How To Get Rid of Bags Under The Eyes - Tea Bags for Tired EyesThere can be multiple reasons for dark circles or bags under your eyes, and there are a variety of treatment options to get rid of them.
Dear Bethany,
A coworker of mine has dark bags under her eyes all of the time. She seems healthy, but the dark circles under her eyes make it look like she never sleeps or is addicted to drugs or something. What causes those? - Curious Coworker in West Virginia Dear Curious, It might seem that bags under your eyes are an indication that something is not quite right, but technically, bags under your eyes indicates that you have fluid collecting in the loose skin or a filling of the fat deposits in that area (creating shadows), says one health professional at TeenHealthFX. And causally, you have bags under your eyes (or dark circles under your eyes), as nine out of 10 people do at one time or another in their lives (according to azcentral.com), because of numerous possible (and combined) sources: --Vitamin-deficiency --Poor diet --Overexposure to sunlight --Overuse (number one culprit: long-term pc monitor-reading) --Sleep deprivation --Allergies --Genetics/heredity --Cigarette-smoking --Disease or illness (or organ damage) --Natural aging --Stress So the next thing you might want to know is what to do about those bags under your eyes — how to lessen the bags or lighten the dark circles. Here’s where the beauty industry comes in, providing answers from solutions to surgery. But for some milder cases, good old fashioned organic “remedies” still suffice. Some people apply warm (pre-steeped) teabags for about ten to fifteen minutes. Others use a slice of raw potato cut in half, each half they put under each eye for about twenty minutes. And still others swear by the standby cucumber slices. Then again, there are scads of creams and lotions, anti-aging to anti-oxidant, which are claimed to really work for every purpose... save the hereditary. Other Health & Beauty Questions Answered:
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