Dark circles under eyes (dark eye circles) are caused by lack of sleep, fatigue or some deficiency. dark circles under eyes may also be due to aging which thins the skin around the eyes. Eight hours of sleep is essential. Do not leave cream on the skin around the eyes for long periods
Black or dark circles under or around the eyes can be caused by many different factors. The following are the most common causes of those unattractive dark circles.
HEREDITY
Like varicose veins, dark circles under the eyes are usually an inherited trait. If you have dark circles, there is a good chance that others in your family also have them. The skin under the eye is very thin. When blood passes through the large veins close to the surface of the skin it can produce a bluish tint. The more transparent your skin, also an inherited trait, the darker the circles appear.
EXPOSURE TO THE SUN
Even in darker skinned people, exposure to sunlight, especially during the summer months, can cause a higher-than-normal level of skin pigmentation (melanin) under the eyes. People get sun tans because exposure to the sun increases the natural pigmentation of the skin and draws that pigmentation to the surface. The same principle applies to the skin under the eyes.
ALLERGIES, ASTHMA and ECZEMA
Any condition that you have that causes your eyes to itch can contribute to darker circles under the eyes because rubbing or scratching the skin can darken the skin. Hay fever sufferers particularly will notice under-eye “smudges” during the height of the allergy season. Some food allergies can also cause the area under the eyes to appear darker.
MEDICATIONS
Any medications that you are taking that causes blood vessels to dilate, can cause circles under the eyes to darken. Because the skin under the eyes is very delicate, any increase blood flow shows through the skin.
NUTRITION
The lack of nutrients in the diet, or the lack of a balance diet, can contribute to the discoloration of the area under the eyes.
FATIGUE, LACK OF SLEEP
A lack of sleep or excessive tiredness can cause paleness of the skin, which again allows the blood underneath the skin to become more visible and appear more blue or darker.
PREGNANCY and MENSTRUATION
The skin can also become more pale during pregnancy and menstruation, which again allows the underlying veins under the eyes to become more visible.
AGE
If you have a propensity to have dark circles under you eyes, as you grow older, they are likely to become more noticeable and permanent. Excess folds of skin under the eyes will also make dark circles more pronounced
Treatment:
Chinin-s- This is used for eyes infection, especially when there is intermitting neuralgic pains in and around eyes, reoccurring malaria infected by chills, photophobia, lachrymation, ulceration of cornea. Sensitiveness to alcohol and tobacco, black darkness due to abuse of Quinine.
Cina:- This is used in removing dark circle around the eyes. Dark rings around eyes.Dialated pupils, yellow vision. weak sight from masturbation, Strabismus from abdominal irritation, eyestrain, pulsation of ciliary muscle., due to worms
Cyclamen:- This is a very good medicine for dark circle if suppressed grief and terror or conscience from duty not done or bad act committed. , spots before eyes, , black spots around the eye. .
Psorinum,- Dark circule due to suppressed of eruption and heavy use of ointment and external medicine. Dark circle in winter. Due to chronic ophthalmia
Sepia-Saddle-like yellow-brownish discoloration on nose and cheeks, old wrinkled with spot , black spot around the eye, and due to wetting laundry work,
Spongia- Cold sweat on the chin, Paroxysms of anxiety and fear of future, mental dullness, great dryness of all air passages.
Vanilla Aromatica It has been found effective in curing the skin disorders black around the eye.
Other dependable drugs are Geranium Inodorum ,Taosca aqua, Thuja ,Triticum Vulgare