By Folashade Ogunlade
Do you have dark eye circles making your eyes look darker than the rest of your face? Have you ever tried hilarious dark circle removal remedies like toothpaste, apple cider vinegar, baking soda, and methylated spirit, only to give up at some point? Well, it does not have to be that complicated. Here are some of the easiest ways to remove dark circles from your skin.
Causes of Dark Circles
- Allergies: Apart from not taking proper care of our skin, allergies are a major cause of dark circles. These allergies cause us to react a lot, pushing us to scratch the skin around the eyes. At some point, the difference in colour between the skin around the eyes and the other parts of the face becomes obvious.
- Not getting enough sleep: if you’re not getting enough sleep, maybe you’re a new mom, an entrepreneur or a nightwalker, and dark circles will start showing up.
- Iron deficiency: when you are iron deficient, you do not get oxygen to your skin tissues, and this causes the skin around your eyes to darken.
- Getting older: as we get older, the skin becomes lighter, losing collagen in the process, and this causes dark spots.
Remedies for Dark Circles
- Get enough sleep: if you have not been getting enough sleep for some reason or the other, you need to start sleeping for as much as 8 hours daily. There is no shortcut to this; if you are not getting enough sleep, you will get dark circles.
- Treat your allergies: if you have any allergies which cause you to itch your eyes, you need to treat them at once. Visit your doctor, and get the necessary solution to your allergy at once.
- Eat iron-rich foods: if you visit your doctor and notice that you’re iron deficient, all you need to do is eat iron-rich foods to solve this problem. Some of the best foods rich in iron are poultry, beans, seafood, and peas.
Other Solutions
If you find out that after doing all this, these dark spots are still there and obvious, here are some simple remedies you can use to clear your dark spots:
Cucumber Juice
We see a lot of women putting cucumbers on their eyes to remedy their dark circles, but while this has a lot of potential, it does not get the job done the right way. One of the best ways to use cucumber to remove dark circles is as a juice. Here are the steps for producing the cucumber juice to remove dark circles:
- Cut a cucumber into tiny bits – do not remove the seed.
- Blend it until it is completely smooth.
- Then remove the contents into a small strainer and squeeze to remove the juice into a clean container.
- Take cotton pads, arrange them on a tray, and slowly pour the extracted juice over each one until completely soaked. Take care not to soak it too much.
- Put the tray in the fridge or freezer to chill – avoid it getting completely frozen.
- Then remove from the fridge and set aside for a few minutes.
- Then use the cotton pads to brighten your eyes.
Bottom Line
If you have dark eye circles, these are some remedies you can use to lighten them up. There are no shortcuts to removing these dark circles. Use these tips to clear your dark circles slowly and look as radiant as you deserve to be.
