Dark circles?

[Mani]

Hi,

Anyone else getting dark circles due to warm compresses daily? I am not doing a hot compress at all. I am doing a warm compress with a rice baggy and a moist tissue in between the rice baggy and my eyes. What am I doing wrong? Every time I start doing the warm compresses I start getting dark circles! Please help.

Mani

[NotADryEye]

Are you applying pressure? How long are you applying the compress?

[Logandly]

Hi,

Anyone else getting dark circles due to warm compresses daily? I am not doing a hot compress at all. I am doing a warm compress with a rice baggy and a moist tissue in between the rice baggy and my eyes. What am I doing wrong? Every time I start doing the warm compresses I start getting dark circles! Please help.

Mani

Hi Mani,

The skin under your eyes is very thin and tender so if you press a warm or hot compress on them daily, you might be increasing the chances of developing dark circles as warm compresses make the skin lose its elasticity.

Have you tried a Vitamin K eye cream? Those tend to be quite expensive however, but you can take a Vitamin K gel capsule and apply it on the skin under your eyes. I use Life Extension Super K with Advanced K2 Complex by breaking the capsule and spreading into areas on my face that has red marks and discolorations before I go to bed and it works really well. However, I have not been using this as much as taking Taurine supplements I discovered has increased the elasticity and collagen in my skin.

Hope this helps!
Logan x