How can I treat the dark circles under my eyes?

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... more

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... more

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... more

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... more

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... more

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... more

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... more

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... more