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Remove Dark Circles under Eyes With These Treatments

Do you want to remove dark circles under your eyes? If you've got them, I'm sure you do.  Dark circles, while not a serious illness, can affect the way you look by making you appear old, sick, or tired. This problem affects both adult men and women, although there are cases when children also develop dark circles under their eyes.

What Causes Dark Undereye Circles?

While concealers can cover these dark circles, they merely provide temporary solutions to a long-lasting problem. For some people, under-eye circles are caused by heredity (it runs in the family), emotional or physical stress, allergies, sun exposure, gluten intolerance, or pigmentation abnormalities.

Since dark circles are not major medical problems, there are home remedies that you can do to help.  Here are some well-known simple and inexpensive methods of reducing and eventually removing dark circles under eyes:

5 At Home Solutions:

 1. Every morning, use cold compress composed of chilled or frozen peas wrapped in a soft cloth. Placing them on your under eye circles can momentarily reduce discoloration. You may also use cool tea bags or ice cubes wrapped in soft cloth.

 2. Grab extra sleep and use extra pillows. Lack of sleep makes you appear pale, thus making those dark circles appear more obvious. Meanwhile, using extra pillows prevent the puffiness of your eyes that develops when fluids stay on your lower eyelids.

 3. Try a natural remedy like using cucumber slices. Cucumber has long been used by people who want to reduce eye puffiness and refresh the appearance of the skin around their eyes. Place a slice of cucumber over each eye. Do this daily for 10-15 minutes while lying down. Keep your eyes closed.

 4. Eat healthy and well. Take your vitamins and drink plenty of water. Plenty of studies have linked cosmetic problems to vitamin deficiencies. Puffiness and dark circles around the eyes are often ascribed to inadequate supply of antioxidants, lack of vitamin K, or deficiency in vitamin B12. Eat green and leafy veggies such as cabbage and spinach.

 5. Do not rub your eyes for it can damage the blood vessels surrounding them. If something is bothering your eyes, try blinking instead.

Lifestyle Factors

Before trying these remedies, it is important to assess the cause of under-eye discoloration. For instance, if allergy is its cause, the best remedy is to treat the allergy or avoid your exposure to allergens.

If it is caused by poor nutrition, cigarette smoking, excess alcohol consumption, lack of exercise, or other lifestyle factors, consider seeing a dietician or nutritionist to assist you in solving your dark circle issues and health concerns.

Of course, a good undereye cream with ingredients proven to remove dark circles under eyes may help you quite a bit. 

About the Author

Audrey Alexander is passionate about natural health and has researched the best natural and proven skin care products.  Find out which ones she recommends after extensive research at her site http://www.clear-and-healthy-skin.com

 

My sofa is a dark Mocha and my rug and pillows cream. Any suggestions for the color that the walls should be.

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