Remedy for Hereditary Dark Under Eye Circles?
asked 1 year ago by SMonique in Newport News, VA
Latest answer by Aaron Stone, MD
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Tags: female, genetic, hereditary
I'm a female, and I have terribly dark circles around my eyes that unfortunately, are hereditary. My father's side of the family have the dark circles and I notice that as they age, the circles grow darker and darker. The circles on my eyes, on any given day, can appear to be light brown but at others they're really dark brown. I don't like the idea of concealer simply because I don't want to HAVE to need it everyday to look normal, but I'm tired of looking drained. What can I do?
2 answers to Remedy for Hereditary Dark Under Eye Circles?
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Treatment of dark under eye circles
Dark discoloration under the eyes can be due to shadows created by the
surface topography that creates a shadow,
actual skin darkening or
thinning of the skin which allows the color of the underlying muscle to show through.
You can also have various combinations of these factors causing the darkness like 75% of 2 and 25% of 1 etc. Also 1 can be due to swollen eyelid skin from allergies, insufficient eyelid fat etc. Without a face to face examination it is...
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Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Under eye fillers can help some.
Hi SMonique
Dark circles trouble everyone to some degree. However some have much worse darks circles than others. The dark circles are affected by shadowing, pigment in the skin, but the biggest culprit is thin lower eyelid skin. This allows the thin muscle just under the skin to absorb much of the light that penetrates the skin. This leaves this area looking very dark. Understanding this helps you appreciate that bleaching the skin will be relatively...
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