

Slice up that juicy vegetable, refrigerate it for 30 minutes and then place them over your eyes. Cucumber-laden aunties with face packs on might be doing it right! How? Cucumber has mild astringent and skin-lightening properties.Be the “cold never bothered me anyway” girl from Frozen because cold compress is your new buddy! Applying it for 10 minutes twice a day may help reduce dark circles.Who doesn’t like a good remedy lying around their house? But are you getting it right is the question? There is also a chance that your dark circles can be ensured by some genetic factors. Besides this, thinning of the under-eye skin, hay fever, aging, smoking habits, and fatigue are also some sources of this problem. However, some common causes include sun overexposure and anemia. Dark circles are a pervasive skin pigmentation problem in which the skin directly under your eyes darkens.Allergens in products that we use, sun exposure, unfulfilled sleep needs of our body, piling stress, underlying health problems like iron deficiency, and lifestyle habits like smoking exacerbates the dark circles.Naturally, that causes our eyes to strain and the momentary relief we get from rubbing our eyes doesn’t help either. Screen time, is one thing we can’t escape especially now that the physical environment is a story of the past.

Nasal congestion or allergies that result in lower blood circulation to the area under your eyes may lead to your veins dilating and becoming darker.

Moreover, melanin-rich skin which is quite susceptible to hyperpigmentation can cause dark circles. Thin skin prompts and amplifies the visibility of blue and purple hues from the veins that lie underneath your skin.

So if you haven’t had one, there’s a very good chance you might be joining the widely spreading team.
