Many people know that cholesterol can only deposit in heart and lead us to face many health issues related to heart. But the unknown fact is cholesterol can deposit at any part of your body including around your eyes.
When the cholesterol is deposited around your eyes, this condition often called as xanthelasma in medical terms. However, it doesn’t cause any itching sensation or irritation around your eyes but makes us look weird.
This cholesterol forms in small yellow bumps and small pimples around our eyes. Sometimes these small bumps indicate problems with liver, diabetes and handful of other medical conditions.
How to get rid of these cholesterol deposits around your eyes? Thankfully, we have many home remedies that can treat this condition easily and remove those deposits from our face.
Apart from these remedies, follow healthy diet and regular exercise in order to reduce bad cholesterol levels in your body and maintain healthy body.
How To Get Rid Of Cholesterol Deposits Around Your Eyes
Here are some simple home remedies that will help you to get rid of cholesterol deposits around your eyes easily without harming your vision.
1. Onions
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The acidic nature and the powerful components in onions help to get rid of cholesterol deposits around your eyes. These are effective in treating many skin and health issues due to its anti inflammatory properties.
What You Need To Do
- Take one table spoon of lemon juice and add a pinch of salt in it.
- Apply it on the affected area by using a cotton ball.
- Leave it overnight and wash it off with lukewarm water in the morning.
- Repeat it regularly to remove those cholesterol deposits.
- Alternatively, you can also drink a glass of warm water by adding 2 table spoons of onion juice in it.
2. Apple Cider Vinegar
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Apple cider vinegar is effective in reducing LDL cholesterol in your body. It also aids the liver in removing toxins from the body and bumpy deposits on the body by its corrosive nature.
What You Need To Do
- Soak a cotton ball in one table spoon of apple cider vinegar and place this on the affected area with the help of bandage.
- Remove it after two hours and wash it off with lukewarm water.
- Repeat it, couple of times a day.
3. Banana Peels
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Banana peel contains strong anti oxidant properties that helps in removing those deposits naturally.
What You Need To Do
- Cut a small piece of banana peel of a ripe banana and place the inside part of ripe banana around your eyes with the help of bandage.
- Leave it overnight and rinse the area with fresh water in the morning.
- You can even rub the effected part with banana peal instead of keeping it over night.
- Repeat it for couple of days.
4. Orange Juice
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The vitamin C, folate and flavonoids in orange juice help in increasing good cholesterol and decreases bad cholesterol which contribute the deposits around your eyes.
What You Need To Do
- Try to drink more than 3 glasses of orange juice regularly to see cholesterol changes in your body.
5. Coriander Seeds
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Coriander Seeds have hypoglycemic properties that help in diabetes management and reduces bad cholesterol that lead to the cause of xanthelasma.
What You Need To Do
- Take a cup of water and boil it by adding one table spoon of coriander seeds.
- Let it steep for 15 minutes and allow it to cool down at room temperature.
- Strain the solution and drink water for 2-3 times a day to reduce cholesterol levels in your body.
6. Raw Almonds
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Raw almonds are best source of certain vitamins and fatty acids that helps in reducing the high levels of cholesterol in your body.
What You Need To Do
- You can eat raw almonds regularly or mix table spoon of almond powder with little amount of milk and apply this paste on the affected area.
7. Fenugreek Seeds
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The cholesterol lowering properties in fenugreek seeds helps in dissolving cholesterol levels in your body.
What You Need To Do
- Soak one table spoon of fenugreek seeds in one cup of water overnight. Drink this water in the morning with an empty stomach.
- It will help you reduce cholesterol levels in your body easily.
- You can also apply the water on the affected area and massage gently with your finger tips to remove them, repeat it daily.
8. Castor Oil
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The acidic nature in castor oil has been found beneficial in reducing cholesterol around your eyes.
What You Need To Do
- Soak a cotton ball in a table spoon of castor oil and apply it on the affected area and massage gently.
- Leave it for few minutes and then wash it off with lukewarm water, repeat it 2-3 times in a day.
- You can also leave it overnight and rinse with warm water in the morning.
