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