When dealing with stressed out skin and a serious case of darkly pigmented under eyes, the traditional remedy of cold cucumber slices may not cut it anymore. If black tea bags placed on each eye for about 10 minutes to diminish the darkness also does not work, nor the expensive eye gel you keep buying to serve as dark circles under eyes treatment, it may be time to take a closer look at what you're eating.
While you're still researching and putting together a list of vitamin-enriched foods you need to eat more of, some facial exercises to improve blood flow and stimulate circulation (which may also ease stress) may also help. For skin elasticity and toxin removal, try closing your eyes, and lifting your eyebrows slowly, counting up to 2, then lowering, then opening your eyes wide and repeating the whole exercise about 10 times. The variation is to do t exercise with eyes wide open and then looking upwards, downwards, to the left then right for a brief second, then repeating 10 times.
If you've developed serious discolored spots under eyes that just won't go away, it's important to hear what your doctor may say about it. The culprit may be a medical condition that requires prompt attention, like anemia. Your doctor may prescribe iron supplementation for you to banish and prevent those pesky dark circles, particularly when you just don't have the time to buy & cook iron-rich foods like spinach, broccoli, iron-fortified cereals, and so on.
Your doctor will also be able to address your queries and explain what brought on those dark circles in the first place. They actually make their appearance as excess pigmentation. Tiny little capillaries deposit blood to the sensitive area surrounding the eyes, making the blood turn a dark bluish purple. Darkly pigmented areas are quite common with women advancing in years. The thin skin area under the eyes loses elasticity as a person ages, making the discoloration look pronounced. When the facial skin loses collagen, the depression produces a shadow. Skin that's thin to begin with has more noticeable dark areas.
Whether heredity or lack of sleep plays a role in the formation of your discolored under eye area, or they're an offshoot of aging, you stand to benefit from eating healthy foods. Plump up your skin and help other organs of the body as well by drinking plenty of water everyday. The other best thing you can do to say goodbye to dark circles under eyes is not really to purchase the most expensive eye cream but to eat vitamin K-laden green, leafy vegetables and vitamin C-rich foods like strawberries, citrus fruits, kiwis (just make sure you're not allergic to them). Foods rich in vitamin A will also be your ally in countering these areas. Whip up meals with carrots, spinach, eggs, pumpkin, and fruits with the antioxidant vitamin. Indeed, it makes a whole lot of sense to reduce and let dark circles fade away by working inside out. To make these spots fade away and let your eyes look clear, bright & alive, eat right, drink healthy juices, and if you must use a beauty product, go for a naturally formulated one.
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