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Suggest Ways To Get Rid Of Under Eye Dark Circles
Question: How To remove Under Eye dark circle, I have suffering form last 3 yr.
Brief Answer:
Dark circles treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic
I am Dr. Kakkar. I have gone through your query.
It is a quite difficult to treat dark circles because darkening is actually not due to excess pigment, as is commonly believed.
However, skin lightening agents do seem to help in some cases of undereye darkness.
Hereditary seems to play a significant role in dark circles. In allergy prone individuals, a condition or state of 'atopy' exists & these atopic individuals more often than not manifest with 'dark circles' under the eyes.
In these individuals dark circles may be due to thin under eye skin; thin skin makes blood in the blood vessels shine through and hence this imparts a dark colour to the skin.
Dark circles also depends a lot on your lifestyle pattern--diet, sleep, computer / TV use and stress.
Stressors/ Eyestrain due to working for long hours on computers play a major role too as do lack of regular and adequate sleep (6-8 hours).
Another important cause of undereye dark circles is Iron deficiency Anemia, specially in females.
Skin lightening creams containing glycolic acid, kojic acid, Vit C can be helpful in reducing the appearance of dark circles.
Glycolic acid and Arginine peels are commonly used peels by dermatologists for undereye dark circles. You can try a few peeling sessions (6-8 sessions).
To summarize: As can be judged from some of the reasons cited, good hydration, regular 6-8 hours of sleep, addressing stressors and a multivitamin and Iron supplement by themselves will go a long way in correcting this issue, supplemented by skin lightening creams and chemical peeling.
Regards
Dark circles treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic
I am Dr. Kakkar. I have gone through your query.
It is a quite difficult to treat dark circles because darkening is actually not due to excess pigment, as is commonly believed.
However, skin lightening agents do seem to help in some cases of undereye darkness.
Hereditary seems to play a significant role in dark circles. In allergy prone individuals, a condition or state of 'atopy' exists & these atopic individuals more often than not manifest with 'dark circles' under the eyes.
In these individuals dark circles may be due to thin under eye skin; thin skin makes blood in the blood vessels shine through and hence this imparts a dark colour to the skin.
Dark circles also depends a lot on your lifestyle pattern--diet, sleep, computer / TV use and stress.
Stressors/ Eyestrain due to working for long hours on computers play a major role too as do lack of regular and adequate sleep (6-8 hours).
Another important cause of undereye dark circles is Iron deficiency Anemia, specially in females.
Skin lightening creams containing glycolic acid, kojic acid, Vit C can be helpful in reducing the appearance of dark circles.
Glycolic acid and Arginine peels are commonly used peels by dermatologists for undereye dark circles. You can try a few peeling sessions (6-8 sessions).
To summarize: As can be judged from some of the reasons cited, good hydration, regular 6-8 hours of sleep, addressing stressors and a multivitamin and Iron supplement by themselves will go a long way in correcting this issue, supplemented by skin lightening creams and chemical peeling.
Regards
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