Timeless Beauty

Dark circles (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) There are many people who get plenty of sleep and lead a healthy life style but still have under eye dark circles on their faces. A lot of people tend to consider this as an indication of late nights, partying and general dissipation. Of course, these things could lead to under eye dark circle formation but there can be many other factors that could be involved as well. It is common in most people as they get older that their skin becomes thinner and the amount of collagen protein in their skin becomes reduced. There are plenty of tiny blood vessels underneath the skin surface in the eye area and the thinning of the skin layer could cause them to become more noticeable and cause skin discoloration. Genetics and heredity are a major factor in the health of a persons skin and whether they will develop under eye dark circles. If the problem has been running in their family they too will have an inclination to develop this problem. People o...

By Brian Potter The area of skin around the eyes is the first place where signs of aging begin to appear and it is not surprising therefore that when we try to estimate someone's age, the appearance of the skin around the eye area is always one of the key factors. The skin around the eye has its own special characteristics: • It is highly prone to dryness as there are few sebaceous glands. • It is much thinner and more sensitive than other facial skin. • Beneath it there is a dense capillary network and because there is minimal fat padding, the slightest leakage can be observed as a dark bluish area and thus in many instances the reason for those dark circles under the eyes. • Frequent squinting and other eye movements can have a long lasting effect. • The periorbital tissues can become swollen immediately after waking, perhaps due to the gravitational redistribution of fluid in the horizontal position and could in some cases be the reason for those bags under the eyes or puffy eye...