Big Panda Eyes

[georgeshair]

No matter how much sleep I get or how much water I drink, I still have these enormous dark circles around my eyes. I don't like wearing make-up, so concealer isn't really an option. Is there a supplement or vitamin I could be lacking? My diet is now very healthy, with lots of fruit and veggies.

[Bijoux00]

I have always had this issue and for me it's partially caused by allergies. Could that be a problem for you? Also, I am also low in iron a lot of the time and the circles are much more noticable when I am low in iron as opposed to when I am "up". Hope that helps....

[astrophe]

I was going to say iron too. Do you take a multi?

A.

[georgeshair]

I do take a multivitamin every day. It has probiotics in it, which have boosted my immune system and helped me not to catch so many colds.

[summershine]

hehehe pandy eyes

I belong to a make up and beauty forum, and here's a trick for pandy eyes one of the guys posted:

OK. Here is a gift to all you dark circled eyed gals out there. You asked for something to get rid of dark circles - here is a homemade Circle Buster recipe:

Go to your grocery store. Buy a box of regular, old fashioned unflavored gelatin (Knox, for example)

Take a small cup or bowl and put in 1/4 teaspoon of the gelatin mix. Add one Tablespoon of boiling water & stir for a minute.

Test it on your wrist to make sure it is not too hot. Then, using a cotton ball, pat it under your eyes as you would an eye cream or gel. Go lie down and listen to some music, or take a bath & let it stay on for at least 30 minutes. Then just rinse it off.

I worked in a day spa & this was our "Circle Buster" Treatment. Gelatin is very high in Vitamin K & Biotin. It will not remove your circles on the first application (but you will notice a difference), but if you do it daily for a week, and then 2-3 times a week for maintenance, you should notice a drastic reduction in dark circles.

The day spa where I worked charged $60 for this treatment (but they put rose petals on your eyelids), and it wasn't until after I quit, that I found out what was in those little white packets!

There you go.....enjoy!

I just tested it myself (I put it on one eye which i thought was 'worse' than the other), and after the redness of using a hot-water soaked towel to wash it off wore down, I can safely say that the treated eye looks nicer than the other one

I have it going on the other side, now

oohh, and I forgot to add: it also made the crazy-huge pores on my cheek look just that little bit smaller! Miracle cure for everything ever - I think so !

[Kitsey]

I was just on google looking up this problem last night! I'm 28 and for the last 10 years or so I've had the dark circles. I looked back at my senior picture and noticed my eyes looked normal then. Putting some Knox on my grocery list!

[Proatthis]

Oh wow I have always had this problem too. But it seems to be getting worse. I was chalking it up as to me turning 35 at the end of the month. I am going to go get knox tonight! Thanks for the tip