What are the precautions for eye massage?

In life, eye skin problems are quite common among women, such as thick dark circles and relatively large eye bags, which have a great impact on women's beauty. Therefore, you should take care of your eyes as much as possible in your daily life to prevent dark circles and bags under the eyes. Moreover, for some middle-aged women, regular eye massage can effectively prevent wrinkles. So, what are the precautions for eye massage?

Notes on eye massage method:

1. People with the following conditions are not suitable for massage: severe allergic skin, capillary dilation or abnormalities, acute skin inflammation, skin trauma, severe acne, infectious skin diseases.

2. Adhere to the massage principle that the direction of massage is consistent with the direction of muscles and perpendicular to the direction of skin wrinkles.

The massage steps are as follows:

1. Facial cleansing: Clean your face before massage. It is best to massage after a shower or steam spray when the pores are dilated. Massage is more effective when the pores are dilated.

2. When massaging the eyes, apply eye cream to the eyes to keep the skin soft and smooth and reduce friction.

3. Before massage, you need to press the acupoints around the eyes. Use the middle fingers of both hands to press the eyebrows, the middle point of the eyebrows, the Yangbai point, the Sizhukong point, etc. in turn. The massage technique is to press hard and then lift lightly, and do it 6 times in a row.

4. Massage the orbicularis oculi muscle: Place the middle and ring fingers of both hands together and overlap them, and rub around the circular muscle of the eye in an inverted eight-shaped motion (put the middle and ring finger tips close to the skin and push from the right eyebrow, eyebrow tip, outer canthus, inner canthus to the left eyebrow, eyebrow tip, outer canthus, inner canthus) and gently rub both eyelids 15 times each.

5. Tap the eye bags: Use the middle finger to gently tap the eye bags for 1 minute.

6. Massage of the lower limbs: rub the outer side of the lower limbs (Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming) from top to bottom 3-5 times, tap 3-5 times; rub the inner side of the lower limbs (Three Yin Meridians of Foot) from bottom to top 3-5 times, tap 3-5 times.

7. Press Zusanli and Sanyinjiao for 1 minute each.

Massage once a day or every other day, 20 times as a course of treatment. This method can also prevent or reduce dark circles, and if you persist in long-term massage, it can also effectively reduce crow's feet.

During the eye massage care, you should also pay attention to your usual diet. You should eat more fish and vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, and beans. After all, these foods contain a lot of vitamins and are very beneficial to eye health. In addition, don't drink too much water before going to bed every day.