My Dark Circles Blog Forum

[idaviruma]

has anyone heard of this used for dark circles? I'm pretty desperate at this point and willing to try anything.

[riskey58]

I can say that I have never heard of this. But I am like you I am almost willing to try anything. I am so tired of these dark circles. They make you look twice has old has you really are.

[FourBear]

I haven't heard of this.  Is it an injection, cream, or something else?  I'd be interested to learn more, especially if it's not very invasive.

[bwhite]

What's really bad is when they are so dark you don't look twice your age but you look like the walking dead.  That would be me.  I look like I've either got two black eyes or I have something seriously wrong with me (I've seen it in a mirror at the end of  the night).  I could upload a pic if ya'll really wanted to see the walking dead...LOL

[Gigi]

Restalyne works in that it fills in hollow eyes. If you simply have discoloration, it wont do much. If you have under eye hollows, it works by replacing lost fat, which causes shadowing. A good PS consult will be able to tell if you need it. And restylyne is pretty safe and the body absorbs it in 3-6 months.

[kalyn]

I want to share my experiences in injecting Restylene 3 months ago with my local PS (plastic surgeon). Restylene causes my undereyes to end up with big bulgy eyebags as it plumps up the undereye area. Not only it does not solve my dark eye circles problems, it worsens it. I suspect that the inject damages my veins as my dark circles appear to be even more bluish than before. It only works if you have hollows under your eyes. Otherwise, please don't do it as not only will it cause uneven bulges , and it will not cure your dark circles. My PS is one of the best in town but it don't help. And not to mention, I regretted ever tried it. Just my 2 cents worth.

[idaviruma]

thanks for sharing, yeah, the main issue I have is losss of fat under eyes, they look very sunken in, and I'm only 21, so its a huge confidence issue, my eyes look fine when I tilt my head back, but when I look straight in the mirror, very dark and scary. I'm already using a thick layer of supposedly the best concealer, but its not doing much, I'm really paranoid about it and avoid eye contact at all costs  because I feel like people are staring at the circles, and not my eyes..
Bleah, I hate this, I'm so jelous of people who have good complexion, acne doesent help either.
Do you mind me asking how much you paid for it?
I bought a magazine few weeks ago and there was a picture of before and after, theres like 2 procedures, injectable eye fillers, fat grafting and removing excess fat/tigtening, but thats for older, sagging skin I assume, but one the one picture the woman looked about 26-30, I'm going to scan it and post here later.

[admindc]

If
Restylene fail, do you need to remove it?

[justaguy]

[brishen1]

The development of dark circles under one’s eyes makes you looktired. Some people develop dark circles with aging, while others havehad them from when they were young. Dark circles occur just asfrequently in Caucasians as they do in more darkly pigmented people.Dark circles, contrary to popular thought, is not due to being tired,stressed, or worn out. (no matter how you feel!) Dark circles developdue to staining of the thin eyelid skin from pigments that have leakedout from your blood cells. The blood cell pigment, known as hemoglobin,oxidizes when it gets close to the skin’s surface due to light exposureand turns a bluish red color. (the hemoglobin turns to hemosiderin, aniron-based pigment) This discoloration subsequently looks like a bruiseand is easily seen since the lower eyelid skin is very thin and almosttransparent. Once the dark circles appear from the pigment deposits,they may likely be permanent. mcdba dumps What can one do for dark circles? First and foremost, eyelid surgerywill not get rid of dark circles. Lower blepharoplasty, which removesexcess lower eyelid skin and fat, does not directly target thepigment-staining problem. In the short-term, it may actually make itlook worse due to the bruising from surgery and has the potential toplace more blood products near the skin to be broken down. In somecases, there is some improvement in the appearance of the dark circlesas the lower eyelid is tightened and there is less of an undereyehollow for shadowing to appear in. But one should never undergo lowerblpeharoplasty if your main objective is to get rid of the darlcircles. Any improvement in the dark circles should be considered abonus but not the main objective of the surgery. Secondly, peeling, burning, or exfoliation of the lower eyelid skindoes not usually work well either. Whether it is done by a chemicalpeel or laser resurfacing, mcsa dumps the removal of the outer layer of the lowereyelid skin does not reach the area where the pigment deposition lies.Resurfacing removes the outer epithelium of the skin but does not, orshould not, reach the deeper dermis or the underside of the skin. (ifit does, the lower eyelid will scar) While I don’t think there is muchharm to a lower eyelid peel, with a 25% or 35% TCA solution, it is notparticularly effective in most cases. And runs the risk of an additiveproblem known as hyperpigmentation which can contribute to the darknessof the lower eyelid skin. Potential leaching of the skin through hydroquinone topicalpreparations seems like a reasonably safe approach, mcse dumps although how itworks doesn’t necessarily specifically target the pigment issue.Hydroquinone works by suppressing the melanin or color production ofthe skin so it is easy to see how this may be effective forhyperpigmentation or age-related (sun exposure) brown spots. But thisbleaching chemical is not known to specifically break down and clearhemosiderin pigments stains. So bleaching the skin sounds like it wouldwork, but the chemistry behind it would suggest otherwise.

[fkawa]

Restylane does not remove actual darkness of the skin but it does remove under eye depressions which can cause shadows. My surgery involved a co2 laser for the darkness and radiesse under the eye muscle for the shadows. Radiesse is the alternative to restylane. Having a good surgeon taking care of the injections is very important.

[dale]