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Options for Genetic or Venous Congestion Caused Dark Eye Circles

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If it is genetic or due to venous congestion, what is the best route to pursue? I'm only 23 but my dark circles have been there pretty much my whole life, and now they are so noticeable that even makeup I went to a professional makeup artist to buy doesn't seem to work enough to cover it convincingly. My undereye areas are a bluish purple and it's not from anything sleep related, old age, or smoking, etc. SO, what might my options be and how much might they run, price-wise? Thank you!

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