Dark eye circles are very common these days for several different reasons. Less active lifestyles accompanied with poorer diet means sluggish circulation which can be shown around the eye area. Also people can tend to use too much product on the eye. Such as too much eye cream or else using their facial moisturiser instead which is a big no no!!

A few tips on how to reduce puffiness or discolouration on the eye area are as follows:

• If suffering from dark under eye circles and puffiness, change your eye cream for any eye gel as it is lighter again than a cream.

• Never use your facial moisturiser in place of your eye cream as moisturisers are made to a thicker consistency and therefore are too heavy for the fatty tissue around the eye to absorb, therefore the cream will be left sitting under the skin of the eye area and will cause the discolouration and bags.

• Use a rice grain amount of eye cream for both eyes and only apply it around the eye socket.

• Light tapping around the socket area and out towards the temples can help to increase circulation and blood flow and encourage movement to help eliminate any blockages.

• Also the old time remedies do help! Such as cucumber and cold tea bags on the eyes.

• As an extra helping hand Dr. Daniello make an eye cream which we use in our day spa which helps reduce dark eyes circles and crows feet, called 24hr eye care.

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