My Bedtime Routine Is Simply Not Complete Without This Ridiculously Relaxing Eye Massager

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Every so often you come across a product that changes your life. For me, the Renpho eye massager is that product.

I found this Bluetooth-enabled heating and massaging wonder after shelling out a gobsmacking amount of money for a heated eye massage at the doctor’s to help with my dry eyes. That treatment — which used heat and massage to stimulate the eye’s oil glands to better produce moisturizing tears — helped, but I was on the hunt for an affordable item that could similarly soothe my eyes without making my heart sink whenever I thought of the cost.

Little did I know, this ridiculously relaxing gadget would do so much more than just help my dry eyes. It’s been worth its weight in gold for helping soothe my stress, anxiety, headaches, migraines, restlessness and insomnia, too.

One Amazon reviewer wrote that the Renpho eye massager clears their mind “like a meditation,” and this is the case for me, too. I’m a lifetime over-thinker and am prone to worrying. The Renpho mimics the effect I get from running, when my mind finally goes blank and all my thoughts fall away. Its heat function alone accomplishes that, warming up to a blissful 104 degrees that’s hot enough to soothe and melt away worries, but not too hot to be uncomfortable. Add in the eye, brow bone and temple massage, which is designed to target 10 acupuncture points around the eyes, and suddenly life’s stressors feel that much more manageable.

I’m also a tosser and a turner at night, often finding it difficult to settle in and relax enough