Before you go invest your hard earned money to buy the best eye serum you can find, it’s important you know a little bit more about the number one reason most people use an under eye product – dark circles!
Many people will state that they feel they only get dark under-eye circles due to late nights, partying until the week hours of the morning, or stress. While these are some reasons we get temporary dark under eye circles, there are many more reasons that contribute to constant, chronic circles of darkness.
In reality, dark circles are just this: oxidizing hemoglobin.
This whole process starts in the capillaries, the tiny blood vessels that line the thin, weak skin around the eyes. That is a whole different topic – why the skin around your eyes is so delicate in comparison to the rest of the skin on the human body, so while we won’t go into it now, it’s important you do know that whether you use an eye serum or an eye cream, it’s important to know just how different this skin is from the rest of the body.
Getting back on the topic….. your capillaries are just small enough that red blood cells sometimes have to get in a single file line just to pass through. Frequently, red blood cells become disoriented and venture into the area of the skin nearby. This is not a bad thing, in fact, it’s natural, so your body already has a function that can easily clean up this mess.
Here is exactly how that process happens…..
Enzymes that exist in your body break down the red blood cells, including their hemoglobin (this is the molecule that makes them their dark red color).
So, while that is all fine and dandy, there is one thing to keep in mind: when hemoglobin is broken down, the parts left behind have a dark blue-black color. This is similar to a bruise. We’ve all had bruises on our skin before, from falling down, sports, or just an accident. So, to conclude how dark circles form – they are actually caused by leaky capillaries.
In case you were ever wondering why your body gets bruises, it’s a lot of the same logic applied. You get hit, and blood vessels are traumatized and broken. Then, blood makes it’s way into the surrounding skin, and subsequently your body begins cleaning them up.
As mentioned earlier, the skin around your eyes is SO THIN that it actually makes bruising much easier and visible than on other parts of the human body. That is why we are able to notice dark circles so fast, and why even the tiniest bit of impact makes the skin on the face turn colors so fast when compared to the rest of the body.
For this reason, it’s important you use an eye serum on a daily basis if you suffer from dark circles from any of the following reasons:
- hereditary (some people just inherit this condition.)
- stress
- late nights, sleeplessness
- over consumption of toxins
While there many be temporary cures and even dark circle home remedies that you read about, it’s important that you know that they are not therapeutic. They are basically a “band-aid” that will perhaps reduce the appearance of darkness, but not be a long term cure. The only only term cure is an under eye serum.