Do you have bags or dark circles under your eyes? That can be quite annoying. Some men suffer from enormously deep and dark pits under the eyes, so that they sometimes look ten years older. In addition, you can suffer from swollen bags under your eyes. Also not a pleasant face in the mirror. Fortunately, there are enough measures that you can take. We will of course share that with you!
What are bags and dark circles and what is the difference?
The skin under your eyes is thinner than in other places of your face. This previously shows signs of stress, aging and damage. In fact, ramparts are a mild swelling under your eyes in men. Not nice, in the middle of your face.
Dark circles are nothing but change in the pigment in the skin under your eyes. So where ramparts are a kind of cute cushions, dark circles are simply just dark circles. Two different things that are often confused. But both are just as disturbing. Time to tackle them.
Causes ramparts and dark circles
Fortunately, there are a number of things you can do for both problems to reduce it or perhaps even make it disappear completely. For that it is useful to know what the causes of those tea bags under your eyes are.
How do dark circles arise under the eyes?
The causes of dark circles in men are diverse but all have to do with the thickness of the skin around your eyes. The skin around your eyes is a lot thinner. Your skin is on average around your entire body 2 to 3 mm thick. Under your eyes this is only 0.5 mm (!) The dark color can be genetically determined but often comes due to a shortage of moisture. The skin then becomes even thinner and you can then see the colors of the blue blood vessels and gray bone membrane of your skull through the skin. This creates a dark circle. We can't make it more beautiful than it is. Below a few triggering factors that make your dark circles worse or can appear:
Fatigue
If you sleep too little, the collagen fabric is broken down. This fabric keeps the skin firm. If you remove this fabric due to too little sleep, dark circles will occur.
Stress
When you have stress, your body makes more cortisol. This is a stress hormone that can considerably disrupt the moisture balance of the skin. A moisture shortage and thinner skin under the eyes are the result.
You drink too little
If you drink too little water, the skin under your eyes becomes drier and thinner. It is the biggest cause in people with dark circles under their eyes.
Old age
Your skin becomes thinner as you get older. The older you get, the more you can see dark circles. As you get older, your body will produce less and less collagen (which we were just talking about). So your skin becomes less firm when you get older.
Alcohol
Do you drink a lot of alcohol? We've got some bad news for you. That is not exactly nice for the skin around your eyes. Alcohol has a dehydrating effect, making the skin thinner under the eyes. The skin becomes drier and thinner and will therefore become darker.
Caffeine
The caffeine fabric narrows the blood vessels and also has dehydrating. When you drink a lot of bakkies you can certainly suffer from dark circles.
In your eyes
Want to rub your eyes hard. Oh man, what a wonderful feeling occasionally. But it can also damage the blood vessels under the eyes when you often do this. This makes them more visible and you get a dark color.
Sit behind the computer
When you look at a screen all day, the blood vessels around the eyes get a lot of stress. They work harder without getting peace. Your blood vessels become larger thanks to cortisol that is released to absorb the tension. But the dark circles get so much worse. Do you have an office job? Take a break every hour with your eyes off the screen. Also a nice excuse to tell your boss.
Other causes of dark circles
When your skin is darker under your eyes, this can also have a different cause for some people. You may suffer from hyperpigmentation. The dark circles are then slightly browner in color. This is because more melanin is produced in the skin under your eyes. This can have various causes such as allergies, medicines, lots of sun and hormonal changes. If you suspect this is bothering you, ask your doctor for advice.
What to do against dark circles?
Now you might ask yourself "What helps against dark circles?" Well, now that we know the main causes, we can do the following to keep the skin under your eyes as healthy as possible:
- Drink enough (minus 1.5 liters per day)
- Sleep enough, about 8 am a night
- Moderate alcohol, caffeine and smoking
- Don't stare too much at a screen
- Improve your blood circulation by moving
- Relax sufficiently
What is the best remedy for ramparts and dark circles?
Adjusting your lifestyle is of course the most important, but luckily there are also remedies on the market to remedy your bags and dark circles! We have listed our favorites for you.
Baxter of California - Under Eye Complex
The winner of the Men's Health Grooming Award Winner 2016. This one eye cream by Baxter or California is specifically focused to restore the skin under the eyes. The product feeds the skin with caffeine, seaweed and vitamin E. Although it is not good to drink, caffeine is very good to lubricate on your skin. It lets the blood vessels shrink and gives your skin a boost causing dark circles to disappear. Free of parabens.
