Dark Circles Home Remedies

Dark circles are the ugly looking black pigmentation around the skin of the orbits of the eye. Its more often can be called Periorbital dark circles. Its the burning question among the youth these days & that's what encouraged me to write about it. Causes include;

1. Hereditary: In most cases, this is the cause as the inherited genes forces the skin under the eye to be thinner than normally it is. Also its the fact that this part of the eye has the thinnest skin as compared to other parts of body.
2. Medication: Any medicines causing blood vessels to dilate can develop dark circles.
3. Poor Sleep & fatigue: Leads to poor oxygen supply to the skin & results in dark circles.
4. Allergies: it causes itching under the eyes & thus contribute causing the dark circles.
5. Age: Dark circles become more prominent with progressing age due to decrease in amount of collagen fibres in skin cells.

Home Remedies:

• Cucumber is a age old remedy for dark circles & is excellent skin toner. Grate cucumber in and squeeze the juice. Dip two cotton balls in it and apply in on the dark circles on the eyes. Leave it for some time. This relaxes eyes & removes dark circles.
• Potato can also be substituted instead of cucumber for the same process.
• Lemon juice, tomato puree and turmeric paste is blended and applied on the eyes and are left for 15-20 minutes. Wash off after sometime.
• Take 10 ml of Rose water & dip cotton balls in it. Now apply them on the eyes & see miraculous results.
• Drink plain drinking water about 12-15 glasses/day. It tones up the skin.
• Fresh fibrous vegetables and fruits keeps the body toxin free and thus prevent dark circles.
• Take adequate amount of fruit juices to avoid dark circles.
• Apply some drops of almond oil and rub it around the dark circles. Leave it over night. Repeat the process daily until dark circles disappers.
• Increase the use of diet containing Vitamin C and Iron like citrus fruits, beet root, etc.
• Apply moisturizing cream rich in Vitamin E and Vitamin C.
• Avoid smoking, alcoholism & junk food.
• A sleep of at least 7-8 hours is necessary. So take uniform & sound sleep regularly.
• Practice yoga as well as meditation that keep your mind and body relaxed and enhance skin glow as well as removes dark circles. Sarvangasana, jal- neti and sutra- neti are known to be best effective.
• Avoid eating too much of sweets as they add to the condition.
• Never ever use chemical bleach. Instead use natural facepacks.