We all know that eyes are very important for us but why do we tend to take them for granted. We have been to busy taking care of our skin, hair, and other parts of our body but we have put aside eye care most of the time.

For 2011, make a resolution to take better care of your eyes, after all they are the only ones you have.  Here are some Eye Care Tips to follow:

Tip 1 – Enough Rest
The most used part of our body is the eyes. For all the work that it does, provide adequate rest for them and this is achieved through logging enough shut eye every night.  Health advisers recommend at least 6 hours of sleep, 8 hours is ideal. 

Tip 2 – Proper Diet
Fruits and vegetables are a great diet in taking care of your eyes. Usually yellow fruits and vegetables are the best ones. These fruits and vegetables are very rich in beta carotene. Example are papaya, mangoes, squash, and spinach can be a great source of beta carotene. These types of food can help improve and maintain good health for your eyes.

Tip 3 – Drink Lots of Water
The skin around our eyes is very thin and underneath it is full of blood vessels. Drinking lots of water can prevent puffiness around our eyes. Do you know why our eyes become puffy at times? Our body has defense mechanism that every time we are dehydrated our body retains some water thus resulting to puffiness. Drinking eight or more glasses of water a day can help detoxify our body.

Tip 4 – Eye Exercise
Yes! There is also some form of exercise for the eyes. Exercising your eyes can supply enough oxygen and can make them function much better. Close your eyes for 30 seconds then I move your eyes around while your eyes remain closed.  Move your eyes left to right and then up and down.

Tip 5 – Avoid Excessive Rubbing
Our eyes are one of the most sensitive parts of our body. The best thing you should do in taking care of your eyes is to avoid rubbing them. This action will only make your eyes more irritated. The best thing you should do is to blink them. If some alien matter comes into your eyes, it is best to wash them with milk. Milk is a natural cleanser that will not cause further irritation in your eyes.

Tip 6 – Use Sunglasses
During the day wear sunglasses to protect your eyes. This will help shield your eyes from the harmful rays of the sun, sometimes even on cloudy days the sun’s rays can still penetrate through and cause damage to your eyes.

Tip 7 – Treat Your Eyes
Putting cucumber slices or tea bags under your eyes can help prevent dark circles and wrinkles from appearing around your eyes.

Tip 8 – Protect Your Eyes
Always remember to wear protective eye gear to protect your eyes when engaged in contact sports, such as racquetball, skiing or when working with equipment such as a table saw or handling hazardous chemicals.

Tip 9 – Consider Lasik
If you wear contacts, think of the germs that is constantly transferred between your hands to your contacts and then into your eyes.  Imagine life without contacts or glasses.  There are several Lasik options to treat a variety of eye conditions, consult with a professional Lasik center to learn more or contact us at IQ Laser Vision.