Got a Black Eye? Try These Household Items for Quick Relief

Black eyes are not fun to have and they really put a damp on your looks. Try using some of these household items to help heal your eye and get some quick relief. Applying cold treatments to black eyes helps reduce the swelling, soothe the pain, and constricts the blood vessels for quick relief and healing. Most people know that putting an ice pack on the eye can help provide some relief but there are a number of different types of ice packs made from household items you can apply instead of just ice cubes. You can put some frozen sweet peas on those eyes. Use a bag of frozen green peas as an ice pack and put it on your eye. Why peas? The bag of peas fits a lot easier on your face as opposed to frozen bags of broccoli or cauliflower.

The next household item to use to get some quick relief is Jell-O. Fix some Jell-O and let it cool, then pour the Jell-O into a Ziploc Freezer bag about ¾ of the way. Zip the bag, freeze it, and there you have it a homemade ice pack for your black eye. This may or may not be quicker than freezing water to make ice cubes, but unlike the ice cubes, the Jell-O conforms to the face much better than ice cubes. Another household item that may work better than a clunk of ice cubes is to fill a Playtex glove with water and freeze it, you can also fill the glove with crushed ice and apply it to the eye.

Another creative way to make an ice pack with some household items that will not be as bulky as ice cubes is to get some Smirnoff Vodka, a Ziploc freezer bag, and if you want to color the bag, you can mark it with a marker or use some food coloring. Next, pour a half of cup of Smirnoff Vodka and a half of cup of water into a Ziploc bag, and freeze. The alcohol won't freeze, but the water will. This will give you a slushy, refreezeable ice pack that you can apply to your eye for quick relief.

These household items provide quick relief and other ways to treat a black eye if you don't have ice cubes or don't want to use ice cubes. These ice packs are also more comfortable when applying them to your face. You can refreeze all of these homemade ice packs and use them again. If the ice packs are too cold, cover the bags with a paper towel or a cloth. Keep applying the household ice packs on and off to the eye to relieve the pain and discomfort and to quicken the healing process.