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How Can I Treat the Dark Circles Under my Eyes?
I have dark circles under my eyes that make me look tired. What eye treatments are available to get rid of these dark circles?
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Restylane for dark circles
Hi: This answer will only address the issue of dark circles. Puffiness, hollowness, etc. can be discussed in another reply.
Dark circles under the eyes (raccoon eyes) are mostly due to melanin pigmentation. Your degree of pigment is obviously genetic. Hence, many people who have this problem are of Afro-American, Caribbean, Mediterranean or Hispanic descent.
A second cause is vascular congestion. This is an area containing many, small blood vessels. In some people, these are congested,...
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There are few factors that create dark circle under the...
There are few factors that create dark circle under the eye. One must address all or some of these problems to fix the dark circles.
Darker skin color: There many genetic and environmental factors creating darker skin color (hyper pigmentation) under the eye. Most of this hyper pigmentation can be treated with skin bleach (hydroquinone). It would take few months for the cream to work. For quicker fix one can do laser or chemical skin resurfacing (peels).
Hollowness under the eyes: ...
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Dark circles appear for more than one reason. The skin...
Dark circles appear for more than one reason.
The skin of the eyelids is ofter darker than that of the rest of the face. As we age and our skin has less elasticity and sags, the difference between the eyelid skin and the upper cheek is more obvious.
As we age and the skin gets thin, the network of blood vessels within the skin becomes more visible, making the area look dark or purplish.
As the skin gets more thin, the "hollow" under the eyes appears or looks larger.
Therefore,...
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Permanent effective removal of dark circles under eyes requires laser surgery
Blue and purple dark circles are usually caused by blood vessels and can be improved with IPL or Photofacial treatments.
Brown colored dark circles under eyes are usually pigment and can be treated with fractional ablative laser resurfacing.
The true deep depressed dark circle under the eye, which I call the arcus deformity is treated with a procedure called the laser arcus marginalis release with fat grafting.
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Management of lower eyelid circles
Cricles may be due to a variety of causes:
Descent of cheek fat causing the groove under the eye to be more prominent
Laxity of the lower eyelid structures allowing fat to bulge forward and cause lower eyelid fullness
Hyperpigmentation (chloasma or mask or preganancy) associated with oral contraceptive use
Thin skin allowing the underlying muscle to be more visiblle and create a bluish-purplish appearance
Repeated irritation or inflammation with hyperpigmentation or depositiion of pigment...
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Problematic dark circles under the eyes
Dark circles under the eyes can cause a person to look tired and older. As we age, the skin under our eyes loses volume and thins out. This can cause the appearance of dark circles.
Make up works well to conceal this, but I have found that using hyaluronic acid, such as Restylane or Juvederm, injected under the eyes works amazingly well to eliminate or significantly reduce the dark circles. This may sound painful, but I assure you, most patients tell me that they can't even feel it! Of...
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Dark circles under the eyes can be caused by two things:...
Dark circles under the eyes can be caused by two things: pigment deposits in the skin or shadows created from fat bulging from the lower eyelid. The treatment for each of these is different.
If pigment deposits are the problem, bleaching agents or skin resurfacing may be the answer. Skin resurfacing can take the form of deep chemical peels or ablative laser (such as CO2 or erbium) treatments.
If fat shadows are the problem, the solution is a lower blepharoplasty in which the fat of the...
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Many patients of Mediterranean descent have dark circles...
Many patients of Mediterranean descent have dark circles under their eyes. There is nothing that can be done about this other than makeup.
Some patients have severe allergies which create puffiness, bags and shiners underneath the lower lid. Well managed allergy symptoms can improve the dark circles.
In addition, high salt intake in the diet can increase fat bags because of fluid retention in the bags in the lower lids. Makeup can reduce how dark the circles are; apply a yellow concealer...
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