KANPUR: Early to bed and early to rise, is the advice given by the doctors to avoid dark circles under the eyes, a cause of concern for many young girls these days.
According to the experts, usually people take this dark circles as some sort of ailment, however, just by maintaining proper and healthy lifestyle 99 per cent of these dark circles could be treated. Head of department, gynaecology, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College, Dr Kiran Pandey however, claimed that at times it occurs due to hereditary factor, which is incurable but the other responsible factors like stress, wrong eating habits, unhealthy lifestyle, use of cheap quality cosmetics and stress, could be managed easily.
Speaking about the wrong eating habits, Dr Pandey suggested that deficiency of vitamin, iron and protein is the major reason behind the formation of dark circles. Therefore, a healthy and most importantly balanced diet is the primary treatment for the under eye dark circles. She further added that stress also makes a major contribution in increasing the intensity of dark circles.
Dr Pandey said, "With the cut throat competition in the market and career oriented youths, the youth today undergo acute stress and thus develop dark circles." She added that exposure to ultraviolet rays of the sun is also much harmful for the tender skin of under eye. Therefore it is advisable to use sun glasses before going out in sun.
Professor, medicine, GSVM, Medical College, Dr Arati Lal Chandani claimed that at times it can also occur in people suffering from renal problem, diabetes and hypertension. Therefore, it is more important on the part of the people to consult a specialist doctor in case of occurrence of under eye dark circles as it could also lead to more severe complications.
She added, "At times these dark circles also occur due to physiological reason in those women who smoke or consume alcohol, as alcohol created vitamin deficiency and nicotine in cigarettes is injurious to health and skin."
Other than maintaining healthy lifestyle, various beauty treatments are also available in the market, offered by various beauty clinics and fitness centres. These treatments could cost a sum of Rs 500 to Rs 1250 in various beauty and fitness centres in the city. This treatment includes manual treatment through lymphatic drainage massage in the first stage. Secondly, they also use an eye expert treatment in which the mask contains glucose, herbs and even algae marine extracts.
However, if the problem continues to persist, a machine based isometric exercise facility is also available in these clinics which aims in increasing the activity of the muscles around the eye region, along with serum made out of extracts of lavender flowers and cavier (rich in protein).
Shalini, who runs a fitness clinic in Swaroop nagar area claimed, "We usually come across young girls, who complain of dark circles almost everyday. In the past few years this problem has become a major cause of concern among the girls. But with our treatment this problem could easily be sorted out". While another fitness clinic owner Sudha said that apart from all this practising yoga especially `prayanam', applying cucumber or astringent around the eye region and consumption of lot of water also helps in overcoming dark circles."