Treat Dark Circles During Pregnancy Naturally: An Essential Guide

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Treat Dark Circles During Pregnancy Naturally
An Essential Guide
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Pregnancy may be a time when both you and your
family might feel elated, but pregnancy comes
with many challenges like swelling, migraine,
pigmentation, morning sickness, etc. The
occurrence of dark circles is also common during
your pregnancy. However, theres no reason for
you to worry about it. All you need to do is
understand why do you get dark circles during
your pregnancy and how can you get treated. So
Why Do You Get Dark Circles During Your
Pregnancy? Although melasma, which is also
referred to as skin darkening during
pregnancy (that is the skin around your upper
lip, cheekbones, forehead, your underarms, and
inner thighs) is one of the main reasons for the
emergence of dark circles in your pregnancy
however, several other underlying factors
contribute to them. The soaring pregnancy
hormones (estrogen and progesterone), thyroid
disorders, stress factors, and insufficient sleep
are the reasons behind the dark corners of your
eyes.
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How To Control The Dark Circles During
Pregnancy? Well! Try out these natural dark
circle removal tips at home to lighten their
appearance.
Apply Cucumber Directly On Your Skin or Prepare a
Mask
At the outset, we need to mention here that
cucumber is very good for pregnancy. It is rich
in water and consuming cucumber during pregnancy
keeps dehydration away. Additionally, having
cucumber can reduce your chances of pregnancy
constipation and can keep your mood elevated.
This is also good food for removing your dark
circles. Experts will suggest you slice the
cucumbers and leave them on your eye bags for 10
minutes. After 10 minutes, wash the eyes
with lukewarm water. You can alternately, prepare
a mask with cucumber and lemon juice. Grate the
cucumber, mix it with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice,
dip a cotton pad in this mix and apply it to your
eyes.
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Have Grounded Turmeric or Prepare a Mask
Turmeric is a powerful antioxidant that has
anti-inflammatory properties. You can have it
fresh, dried, or grounded or mix it with curries
and other dishes. A little bit of curcumin is
good for you and the developing baby inside you.
You can also apply some grounded or battered
turmeric directly to your skin or mix it with
pineapple juice). This is an effective dark
circle removal treatment, while youre expecting.
Gulab Jal or Rosewater Is Also Helpful Applying
rose water can helps in reducing the patchy dark
circles and evenly tones your skin colour as it
possesses antioxidants and anti-inflammatory
properties.
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How About Some Sliced Potatoes? During
pregnancy, you can experiment with potatoes by
having them boiled, deliciously baked, or
roasted. Potatoes not just offer dietary fiber
and carbohydrates to your pregnant body, but can
also nourish your sunken and darkish eyes. How?
You can slice them and put them directly on your
eyes to minimize the discolouration underneath.
You can also peel the potatoes, mix the skin with
olive oil, or coconut oil and milk (to prepare a
juice or paste and apply around the dark corners
of your eyes. Potatoes act as a natural bleaching
agent for your skin.
Aloe Vera Is Good For The Dark Circles Aloe vera
with honey will boost collagen production and
reduce pigmentation.
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Dont Throw Away The Tea Bags! Use the tea bags
to reduce your dark circles. Dilated blood
vessels below the eyes may play a part in dark
circles. Holding a cold tea bag over the area
may make the vessels constrict. It can be any tea
black, green or white.
Get Some Rest Sleep-deprivation during pregnancy
is one of the many reasons you might develop dark
circles. Ensure that you do some yoga and
practice meditation to make you feel stress-free,
help you rest, help you glow and reduce your dark
circles.
Also, make sure that you dont miss your prenatal
doctors visit to be more careful about your skin
pigmentation during your pregnancy and read our
blogs to gather some more knowledge on pregnancy,
postpartum, baby care, and cord blood banking.
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