Black Eye Treatment Cream

"Thwack - There landed a punch on Jeff's face. He put up a valiant fight even with a bruised face and eventually emerged victorious and retrieved his wallet from the thug. He also unleashed punches left and right on the thug after receiving several blows himself. By the time the drama got over and he reached home, the area around his eye had turned blue and black. He had got a black eye."

Okay, this might sound very film like, but it is also not an absolutely incredulous situation to be in. The question is what next? How do you deal with a black eye? But wait, first let me tell you what is it actually.

What is a Black Eye?

It is bruising around the eye, on account of an injury to the face. Yes, contrary to the common belief, it does not apply to an injury directly to the eye. It is called so because of the color of the bruising. The bleeding beneath the skin near or around the eye is what is the reason behind it. If both eyes develop this problem, it is called raccoon eyes. The manifestation of black is purple, black and blue discoloration accompanied by swelling. It is not a very serious injury in most cases and can heal itself in about a week or so.

How to Cure It?

Black Eye Cream
This is great for dealing with it, especially. Creams with vitamin E have great healing properties and are useful to treat bags under eyes. Those bags under eyes are formed not just due to general puffy eyes but even while a conventional black eye is healing. The cream is made with the purpose of fighting the problem. However, this could be a little expensive.

Cold Compress
This is in fact the first thing you need to do as soon as you get a black eye. The cold compress will subside the swelling and pain. Ice bag is a good idea, but wrap the ice pack or frozen peas in a towel. This will avoid over exposure of cold to the already injured and sensitive portion around the eye. Apply the ice pack gently on the injured part and preferably avoid pushing down on the wounded area. Apply a pack every 20 minutes for minimum 2 days after the injury. Similarly a heat compress too can bring relief to the frayed skin.

Steak
A beefy, partly frozen steak can do wonders for your black eye. It is considered to be one of the best remedies to deal with a bruised eye. Apparently the vitamins in the steak help.

Potato and Cucumber
Starting off with potato, peel a potato (if it refrigerated, better) and cut a round slice, around a half cm in thickness. Put this slice over your eye lying down, for around half an hour. See the difference. Similarly, cut slices or slice of cucumber and place it on your black eye. It will soothe the injured area and will bring down the swelling too. This works even better for dark circles.

In addition to this, the most easiest and common remedy is to take pain killers and anti-inflammatory medicines. But even amongst these, avoid taking aspirin bases pain killers and take acetaminophen instead. To top this all, for black eyes as a result of dark circles around the eyes, apply eye make up which will hide the dark circles.

If at all you notice blood in the whites of the eye, see the doctor immediately, otherwise just take adequate eye care precautions and you would be just fine.

I sign off here, after a lot of 'eying' around! Take care!