Does Phenol Peel Work on Dark Circles Around Eyes?

Hello, Treament of undereye dark circles generally requires improvement in contour, pigment, and wrinkling, all of which contribute to the dark circle appearance. Phenol peels, when skillfully performed, can make a tremendous improvement in wrinkling and hyperpigmentation of the undereye skin. The components of the undereye circle caused by contour imperfections - fat bags and/or tear trough depressions, however, are best treated surgically. As a general rule, when I treat patients with... more

Phenol peels can help with under eye darkness but it depends on the cause of the darkness. There are many different causes and determining the cause will help to determine which treatment is appropriate. While a consultation is always best to determine the cause, indicating that laser resurfacing did not help your dark circles, I would guess that phenol would not help either.

This is one of the most common problems we see and one of the most challenging to deal with.  First we need to figure out what causes them.  There are several causes listed below. 1. Excessive fatty tissue under lower eyelids can create a shadow effect.  This problem is more common then you might think.  Solution is removing or repositioning lower eyelid fat to avoid the light / shade transition. 2. Skin discoloration. It may respond to Phenol peel,... more

Phenol peeling will not improve your dark circles.  The darkness is in the cell of the skin and I do not know of any treatment that will improve it.  Fillers may inprove the darkness if it is due to hollow eyelids.