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