Very often people believe that having dark circles under the eyes is a nice mark of aging. This is not true as you can see children and youngs having the same problem. A lot of specialists claim that dark eye circles are pure hereditary. This is true, but we also can see people with no sign under their eyes. In my simple opinion, we must take dark eye circles heredity in this way: once we have dark eye circles, we'll pass this predisposition to all our descendents.

So, if you accept this point of view, you should take care of your dark circles very much and let's begin with dark eye circles causes:

1. The skin area located under the eyes is close linked to kidneys and liver activity, so the dark eye circles indicate possible weakness or problem in the kidney or liver function. This must be an invitation to pay a visit to your doctor.

2. Very often dark under eye circles are the evidence of skin dehydration.

3. Insufficient rest may be the usual cause under eye circles. By insufficient rest you must consider situations resulting in worsening eye circles like not having enough sleep, watching TV, working on computer and so on.

4. You might have some allergies. The most frequent allergy causing foods are, dairy products, white potatoes, corn products, tomatoes and tobacco, wheat products and chocolate.

5. You might be in special condition such as iron absorption deficiency or problems generated by sinus or anemia.

As you can see, understanding the right cause of dark circles under eyes is very important, because this way you have possibility to use the right treatment to fight them.