Recipe for Men - Under Eye Gel
Minimize dark circles and bags under your eyes with this 100% eye gel of Recipe for Men. The gel is made with carefully selected herbs, minerals and peptides. These hydrate, strengthen and soften the skin, reduce dry lines and increase the elasticity of the skin. This gives the area of the eye contours a equipped and refreshed appearance.
What is the cause of ramparts under the eyes of men?
There can be several causes for bags under your eyes. The one simply has bad luck with his genes, the other can change a lot by adjusting a part of his lifestyle.
Genes and aging
The swollen ramparts are actually an accumulation of moisture and fat. That combination of moisture and fat is there to protect your eyes. It serves as a kind of cushion. With a shore there is a bubbling outside. For some people, the eye socket is smaller, which means it is actually too small for the bump. That fat under your eye is normally held together by a connective tissue. When you get older, this connective tissue weakens and the accumulation drops so you get to see a shore. With people with a smaller eye socket you can see this faster. This is therefore genetically determined.
Too little or too much sleep
Sleeping too long can also cause terrible bags in men. If you are in bed for too long, you do not have enough blood flow and more fluid retention arises under your eyes. A too little sleep ensures that your body starts retaining too much moisture. That way you will never get rid of those bumps.
Always lie on your side or belly
When you sleep on your stomach or she can sink a lot of moisture to the accumulation under your eyes. Add to that the gravity that can pull the ramparts extra and you create thick pillows under your eyes over time.
Too much salt
When you eat a lot of salt, your body holds a lot of moisture. You will see this very quickly under your eyes. An increasingly larger fluid retention is created, giving you thick bags.
Alcohol and smoking
You could have guessed this one. Alcohol and smoking disrupt the moisture balance in your body. You will be the first to see this under your eyes.
Allergies
Often suffer from a cold, sensitive skin or watery eyes? Then you might have an allergy. Your eyes get swollen quickly with these types of complaints. After getting swollen, the skin around your eyes is loosened even looser, making it easier to sink fat and moisture under your eyes.
What do you say about your health?
In principle it does not mean that you are unhealthy if you have bags. It may be that you (in terms of ramparts) have received slightly less good genes. However, you always know best how your bags are created. Is that after a "men's weekend" with little sleep and a lot of alcohol? Is that after your children have been waking you up for months? Is that after you have decided to sin for a month and have chewed away too many salty shoarmar rolls? Then you know what point of your health can be the cause of your ramparts. So if you are just a father, try to take a little more naps, if you started to sin with fast-food, then take a healthy cookbook from your drawer. Most bags tell you something about your health, then look carefully for the pattern of your bags.
How do you get bags under your eyes without makeup?
Time for a short course “Returning Red Light District for Men”. Some men are very handy with a make-up, the other does not want to start. Both are fine. Fortunately, there are more options to eliminate your bags than just makeup. There is not a specific approach, but there are several aspects that you can try to eliminate bags. Wallows under the eyes of men could therefore be a thing of the past in no time.
Reduce swelling under your eyes
You can reduce the swelling under your eyes by cooling and taking care of it. For example, you can:
- Place cucumber slices on your eyes: this has a cooling effect.
- Put cold wet (green) tea bags on your eyes: green tea contains EGCG which could have a beneficial effect on the swelling under your eyes. This has never been proven but helps according to many specialists.
- Cooling your eyes with a cold compress: put something cold on the swelling every morning, which reduces it.
- Use the Recipe for Men - Under Eye Gel For better skin health around the eyes and reduction of swelling.
Change unhealthy habits
- Eat less salt
- Sleep on your back: try to sleep on your back as much as possible. As a result, moisture has no chance to lower under the eyes.
- On average 7-8 hours of sleep
- Drinking and smoke in moderation
- Move enough
Can you massage ramparts?
Yes can do this! If you have heard of lymph drainage, then you know how this works. Use both ring fingers to put pressure under your eyes. Start with light pressure on your inner corners of your eyes and work quietly towards the outer corners of the corners. In this way you follow your natural lymph stream. Repeat this about 10 to 20 times and eventually wipe the waste through your sleep to the sides of your throat downwards.
We went through the causes, tips and our favorites. But if you still have questions, which of course is always possible, then know that we are happy to help you! You know where to find us, let us know. If you order your "lower eye tea bag remover" before 9 p.m., you will find it on the doormat the next day.
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