Treat the Bags Under Your Eyes!
Modern technology has life easier, yet more stressful! A lot of
people put in 16 - 20 hour days with work, family and leisure
time. And the last four to eight hour is spent in fitful,
non-restful sleep. The results of a poor night's sleep can be
dark circles under the eyes. What are dark circles? Dark Circles
are deep shadows below the eyes. They can mask the energy and
vitality you feel with a haggard and tired look. Dark circles
may be accompanied by swelling commonly referred to bags under
the eyes. What makes dark circles? Dark circles may be caused
either by stressful or incomplete sleep or a deficiency of some
nutrient like vitamin K. Some additional causes are outlined
below. Heredity: Like varicose veins, dark circles under the
eyes can be an inherited trait. If you have dark circles, there
is a chance that others in your family also have them. The skin
under you eye may be very thin. When blood passes through the
large veins close to the surface of the skin it can produce a
bluish tint. The more transparent the skin you inherited, the
darker the circles can appear. Your skeletal framework: Yet
another reason for increased dark circles is prominent
cheekbones and deep-set eyes. These create hollow contours below
the eyes, the shadow of which give the illusion of darkened skin
under the eyes even though they are really not present.
Pigmentation can occur with age, when the tiny capillaries in
the skin get weakened and thus leaky. The fluid from these leaky
capillaries along with the hemoglobin slowly accumulates below
the eyes, thereby forming the look of dark circles. Hormonal
Changes and Allergies: Any condition that causes the eyes to
itch can contribute to darker circles due to rubbing or
scratching the skin around them. Hay fever sufferers
particularly will notice under-eye "smudges" during the height
of the allergy season. Some food allergies can also cause the
area under the eyes to appear darker. The combined effect of
inflammation, chronic sun damage and the downward pull of
gravity on dark circles result in to the puffiness, popularly
know as the "bags under the eyes". Treating dark Circles...
There are strategies available to cure and eliminate dark
circles in addition to the ones that you may have learned from
your grandmother. Masking with cosmetics Quick and reliable,
this method simply demands you covering up your dark circles
with a yellow base to counteract the blue tones in your skin.
Use your Grandmother's tricks Place cool cucumbers or moist,
cool tea bags on your eyes. This method is effective in reducing
inflammation because of the tannic acid present in the tea. Eat
a healthy diet. Taking in a diet right in vitamins and minerals,
particularly vitamin K is helpful in reducing the dark circles.
A combination of topical Vitamin A by products like retinol
along with Vitamin K can be also be helpful. Surgery: It is
actually possible to get fat deposited under the eyes if your
dark circles are caused by thin skin. This is a radical yet
effective cure. Using Ocuderm