1. If you have suddenly developed pronounced under-eye “bags”
It could be a symptom of an allergic reaction or kidney infection. If other symptoms are also present, such as fever, skin rash, or difficulty breathing, consult your doctor right away. If an allergy is involved, find out what foods you are allergic to and eliminate them from your menu. The most frequently occurred allergies are to newfangled foods, such as commercial pasteurized milk from hormone-treated cows, processed grains, fruits and veggies with residual pesticides, and other products that people had never eaten until just several generations ago. Allergies can also be caused by commercial beauty products, such as under-eye creams or mascaras.
2. If you suffer from under-eye puffiness on a regular basis
Check if it is related to your monthly cycle. If puffiness appears several days before your period, consider it a manifestation of PMS. Try to use natural diuretics, such as green tea, and eliminate salty foods, most carbohydrates, and excess liquid from your menu about one week prior to your period. Such measures should drastically reduce hormonal-induced dark circles and puffiness under your eyes, which are caused by premenstrual water retention.
3. Heredity can be involved in the condition, especially when we approach our 40s.
Just look at your Mom or Granma to check if they have dark circles under their eyes, too. If yes, your under-eye puffiness is, most probably, a hereditary condition that runs in the family and there is really not much you can do about it. In such a case, just try to make peace with your looks and do not be fooled by commercial tricks to sell you yet another “miraculous remedy”.
4. You have swollen eyes, especially when combined with fatigue and fibromayalgia
That shows that your body is lacking dietary proteins, essential fats, B-vitamins, and folic acid. Change your diet by including more ecologically-clean meats, fish, and cultured dairy products from pastured cows. Remember that Vitamin B-12 is only contained in animal products, while Vitamin B-6 is most abundant in raw milk, meat, and fish. Try to find in your area quality raw milk products, especially cheese, and eat frequently traditional raw appetizers, such as steak tartare, kibbeh, or sashimi.
5. Under-eye puffiness is often caused by insomnia, stress, long work days in front of a computer, too much TV, or just great tiredness.
If so, a good long nap would be a miraculous cure. Various eye applications could be helpful, too. While resting, try to apply eye masks made of fresh cucumber slices or moist cold tea bags. To eliminate dark circles and puffiness on a long run, change your lifestyle: get more sleep and start practising some relaxation or meditation techniques.
Warnings
- Be careful about what type of teabag you use. If you have allergies a tea bag like chamomile might swell your eyes.
- Do not apply ice or extremely cold water directly to the skin around the eyes for more than a couple of seconds.
- Exercise caution when using a new cosmetic product or trying a home remedy. If the condition worsens, or if you exhibit other symptoms, discontinue use immediately and contact your primary care physician or dermatologist for severe or persisting symptoms.
- Consult a physician before considering using any expensive or invasive treatments. Not all Eye Circles are formed equally, and understanding and discussing the root causes of your dark circles with a qualified professional will ensure you don’t waste your money.
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I am a man and I have tried cucumber for 5 minutes everyday and it does work up to 60% reduction in 20 days. I will also try the tea bag. Thanks for the tips.
i get very depresed due to my dark under eye circle. I was born with it, growing was very hard as i did use make up at a young age….
i still suffer from it! i just can’t get my hands on anything that works, something that COULD really deminish or better yet vanish them, but maybe that’s hopeless. anyway, anybody have very, very good ideas??
i still haven’t lost hope!
Poor bloodflow is often a cause of Dark Circles Under the eyes, a lack of oxygen and an increase in melanin.
Some regular excercise in the fresh air to stimulate the oxygen supply is recommended.
Cucumber is an effective and natural remedy for dark circles.
I have really bad bags under my eyes that only appear when I smile, well I am looking for anything that will take it away its not flattering when you have BIG bags under your eyes….Grosh!
I used to get bags under my eyes all the time due to my inability to fall asleep . I would stay up late thinking about something then wake up early next morning only to see little bags under my eyes. I somehow managed to kick the habit of staying up late but my eye bags wouldn’t go away.I then recently read an article about a woman who supposedly got rid of her eye bags using a particular eye care product. I tried it and it worked really well. I got rid of my eye bags in 2 weeks.You can read more about the lady’s article at the link below
http://mypuffyeyes.wordpress.com/
Don’t go to the web page Jennifer mentioned. It’s a trap!
Why? Why is it a trap? Im about to access it.
Im sick of being asked how i got a black eyes/ was i in a fight blah blah blah… unfortunately its hereditary in my family so i guess there is not much i can do. Im 23 and have had these circles since before i was a teenager. tho i have been told to try hemaroid cream or cream for bruises. im a bit off but with using hemaroid ceam on my face tho!
okay so I dont really have bags I just have blackness around my eyes, it sucks, I’m a beautiful girl the blackness is just making me not so beautiful, anyone have the same problem, PLEASE HELP ME
Don’t put hemorrhoid cream if you’re in the US. Prep.H stopped including the chemical that helped with the eyes recently. So if you’re not in Europe or Canada or elsewhere… you’re just going to be putting butt cream on your face for nothing!!!
Hi Ashley and Girls,
Unfortunately, I think this may be a problem of genetics.
I also started seeing “bags” under my eyes when I was about 19 years old. I’m 34 now, and yes they’ve gotten worse ever since.
I don’t think there’s any solution except plastic surgery. If anyone knows of any other remedy, please say so.
- Jennifer
Surgery is very costly. I hope there is another cheaper alternative.
i started having problems with bags under my eyes when i started working the graveyard shift its being about 5 yrs.
This lady told me about this cream made from cucumbers, that you store in the refrigerator to keep cold apply it in the morning and night. it has worked out ok, see some king of changes. Not only i apply the cream i put a cold mask on my eyes until i feel that the mask is getting warm (15min) the most.
mary kay sells it indulge soothing eye gel is the cream.
At the age of 13 I began to realise that I was starting to develop under eye circles. Ever since then I have had them. I get enough sleep and i don’t have allergies. Is there anything you can recommend for me to use? I’ve tried the tea bag but it dosen’t really work. It gets rid of the darkness under my eye, but I still have the under eye circles.
This is my story i am 39 years old. When i was younger i did not have bags under my eye. I think the day i realize dark circle when i cried for years catching my husband with another woman in our apartment. Never stop crying not on the outside but in the inside. I am now married to a beauty, he’s soman beautiful skin, me Dark circle and bags. I wake up every morning wondering when he’s going to take the bag off and run.