Dark circles

Dark circles are a variation in the color of the skin under the eyes. It gives the look a tired and aged look. It can be due to a hollow by a collapse of the fat or on the contrary to a pocket and its shadow effect, reflection of the pockets above more marked by the difference in volume (relative hollow under the pockets). Also it can be pigmented blue because of the very thin skin and the reflection of the vascularization below or brown due to a high concentration of melanin.

Several factors can cause dark circles, among them :

• - The stress
• - Lack of sleep
• - Excessive consumption of alcohol, salt, unhealthy diet
• - The dehydration
• - Poor blood circulation in the face and around the eyes
• - heredity

Treatment of dark circles depends on the cause, it can be simple when it comes to removing fatty pockets or filling the hollow by injecting hyaluronic acid or adipocyte cells (autologous fat).

It is more complicated if there are other associated factors such as pigmentation or poor blood circulation, the treatment of which is much more complex associating a healthy lifestyle, effective blood drainage (sport, massages, stopping smoking) and sometimes a endonasal septal deviation surgery for poor breathing.