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Tips for dark eye circles

Beauty Cred on 11 Jul 2006 at 6:37pm

Ever get one of those dreaded comments: "you look tired"? While the right response should be "who isn't tired?", that doesn't address the fact your fatigue is showing. So often the giveaway are the dark circles and eyebags beneath the eyes. If you're like most people, the dark eye circles are the result of thinning under eye skin and small broken blood vessels.Under eye circles and products to help

Getting rid of dark circles is not for the faint of heart. Here are dark circle insights from medical experts:

1. Stop smoking - If you smoke, its causing skin damage that lead to eye circles and wrinkles

2. Visit a medical expert - Dark eye circles can be treated using a variety of techniques that depend on the severity.  Dark circle treatments range from chemical peels to IPL to fat transfer surgery

3. Try a natural dark circle solution - skincare experts recommend:

  • drinking water,
  • avoiding the sun,
  • using sunscreen,
  • using vitamin K cream,
  • treating allergies,
  • applying cold compresses (tea bags or cucumbers), and
  • sleeping on your back with your head elevated

Leave a comment and share what worked (or didn't) for your dark eye circles!

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Mark (unregistered guest) 14 Jul 2006

Have you looked in to Chitosan skin care products? From the makers of EMK Placental

Julie (unregistered guest) 14 Jul 2006
Have you tried Restylane to treat dark under-eye circles? True, its more "invasive" than using a topical cream (despite the fact that Restylane doesn't involve any downtime), but the results are real. I haven't found a good topical that actually treats dark circles, which are oftentimes caused by sunken lower eyelids. Restylane adds volume, and hence "lightens" eyes by eradicating the sunken features.
Tom at RealSelf (Community Manager) 13 Aug 2007
More information about Restylane, and the experiences of RealSelf members with Restylane are listed on our Restylane reviews section. Thank you for the comment!
JoyinKC 5 Jun 2008
I wish there was a laser surgery that can rid me of eye circles. I have had dark circles since I was a little girl and used to be asked if someone punched me and gave me two black eyes. The only product that has ever helped me was "Dermablend Quick Fix" concealer. I have yet to find any eye cream-expensive or cheap to fix this problem. I think Restylane is a band aid procedure. I would like to know if someone has heard of a surgery that can repair the thin skin or broken blood vessels. My father had the same circles under his eyes, so I believe it's hereditary. For people with lighter circles-I found that vitamin k cream/gel will lighten them. (Not get rid of them) If anyone has heard of anything better-I would be interested and appreciate you sharing the information.
Osea 7 Jun 2008
Dear Seattle Beauty, Your post is so sad! But I fully sympathize with your frustration with your undereye circles because I have gone through a similar frustration myself, and I am only in my 20's! My under eye circles look(ed) very much like the picture posted by your comments. I know how you feel about "My body's in control, not me, and that scares me." But THERE's HOPE!! Recently, I finally found a solution THAT WORKS and I am happily watching my skin improve AND my long-term undereye circles (which I had come to think I was doomed to have through heredity) diminish after, goodness knows, decades of frustration with them! Do you also experience frustration with "saggy" tired looking skin elsewhere on your face? I did. Hopefully my solution will help! Let's cut to the chase, so you can see if my solution works for you too. After years of experimenting with everything under the sun and experiencing no improvement, here's the solution that I found that works for me, which has produced a remarkable improvement in my skin and undereye circles, and has improved the collagen content of my skin: 1. I eat one whole grapefruit per day. Sometimes even eat 1 and a half. (This is important because it is a rich source of vitamin C, which is CRUCIAL for collagen production. Dr. Murad has written a scientific journal article about the importance of ascorbate in collagen production and I found it on PubMed.) 2. I eat whole grain bread. 3. I eat a spoonful of nutritional yeast each day (important source of B Vitamins and amino acids) for good measure. I mix mine with yogurt or oatmeal to mask the yucky taste. 4. NOW HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART: I go to bed at 9:30 with the lights out. Make sure your room is completely dark. It is important not to just get "8 hours of sleep," but to get several hours of sleep before MIDNIGHT. A lot of scientific research is devoted to studying circadian rhythms--which have to do with animals (and humans) body clocks in response to light/dark cycles in their environment. My point: this stuff is important to pay attention to. If you go to bed at midnight and get 8 hours of sleep--it won't work. You MUST go to bed as many hours before midnight as possible--9:30 is good but even 11pm is better than midnight. 5. NOW HERE'S THE SECOND IMPORTANT PART: Keep the window blinds to your room open so the natural light (or dark) from the outdoors is present in your room. When the morning sun rises at dawn, make sure it comes into your room and wakes you up naturally. Your body will get used to the rhythm of bedtime at 9:30 and waking up at sunrise. It's pretty impressive cuz I've never been an early riser myself. 6. And for good measure, eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies per day. You can even count your grapefruit as 2 of those servings :) There you have it. It may sound pedestrian, or simplistic, but I can't tell you what a *MIRACULOUS* difference these simple steps have made for me and my undereye circles. I hope you find this helpful--Good luck to you! Solidarity, Osea
cleinianenenene (unregistered guest) 8 Aug 2009
can you help me in my problem.... i have a dark black circle in my eyes,...i dont know what will i do to remove it.....caN u help meh plzZz???....

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