Does Yeast Cause Dark Circles Under Your Eyes? The Short Answer, and How to Get Rid of Dark Circles

Does yeast cause dark circles under your eyes? There is a very short answer to that question, then some more straight answers that guide you to solutions.

Here is how to get rid of dark under-eye circles.

First the answer, then an explanation.

No, yeast does NOT cause those dark circles. There is no evidence that a yeast infection (also called candida infection or candidiasis) has anything to do with the dark circles that millions of people have under their eyes.

The question reminds me of another common one with no truth to it: Will hemorrhoid cream shrink bags under the eyes and reduce dark circles? The answer to that is the same: No. (Sometimes the questions sound like jokes. Believe me, I'm not joking and I didn't make up either question.)

So why do I bring it up then?

Because I found out very recently that people often found one of my articles by asking the question on Google: "Does yeast cause dark circles under your eyes?"

The most common causes

-- Sometimes dark circles have a medical condition underlying them: iron-deficiency anemia has been blamed for dark circles under the eyes. If that is an issue, proper medical treatment is called for.

-- Often, we inherit the tendency to have those dark circles. If your dark circles look a lot like your mother's, let's say, then it sounds very much like your genes have something to do with it. That doesn't mean you just have to live with it -- there are definitely things you can do to help. But it helps to explain the problem.

-- The most common cause for most people is a combination of several things:

The skin under the eyes is the thinnest and perhaps the most delicate on your face and body. You can see any flaws under the skin extremely well. The exact problem is usually damage to the tiny blood vessels (capillaries) in the area. They are leaking tiny amounts of fluid all the time.

The fluid contains hemoglobin from the blood. When packed with oxygen being carried to all the body's cells, hemoglobin is bright red. When it loses its oxygen, it turns bluish or purple. Hemoglobin leaking from blood vessels will always lose its oxygen. As it accumulates, you get nasty colors, usually shades of deep red or blue, often darkening to almost black over time.

Poor circulation, of both blood and lymph in the area, make the appearance worse. Your skin might be baggy, as well as dark, under your eyes.

Solutions

Makeup is the only immediate solution, of course. If that makes you feel better, no problem. A soft rose or peach color often works best to hide the dark area, depending on your skin tone.

Long-term, the best solution by far is excellent skin nutrition. I'll name some ingredients that have proven effective in clinical trials. They are well worth looking for in an eye serum, under happinesslifetime.com eye cream, or whatever the manufacturer calls it. (Serum, cream, lotion, all are different words for the same kind of treatment.)

A trademarked ingredient called Haloxyl reduced dark circles under the eyes of volunteers in a clinical trial by more than 60 percent. Haloxyl helps to thicken the skin under the eyes, boost blood circulation and remove the hemoglobin that darkens the skin in that area.

Another ingredient called Eyeliss brought a marked reduction in bags under the eyes in a four-week trial.

These ingredients are complemented by others that stimulate the skin to produce more collagen and elastin. That makes a big difference because thin skin and loss of fat in the area under the eyes exaggerates the problem.

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Kathryn Lane is a longtime health and nutrition researcher. The best skincare products she has found have never been the most expensive or the most heavily advertised. Her website names them: www.health-and-skin-site.com www.health-and-skin-site.com/