Dark circles under the eyes are an extremely common and distressing issue. They affect your appearance to a great extent and make you look much older than your actual age.
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Dark Circles: Causes And Cure
2. Dark Circles: Did You Ever Think Why You Get Them?
The first thing you need to do to combat the problem is find out the
source. Here’s a quick dermatologist trick to determine what might be
causing dark circles.
1 Allergies?
2 Nasal Congestion?
3 Deficiency of Vitamins?
4 Dehydration?
5 Lack of Sleep?
3. Allergens Causing Dark Eye Circles
Airborne allergens include indoor dust mites, mold spores, and pollen from grasses,
deciduous trees and weeds. Particularly potent allergic weeds include ragweed,
tumbleweed, lamb's quarters, redroot pigweed and sagebrush. Food allergies can contribute
to the problem as well, in particular allergies to dairy products, wheat, yeast and soy
products. It may be necessary to experiment with eliminating one of these at a time from
one's diet and noting whether dark eye circles clear up when a particular type of food is
stopped.
Solutions:
For dark circles caused by airborne allergens, a physician may prescribe antihistamine pills
to clear up the problem. Some home cures can be tried, including applying cold under the
eyes with either a cold compress or the convex sides of two teaspoons that have been kept in
the freezer.
4. Cold or Sinus Infection Could Be The Reason of Dark
Circles
Superficial blood vessels in the skin can lead to dark circles under the eyes. A cold
or sinus infection increases pressure on these blood vessels, which makes it even
more likely that dark circles will appear. Also, if your skin becomes pale due to a
cold or sinus infection (or because of fatigue, menstruation, pregnancy, etc.), dark
circles will be accentuated.
Solution
•Use a humidifier or vaporizer.
•Drink lots of fluids
•Use a nasal saline spray
•Use warm compresses on your face
•Avoid chlorinated pools
•Use distilled, sterile or previously boiled
water to make up the irrigation solution.
5. Deficiency of Vitamins Can Cause You Dark
Circles
When the capillaries are weak the weakness can result from nutritional deficiencies.
Serious causes of weakness can result from vitamin C deficiency and / or high blood
pressure. The capillaries of people deficient in vitamin C tend to hemorrhage (rupture),
which resulted in the tendency to bruise easily and in wounds inability to heal
Solution:
People deficient in vitamin C should take a daily supplement. Vitamin C is not built up
nor stored in the body. The excess that is not absorbed passes out the body through
urine. Also do not take vitamin C alone or else a very minimum amount of it will be
absorbed. Daily take calcium and magnesium supplements with vitamin C. These three
vitamins work together to help each other get absorbed in the system. Calcium, and
magnesium help the body absorb a maximum amount of vitamin C.
6. Dark Circle Due To Dehydration
Dehydration is another environmental cause for those unsightly dark circles under the
eyes. If your body does not have a sufficient amount of fluids it can cause a decrease
in circulation; poor circulation causes the blood vessels in the eyes to look much
more noticeable.
Solution:
When you are hydrated, you are less likely to develop dark circles underneath the
eyes. Water also helps flush out any toxins within the body. Drinking enough water
keeps your skin and body well-hydrated.
7. Dark Circles By Lack of Sleep or Too
Much Sleep
Lack of sleep or too much sleep also causes dark circles underneath the eyes. By
sleeping too much the face is in constant contact with your pillow. If you are the
type of sleeper who sleeps on your belly this friction against the face and the eye
cavities can cause darkness underneath the eyes. You may also notice an
increase in puffiness around the eye area.
Determine how much sleep you need. It’s usually 7-9 hours per night, but varies
for different people at different times throughout their lives. Try to get that amount
regularly for a couple of weeks to see if that helps.