what is the best treatment for dark undereye circles?

Question

I don't get very much sleep (about 6-7 hrs avg.) and I am pretty stressed out. Obviously improving these two things will help with the circles, but getting more sleep is not really an option, nor is reducing my stress level, so please don't waste my time with responses which instruct me to do so.

Is there anything I can use, short of makeup (I'm a 16 year old guy), which will help the circles?

I have tried cucumbers and using gelatin under my eyes...both of which did not give visible results.

Thank you for your educated responses. Please only provide methods which you have had success with

Answer 1

Dark circles under the eyes: is the issue of congestion, micro damaged capillaries, and oxidative build up that the body cannot rid itself.

When congestion occurs an imbalance sets in causing toxic buildup, which again can come from constipation, lack of sleep, doing desk jobs, and anything that would promote congestion.

The cure is obvious, stop congestion by promoting circulation, reduce toxic buildup, and provide the body with nutrients needed for healing of damaged tissues!

Promoting Circulation. There are several ways to promote circulation that will reduce congestion. Get away from your desktop computer and point your head looking up 90 degrees and stay there for a couple of seconds.

There are several critical points which bring up congestion, first is facial massage around the sinus and the neck area below the ear where circulations needs to be drained.

The other possibility is to do a neck exercise, slowly of course, nodding forward, backwards, left, and finally right, three to four times each. Then circle your neck counterclockwise a couple of times slowly again then clockwise a couple of times. This will really help. The secret is to do it SLOWLY, and do as often as you like. No limitations. It helps with the neck and top back pain a lot, because this is the common area of congestion.

When people do not get enough sleep, yes it is easy to blame lack of sleep, people tend to overlook something else. With lack of sleep or rest, people do not drink enough water! So just drink enough water, to get the circulation moving!

Of course, there other extreme of dark circles is too much water water retention. In this case it is due to eating too much salty snacks or taking medicine which can bring on edema. If the issue is too much water retention, then taking certain supplements which will cause ridding of excess of water will be helpful. stay away from fried foods, salty snacks, etc.

Nutrients to rebuild Damaged Tissues. Certain nutritition helps improved skin textures and sometimes brighter looking eyes sometimes. These include flavonoids, found in hesperidin, rose hips, bee pollen, royal jelly, vitamin B5 panthenol (or pantothenic acid), gingko, chitosan, inositol B8, oatmeal (high in silicon), and most importantly vitamin C in the form of sodium ascorbate, which is an alkaline form of vitamin C. These all will help repair damage tissues and reduce allergies.

As to whether using cucumbers and other ailments will help such as apple cider vinegar, etc. These will help too since they also help detoxify the body .

Answer 2

Your local drugstore should have some undereye treatment. I personally use Avon's Anew Retroactive+ Repair Eye Serum. You should use this night and day.

Answer 3

it may sound gross but take a raw steak put on your eyes they use this for black eyes so maybe it will work for you.