The skin around the eyes is perhaps the most sensitive of all, because the hypodermis which exists everywhere else, is lacking here. You can never take too much of your eyes being so busy in everyday life. Don’t ill-treat them. Although you cannot actually ‘strain’ the eyes they can feel strained, particularly if concentrating for long periods of time. Concentration is wearing for the eyes because the muscles controlling them are held in a fixed position and do not allow the eyes to swivel as they would normally and because you literally forget to blink. The normal blinking should be at every two to four seconds done to every ten seconds or so when reading or doing some thing with concentration. After an hour’s solid concentration, your eyes feel sore and tired. Avoiding eyestrain blink your eyes rapidly. Slices of fresh cucumber or wool pads soaked in milk, over the eyelids are better to cool, soothe and rest the eyes and thereby to relax the eye muscles. Even better go to sleep. When moisturizing the face, never put cream on to the area directly around the eyes. When you are eyes creams or shadows on to the lid, always use the lightest possible touch, massage lightly, without exerting pressure. Work from the base of the nose to the temples. Never rub your eyes. Instead of rubbing them, blink your eyelids, which gives them the most natural massage. Shut your eyes as tightly as you can, then drop them as wide as you can. Repeat this exercise four to five times, making sure to keep your eyebrows well lifted. Only the eyelids must move. Keep your forehead and face muscles still. This is an excellent exercise for the muscles.
let the eyes have plenty of rest. Giving them rest at night is not enough. During the day, now and again, put the palms of your hands over your eyes and relax.
To keep your eyes sparkling, give them plenty of exercise. Roll your eyes around 20 times to the left and 20 times to the right, taking care to close the lids when changing directions. Or look at yourself in a mirror, staring straight at the pupils of your eyes, five minutes at each eye. This is a splendid exercise.
Bath your eyes. To decongest them, there is nothing like an eye-lotion, which is readily available in a chemist shop. Bathe your eyes and do not be afraid to keep your eyes wide open. The lotion moistens the mucus, which is temporarily dried up by the constant action of clearing the eyes of the thousands of dust particles and other impurities. Don’t be afraid to blink using the eye-bath. Witch-hazel or camomile flower compresses are also excellent for decongesting the eyes. Eyebath with salt water solution in a weak is also good. Dissolve one teaspoon of salt in 600 ml/ 1 pint(2 ½ cups) of cold, boiled water.