Dear Lisa, The dark color you mention starting at the corner of your eyes is called a Tear Trough Deformity, commonly called dark circles under the eyes. You can read about what causes dark circles under the eyes in Chapter One of my book Save Your Face. The dark circle under the eye is normal, [...]

Dear Nissa, Hi, I’m Cheryl, Dr Seckel’s Medical Aesthetician. Dr. Seckel asked if I could help with your question about skin creams for dark circles under the eyes. I have to say I have received good feedback about the Teamine eye complex it contains Vitamin C, and K which helps minimize dark circles under the [...]

Results of fat injection into the eyelid have not been good in my opinion and complications including ectropion and injury to the eyeball have been reported

many younger people today are troubled by dark circles under the eyes and are seeking correction with a laser transconjunctival blepharoplasty with arcus marginalis release and fat grafting to correct dark circles under the eyes,

Dear Janis, I am sorry to hear of your experience after filler injection around the eyes. Most likely the injection with the needle ruptured blood vessels and caused bleeding. The blood underneath the eyelid caused the black and blue. Usually the black and blue goes away in 3-6 weeks. However the eyelids are so thin [...]

Don’t let anyone inject a filler around your eye

The major problem causing dark circles under the eyes is the depression or hollowness which starts near the nose and runs along the eye socket bone out towards the side of the face.

I am sorry I didn’t read your opinion about blepharoplasty and fat injections before I did that because it was not pleasant.

I do not recommend thread lift etc-they are not accepted techniques with proven longevity yet

The safest and most effective technique to correct this is a laser procedure called an arcus marginalis release which releases the ligament and then to transplant fat into the hollow or place an implant called a tear trough implant