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10 Best Home Remedies to Get Rid of Crows Feet
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No one likes the signs of aging, such as crow’s feet on the outside edges of your eyes. You can’t avoid it as time marches on, but you can minimize the signs of aging.
If you haven’t seen them yet, you will. Somewhere in your mid to late 30’s, your body begins to make less of both elastin and collagen. This leads to frown lines, wrinkles, age spots, and crow’s feet.
You can’t stop time, but you can make it look as if you have found a way to make it stand still. Try one or more of these home remedies to make those crow’s feet disappear, or at least seem less noticeable.
1. Papaya
This tropical fruit is loaded with vitamin C that helps to stimulate the production of collagen and minimizes the damage that free radicals cause to your skin. Papaya also has an important enzyme called papain that will temporarily tighten the skin as well as remove dead skin cells gently. Read more about benefits of papaya.
Take a piece of raw papaya and rub it gently over your skin. Allow to sit for 10 minutes, or until it dries completely, then rinse it off with plain water. Doing this once per day will go a long way towards making your skin look firmer and fresher than ever before.
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2. Coconut Oil
This natural moisturizer is high in vitamin E, which is highly nourishing to your skin. The linoleic acid it contains will help delay the formation of crow’s feet and other wrinkles as it helps to reconnect broken skin tissues. Find out more 17 ways to use coconut oil for your beauty.
Simply rub two or three drops of extra virgin coconut oil into the skin, paying special attention to the eye area, each night just before bedtime.
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3. Avocados
This fruit has powerful antioxidant and antibacterial compounds that are excellent when it comes to rejuvenating dull, dry skin. It’s also rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E, and vitamin D, which encourages your body to produce more collagen. This will help reduce the appearance of crows’ feet.
Mash up one ripe avocado into a paste and apply it directly on your face. Allow it to sit for about 20 minutes. Then rinse it off with warm water. Try to do this every night to keep your face well moisturized and free from wrinkles.
Alternately, for extra moisturizing power, you can mix three teaspoons of sweet almond oil in a bowl with one half of a ripe avocado. Put this on your face and leave on for about 20 minutes before rinsing off with warm water. You can use this three or four times per week to really help put a stop to the formation of wrinkles and crow’s feet.
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4. Lemon Juice
It’s the citric acid in lemon juice that helps exfoliate your skin, making crow’s feet much less noticeable. It can also help stop blemishes and works as a terrific astringent.
Squeeze the juice from one half of a lemon into a cup and gently apply it to your crow’s feet. Be careful not to get any juice directly in your eye as it stings like the devil. Let the juice sit for about 10 minutes, then rinse with cold water. Do this each morning and night for the best results.
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5. Milk and Bread
This is an old fashioned home remedy that really works. Tear a piece of sandwich bread into two pieces and soak them in a bowl of milk. Place the bread over your eyes and allow to sit for about 10 or 15 minutes. Remove and rinse your face with water.
The alpha-hydroxy acid in milk works like magic when it comes to rejuvenating the skin.
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6. Egg Whites
Egg whites will help tighten the skin, which is a great way to help lessen the appearance of wrinkles and crow’s feet.
Beat one egg white until it is foamy and apply it to the outside of the eye area, along the cheekbone, and under the eye. Allow to dry for 10 minutes, and then rinse with cold water. Doing this twice per week will greatly help diminish those fine lines and crow’s feet.
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7. Vitamin E
The great thing about vitamin E is that you can use it both internally and externally to fight wrinkles and crow’s feet. Be sure you are consuming at least 1,000mg each day. Then take those gel caps and break open two of them and squeeze the contents into a cup or bowl. Use your fingertips to apply it directly to the skin around your eyes. Massage it in very gently.
Do this every night before bed. Vitamin E contains powerful antioxidants which fight free radicals, which are one of the main causes of aging. It also tightens up the skin to help reduce fine lines and crow’s feet.
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8. Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is well known for fighting inflammation. It’s not as well known for its powerful antioxidants. This succulent also has essential vitamins and minerals that tone, brighten, and moisturize the skin. Like vitamin E, you can use aloe vera both internally and externally. Consume one tablespoon of aloe vera juice twice per day to fight crow’s feet from the inside out.
To use it topically, squeeze the gel from one fresh aloe vera leaf and apply it to the eye area before bed. Allow the gel to stay on your face overnight. Wash your face in the morning. This method works exceptionally well.
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9. Cucumbers
You might have seen cartoons or comical movies where women are lying down with cucumber slices on their eyes but the way cucumbers can really work is no joke! Cucumbers really nourish the skin with riboflavin, niacin, thiamine, and vitamin B5 and B6. Cucumbers have soothing compounds that will also help reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
Put half of a cucumber in your blender or juicer and pour the juice into a cup. Apply the juice to the area around the eye and leave it on for 10 minutes. Once it has dried, rinse off with cold water.
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10. Castor oil
Castor oil doesn’t get anywhere near the credit it deserves. Not only can it make your eyelashes, eyebrows, and hair grow faster, it does a great job when it comes to reducing wrinkles and crow’s feet.
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Each night before going to sleep, rub two or three drops of castor oil into the skin around the eyes. Rub it in gently. If you want longer, thicker eyelashes and eyebrows, rub a few drops into these areas as well. Do this every night for a dramatic reduction in the appearance of crow’s feet and wrinkles.
