There are several causes of dark eye circles. Common causes include:
- Excessive dermal pigmentation
- Hollowing of the infra-orbital region
- Prominent veins under the eye
- Constitutional i.e. part of the skin color due to ethnic race.
Depending on the primary cause, treatment may or may not be effective, either partially or completely.
For example, dark eye rings due to:
- Excessive dermal pigmentation may be improved by the use of pigment lasers
- Infraorbital hollowing may be improved by the judicious placement of fillers
- Prominent veins may be improved by the use of the long-pulsed 1064nm vascular laser.
The majority of dark eye rings due to constitutional cause remain challenging to treat and may show some lightening with the use of lightening creams.
A proper face-to-face assessment by your preferred Aesthetic doctor is the first step you can take to help improve your problem of dark eye rings.
Commercial eye masks act primarily as skin hydrators and may help a little to reduce the appearance of dark eye rings in a small group of patients where skin hydration is lacking.
