Dark Circles Under Eyes - How to Care Dark Undereye Circles

If you are one of those unfortunate individuals who have dark circles under your eyes, you know how depressing it can be. Sometimes it seems that no matter what you do, nothing seems to help. Quite often, women resort to "camouflaging" by using high concealer. This may be something you can do as a last resort but there are some other things that you can do to help yourself.

Some Causes Of Dark Circles

Dark circles under the eyes of various causes. Quite often a simple lack of sleep will show up by those visible dark circles you get into the eyes. Getting at least seven hours of sleep at night will usually help. Allergies is another problem for many people. Quite often the dark circles would disappear once the allergy season has passed. For some people it could be a diet deficiency or a genetically inherited trait.

# Lack of sleep
A lack of sleep can make skin appear more pale, which allows blood vessels to be more visible through the skin, giving the appearance of bluish or dark circles.

# Iron Deficiency Anemia
Iron deficiency anemia may cause a bluish tinge below the eyes.

# Pregnancy and Menstruation: During pregnancy and menstruation the skin becomes pale and the veins under the skin become visible.

# Age: As you grow older there are greater chances that you will have dark circles and they may become more prominent and permanent. If there are too many folds in the skin under the eyes, it will make the dark circles more prominent.

What eye creams to use?

First of all try one of the many under eye creams that help lessen the appearance of dark circles over a period of time. Note these do not work instantly but over a few weeks. Try Fade Out Eye Zone Fade Cream, Estee Lauder Uncircle or Ultima LightCaptor-C Skin Reviving Eye Cream.

Get Rid of Dark Circles Under Eyes

To lighten dark circles under your eyes, wrap a grated raw potato in cheesecloth and apply to eyelids for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

You can use tea bags and cucumbers: Yes there is definitely something to those commercials where women have cucumbers and tea bags on top of their eyes. Both tea bags and cucumbers reduce inflammation and decrease swelling. Tea bags are especially good to use for dark swollen circles because there is tannin inside of the tea that helps with eliminating the puffiness.

Drinking enough water is one of the major things you can address. Quite often in this busy day and age people have a tendency not to drink enough water. A lack of water can cause dehydration. It may not be the kind of dehydration that will ruin your health, but it can be severe enough to show up in a simple symptom like dark circles under your eyes. With all of the bottled water available today, it is very easy to carry a bottle of water with you, or have it at your desk, and take a sip throughout the day. A couple of bottles of water during the day will help a great deal.

The area under the eye is also very delicate skin. It can easily become baggy and wrinkled as people age. Being in the sun a lot can cause a lot of problems for the skin and more so for this very delicate area. If you're a sun worshiper, try staying out of the sun for you is a very good sunblock or to prevent further damage to your skin. If you have to be in the sun, always use sunscreen with at least SPF 30 under your eyes and drink plenty of water.

Fluid retention sometimes causes the puffy look. This could be brought on by a combination of excessive drinking, eating a lot of salted snacks, and a lack of proper sleep thereafter. If you tend to drink a lot and consume a lot of fried and salted snacks, drink a lot of water. This will help reduce water retention since it will help dilute the alcohol and also flush out the excess sodium through the kidneys.

For women who have dark circles and are using a concealer, always choose the right concealer. Try using a concealer that is one shade lighter than your skin tone. It will make your eyes look brighter and you will look much fresher.

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