In past centuries, it was believed that injuries adorn men. In modern society, other criteria for beauty. Moreover, walking with the "fingal" under the eye is considered vulgar.
The representatives of the fair sex, moreover, the bruise under the eye looks unaesthetic. It is necessary to figure out how to quickly get rid of the blue bruise, and what should be done immediately after the impact?
Bruise is an interstitial hemorrhage from damaged vessels. The blood permeates the thickness of the tissue, but cannot go outside. Therefore, the bruise is quite clear "cycle of life." Immediately after the strike, he turns purple, then turns blue-violet. When the blood begins to dissolve, the bruise changes color to green, and at the very end it is pink-yellow.
First aid after injury
If no action is taken, the Fingal will be held for at least a week. In time, the measures taken can get rid of the bruise under the eye from a blow in two days.
So, what to do in the first 60 minutes after injury:
- cool;
- warm up;
- to numb
A couple of minutes after the impact, swelling appears under the eye. It is advisable at the same time to attach a cold to it. Any suitable cold objects will fit: snow, ice from the freezer, frozen meat or vegetables. And also metal objects, such as a spoon or a coin.
Step-by-step instruction "first aid":
- In order not to harm the delicate skin around the eyes, it is recommended to wrap a cold object in a thin sheet or piece of gauze;
- The compress itself should be kept in the hurt place for at least 15 minutes. During this time, internal hemorrhage stops, the vessels narrow, and the bruise itself becomes less noticeable;
- For the best effect, it is recommended to do such compresses two days, 3-4 times;
- For the first time after a cold compress, the place injured by the blow needs to be heated. Attach a hot liquid bottle, hot water bottle or boiled egg under the eye. Thus, blood circulation will accelerate, and the bruise will begin to dissolve.
In order not to get burned, a hot object should be wrapped in something (towel). It is important to remember that a cold and hot compress is applied to the skin, not to the eye itself.
If the pain at the injury site does not go away, you can take painkillers. The choice is to stop on antispasmodics and analgesics. Aspirin, in turn, impairs blood clotting, and can delay the healing process of the bruise itself.
What means from the first-aid kit will remove the "Fingal" after the impact?
To reduce the healing process to a minimum, it is worth using medicinal creams and ointments, with absorbing effect.
To do this, you need to look in the home first-aid kit and look for the following drugs there:
- Troxevasin. Ranked first in the fight against bruises. The tool resolves the bruise, while strengthening the walls of blood vessels. For the best effect it is necessary to apply it every hour;
- Bruise-Off. This drug is based on leech extract. Reduces bruise size, relieves swelling and inflammation. Also, with the help of ointment, the bruise can be hidden from the surrounding eyes. The tool has a masking effect;
- Heparin ointment. Reduces pain, relieves inflammation, and also increases blood clotting, which leads to the rapid removal of the "fingala" under the eye;
- Lioton. Strengthens the walls of blood vessels, fights against inflammation;
- Comfrey ointment. In addition to the healing effect, relieves pain;
- Witch hazel. Ointment for varicose veins, helps with the "removal" of bruises;
- Arnica. This ointment helps to stop internal hemorrhage, and reduce inflammation;
- Bodyaga Any kind of gel or powder cleans hematomas well. At the same time, the ointment is quite specific, after its use, it is not recommended to immediately go "into people". Good to apply the tool at night. To the sensitive skin under the eye does not get burned, it is recommended to apply the remedy for 5-10 minutes.
All medicines have instructions for use, you need to read it before use.
According to reviews, "Fingal" becomes smaller after applying a grid of iodine under the eye. In addition, you can treat the bruise under the eye from the blow "inside". Drink vitamin PP or askorutin. They will help strengthen the blood vessels.
Folk methods of removing hematoma under the eye
If the first-aid kit did not help, you should resort to the time-tested popular methods. Our grandmothers and grandfathers, in their time were making out "fingaly" with the help of herbal preparations, masks and compresses.
And what means they recognized as the most effective.
- compresses of vegetables (cabbage, potatoes, onions, parsley);
- honey;
- herbs decoctions;
- vodka.
From cabbage turn out great compresses. To do this, take a few vegetable sheets, they crumple, tear and squeeze the juice. Then applied to the injury site. Cabbage compress changes every half hour. Thus, you can quickly remove the unsightly bruise.
Potatoes can be scrolled in a meat grinder, grated, or crushed with a blender. The resulting mass must be put under the eye for 30 minutes. After that, rinse your face with water.
Chop the next potato tuber again, mix with a teaspoon of honey and a pinch of soda. Wrap all this in a rag or cheesecloth and attach again to the hurt place.
The same method can be used to make a compress from onions, parsley or beets.
Honey is able to cope even with a large bruise under the eye.
How to make a compress from honey:
- mix 1 yolk and a teaspoon of flour;
- add 2 teaspoons of honey and sunflower oil to the mixture;
- apply a compress to the place of impact, and cover with cling film (plastic bag);
- repeat procedures every 2-3 hours for two days.
In addition, you can apply this mixture on a cotton pad, put it under your eye and fix it with adhesive plaster. Leave a compress for the night.
Herbal decoctions also help to fight hematomas well. A teaspoon of wild rosemary, chamomile, coltsfoot, celandine is poured into a small saucepan. There is poured 100 milliliters of water.
The collection is boiled for 10 minutes, after which 30 minutes is infused and filtered. In the finished broth, a piece of cotton wool or a cotton pad is moistened and applied to the bruise.
If the house has vodka, then you can try the following recipe:
- mix 100 ml of vodka and 100 ml of water;
- freeze in special tins, or just in a circle;
- wipe the hematoma with ice cubes.
In addition to these methods, to bring "Fingal" under the eye will help compresses of olive oil. Turpentine-honey ointment is considered an effective remedy, but it cannot be used if the bruise is inflamed and has a reddish tint.
Sometimes they try to remove the bruise from the blow with the help of newspapers soaked in warm water. Printing paper should lie in the water for about an hour.
After that, crumpled wet newspapers are put on the injured place. Keep the compress for several hours, changing the dried paper to wet.
Traditional methods help to bring a bruise in a few days.
Is it possible to remove the bruise in one day?
So, you accidentally hit and you now have a bruise under the eye of this blow, but how to quickly get rid of it, is it possible in 1 day? Not everyone is willing to wait even a few days when the injury heals.
There is only one way out of the situation - to mask the bruise. Ideally, a professional make-up. But you can use the usual cosmetics.
Step by step instructions for bruising:
- A foundation is applied to the area of skin around the eyes with a thin layer;
- It must be evenly distributed;
- Powder the problem area;
- Repeat the procedure around the healthy eye. This is done so that the "makeup" does not stand out.
The color of the bruise well "interrupts" yellowish concealer, which mask circles under the eyes. Representatives of the stronger sex to this method should be treated with caution. "Tonalka" on men's faces visible to others.
With the help of medicinal and folk methods, bruising can be cured in 2-3 days. However, if the bruise does not go away within a week, the pain at the injury site does not diminish, and there is dizziness or vision problems, an urgent need to go to the hospital.
In the next video - a few more popular recipes for getting rid of a bruise under the eye.
