Dark Circles: Raccoon Eyes:
The pigmentation around the eyes giving it a dark, tanned look in comparison to rest of the skin colour is raccoon eyes.
Cause
The skin around the eyes is very thin approx. 0.5mm thick only than 2 to 3 mm at other body parts. So, any changes happening in the deeper layers of the skin will be more easily visible around the eyes.
Reasons
- This area is more prone to allergies from products like chemical irritants in the hair dyes, make up, chemical cleansers, eye shadows, facial creams etc. All these allergies can lead to dark circles. People with respiratory allergies like cough, chronic cold, Asthma, food allergies commonly develop dark circle around eyes.
- Chronic Eye problems like itching, redness, flu may also lead to dark circles around the eyes.
- The common reason behind all these causative factors is regular rubbing of the eyes, may lead to damage of delicate capillaries under the skin, which looks like dark circles.
- Stress is also one of the contributing factors behind dark circles.
- Sleep helps in detoxifying the body and skin. Less number of sleeping hours may lead to more dark circles.
- Smoking causes dark circles due to free radicle formation.
- Vitamin C and Iron deficiency is also major factor for dark circles.
