of protein. And it is protein that helps remove fluid from the body. Keep a food diary and count your BJU, bring your protein levels up to normal and you will be surprised when you look at a refreshed face without swelling in the morning.
Swelling in the legs and arms
Such swelling usually occurs when you are immobile. If you stand in one place or sit for a long time, for example, on an airplane, then the circulation of blood and lymph is disrupted. As a result, in just a couple of hours, your foot can increase by almost a size. And your favorite ring simply does not fit your finger. And the solution may be this:
- Follow the drinking regime: yes, there is a paradox here, if the body does not receive enough fluid, it retains it and accumulates it in the tissues, hence the swelling. A sufficient amount of water ensures normal fluid circulation
- Move: stretch your legs, do a light massage and thereby disperse the lymphatic fluid, increase blood circulation.
What else to do to remove swelling of the face or body
A cold, or better yet, a contrast shower. Alternating cold and hot water tones the blood vessels and makes the lymphatic drainage system work better.
Lymphatic drainage exercises. The simplest thing is to jump. But on YouTube you will find whole sets of exercises that will help remove swelling. After all, the muscles in this case work like pumps and help to disperse the stagnation of excess fluid.
Increasing the amount of protein in the diet. We have already talked about this above and this is a very effective method.The right cosmetics with components that improve microcirculation and provide a drainage effect. These can be eye creams, face creams and anti-edematous compounds for the whole body. Below we will tell you more.
Massage with cryostasis, chilled spoons or ice cubes. CAUTION: not suitable for skin with rosacea, hypersensitive skin and skin with rosacea.
Anti-edematous cosmetic components
Anti-edematous cosmetics also play an important role in the fight against swelling. A properly selected composition and a homemade anti-edema cream will become your favorite. By the way, sometimes to get a pronounced anti-age and lifting effect it is enough to add anti-edema components to your cosmetics.
Complex anti-edema actives
Most anti-edema cosmetic components are designed primarily to combat puffiness under the eyes, but who said that they cannot be used in anti-edema face creams? You can buy them all in the Beurre store.
So, our selection:
- Beautifeye - is considered a soft alternative to blepharoplasty. Removes drooping eyelids due to the fact that it improves the outflow of fluid from the delicate skin around the eyes.
- Eyeliss is a patented formula of three peptides, each of which has its own effect on the problem of edema. Hesperidin methylchalcone strengthens capillaries and improves fluid outflow from the body. Dipeptide valyl-tryptophan improves lymph flow, supports the drainage function of the epidermis and removes stagnant fluid in the tissues.
- Eyeseryl is a tetrapeptide with anti-edematous properties. The active ingredient fights the mechanism of formation of edema around the eyes and shows effective elimination of existing congestion, while increasing the elasticity and smoothness of the skin.
- Regu-age consists of a mixture of peptides and yeast proteins, it eliminates bags under the eyes by improving blood flow, regenerating collagen and elastin, reducing the impact of negative radicals on the skin. The product has a mild positive effect on the hemodynamic characteristics of the blood, due to which the tissues are supplied with oxygen more and faster.
All these ingredients are ideally combined in creams and serums with one of the most famous anti-edematous components — caffeine.
Caffeine
This is an inexpensive but very effective anti-edematous active. It can be included in a wide range of recipes: creams for the skin around the eyes, for the face and for the body. Caffeine activates blood circulation and is used to improve the color and appearance of the skin, has a drainage and strengthening effect, improves the elasticity and firmness of the skin. That is why caffeine is often added to cosmetics around the eyes in order to reduce congestion.
Escin
A new component in the Beurre store assortment, which is based on chestnut extract, known for its anti-edematous properties. Escin strengthens the walls of blood vessels and capillaries and reduces their permeability. This normalizes water metabolism, reduces congestion in tissues and removes excess fluid.
The component can be used in the entire range of anti-edematous and lymphatic drainage cosmetics. A special form of escin from Beurre, which is a complex of escin with β-sitosterol and lecithin in the patented Phytosome® technology, which is recommended not only for body care, but also for face and eye care products. Escin will help relieve leg fatigue, remove bags and puffiness under the eyes, will work well in anti-edema and anti-couperose face creams, and will also be an excellent assistant in hair cosmetics.
Mentyl lactate
A cooling active based on menthol and lactic acid. Unlike pure cosmetic menthol, menthyl lactate acts more gently and does not irritate the skin. An ideal component for anti-edema cooling foot creams and face masks, because menthyl lactate improves blood circulation and relieves the feeling of heaviness in the legs, reduces swelling.
Anti-edema extracts
Natural plant extracts, the action of which is aimed at stimulating the work of capillaries and the lymphatic drainage system, also work well against edema and will complement the composition of anti-edema cosmetics. Most often, green tea extract, ginkgo biloba, chestnut, kelp, and green coffee are used for such tasks. Pay special attention to the Cosme-Phytamis series of extracts, which is manufactured using an exclusive process and at the final stage, titration of active molecules is performed. In the Beurre store assortment, Cosme-Phytamis Microcirculation and Green Tea extracts will give a pronounced anti-edema effect.
On our YouTube channel, BEURRE Cosmetic Kitchen, you will find a series of working recipes with anti-edema components. Go, get inspired and create your own natural cosmetics.
