Did you ever wonder about the dark circles and puffiness around your eyes? What is the cause? Here is the answer.
There are a few reasons for dark circles and puffiness around our eyes.
Slow in-and-out flow of fluids around your eyes.
When the adenoids get swollen, the draining of fluids around the eyes are slower and that is the cause of puffiness and dark circles around the eye area.
- Anemia
Anemia is a sign that not enough oxygen is getting to the body tissues. There are several types of anemia, but iron deficiency is the most common. Our bodies need iron to manufacture hemoglobin, the red pigment which carries oxygen to the cells. Dark circles alone do not indicate anemia; you will also suffer from constant tiredness, headaches, dizziness, shortness of breath, poor memory, frequent colds and infections, and pale skin.
If you suspect you are iron deficient see your GP for a simple blood test. If you do lack iron, you might be prescribed iron supplements. Some people say that dark circles are a sign of food intolerance.
- Loss of sleep
Beauty needs sleep. If your sleeping patterns are disturbed, then it’s more than beauty that flies out the window. Your natural self also suffers. You need your sleep. Rather sleep on your back with an extra pillow under your head to stop fluids from building up under your eyes. To change your sleeping habits aren’t easy and there are people that specialize in helping you sleep better. Go get advice from them. But in the meantime, here are a few tips that might help. Try and slow down everything you do before you go to bed. Do not eat or watch television before bedtime and try and keep your room dark and tranquil. Less light in your eyes later at night will help your brain to switch off before you go to bed. Always wake up the next morning and expose your eyes to direct sunlight the first thing in the morning. It will help wake you up and will help set a new routine for sleeping at night when it gets dark. It also restores your serotonin levels in your body when you get enough sleep – giving you a happier and healthier you.
- Permanent sinus or hay fever
Treat hay fever, if that’s the problem. There are non-sedating, over-the-counter allergy medications that may help. If you have or suspect hay fever, talk with your doctor about how to treat it. That’s also the case with sinus. Do not leave it untreated. Always see your GP about it.
- The skin around the eye area is constantly getting thinner and therefore exposing the tiny blood vessels that lie just below.
We have the thinnest skin around our eyes, so it’s the area that’s most influenced by the in-and-out flow of fluids. The bilirubin that causes the dark circles cannot be removed because of poor circulation in the area and it causes inflammation. This is also why the area around the eyes shows aging the fastest. This area doesn’t contain any sebum glands and are most likely to be very dry. There are advanced skin technologies that you can use now to improve the blood flow in the area around the eyes. Look at the New Generation Eye Treatment Roller for more information.
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• Tests have shown a significant reduction in rate of blood clotting and improve oxygen supply to the tissue.
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• reinforce firmness and tone of the eye area
• It activates the elimination of blood originated pigments (bilirubin) responsible for dark circle color and local inflammation.
• Anti-inflammatory properties similar to those of aspirin
• The results will be after three months something like this:
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- This peptide stimulates the skin fibroblasts in order to reconstitute the extracellular matrix and it leads to the synthesis of collagen I and IV, fibronectin and glycosaminoglycans.
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- Anti-Aging Bright Eye Gel (Treats puffiness, lines and dark circles)
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These products contain ingredients that will help improve dark circles and puffiness around the eye area as well as making the eyes look younger, rested and more youthful. Go to www.skinsecretonline.co.za for more information.
