so have you ever woken up and had dark circles under your eyes? well in this
video I'm gonna share with you 7 Pro tips on how you can get rid of dark
circles. let's take a look hey what's up this is dr. Allen here from the doctor eye
health show helping you learn all about the eyes and finding the best vision
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you don't miss any of my future videos a lot of people have dark circles because
you can see their blood vessels in their eyelids and that's either because they
have more capillaries or the ones they have are thicker and larger and because
the skin of the eyelid is the thinnest in the body you can see them more easily
so my first tip is to shrink your blood vessels with caffeine caffeine acts as a
diuretic to help get fluid out of your body but it also helps to constrict your
blood vessels at least momentarily so drinking a cup of coffee or a cup of
black tea can help constrict your blood vessels and get the dark circles to be
less apparent you can also try the moistened tea bag trick if you want
because caffeine can also be absorbed through the skin
that's exactly why some medications and creams for dark circles have caffeine in
them as an additive tip number two is to also treat eye allergies your eyelids
and the blood vessels within the eyelids become inflamed very easily due to
allergies allergic reactions are caused by a chemical called histamine, histamine
causes your blood vessels to dilate and start to release more fluid that fluid
will accumulate and cause eye bags and although people often confuse eye bags
with dark circles they are not the same thing but thankfully in this case the
treatments are very similar to manage your allergies you can try
over-the-counter oral antihistamines or you can try topical antihistamine
eyedrops the branded eyedrop called Pataday just became over-the-counter in
many countries and is honestly one of the best eyedrops for eye allergies. you
can also try eyelid wipes specifically for allergies this is one from Ocusoft
which is kind of like a wet wipe for the eyelids and an extra pro tip is that if
you are a makeup wearer make sure to clean that makeup off
before going to bed otherwise allergens can stick on to that makeup and then
you're just holding those right onto the eyelids overnight and even better yet
just stop wearing eye makeup altogether because you are beautiful
just the way you are tip number three is to do cold compresses just like icing
your elbow or your knee after it's been injured it'll help reduce the swelling
of the blood vessels and slow down fluid movement which causes the swelling you
can do cold compresses by using an eye mask like this one you can also just
grab a bag of frozen peas out of the freezer or you can do the frozen spoon
trick where you put a couple of spoons into the freezer and after a few hours
then you can put the frozen spoon onto your eyelid and that'll cool down the
swelling hey are you getting value out of this video if so smash that like
button for me and leave a comment below of which one of these tips works the
best for you otherwise let's keep going another reason people get dark circles
is because the skin on the eyelid is the thinnest skin on the body it's about a
half a millimeter thick and some people have thinner skin than others and to
help with this honestly prevention is the most important so tip number four is
to prevent skin damage by wearing UV light blocking pointment sand creams or
wearing a hundred percent UV light protecting sunglasses because in the
long-term UV light from the Sun can cause damage to the skin and even thin
the skin tip number five is to also use some sort of moisturizing cream around
the eyelids to help support and strengthen the tissue you can also
contact your dermatologist for possible prescription medications to help thicken
that skin as well and tip number six is to get more rest at night not getting
enough sleep can decrease hormone levels and thin the skin and negatively affect
your blood vessels and take it from my cat getting between seven and nine hours
of sleep at night is recommended and an extra pro tip is that when you are
sleeping sleep with a slight incline so that any fluid that's accumulating
around your eyes drains to the rest of your body another major cause of dark
circles is hyperpigmentation of the eyelid and honestly this one's really
hard to treat on your own just because some people naturally have more pigment
of their skin around their eyelids yeh genetics but tip number seven is that
you can also try using makeup concealers or optical diffusers to help blend in
the color of your eyelids with your facial tissue or consult a dermatologist
in your area for possible treatments of pulsed light therapy or other laser
treatments to help treat the hyperpigmentation you have of
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