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Dark circles: the four causes, and why creams miss them
Thin skin, pigment, a hollow or a bag. Most people have two at once.
“Dark circles” is one phrase for four different things. The skin under the eye can be so thin that the vessels beneath show through as blue or purple. The skin itself can hold brown pigment. A hollow between the eye and the cheek can cast a shadow. Or a bag of fat or fluid can cast one.
Why creams do not reach them
Creams act on the top layer of skin. None of the four causes lives there. A brightening cream can soften pigment slightly, and caffeine can tighten the surface for an hour, but a hollow, a bag or thin skin is untouched.
This is why the consultation matters more than the treatment: the practitioner first works out which causes you have, often with a skin scanner under good light, and only then builds a plan.
What that plan might involve
Colour is usually treated with light-based treatment. Thin skin is thickened with skin boosters. A hollow is lifted with a small amount of filler so it no longer casts a shadow. A bag cannot be removed without surgery, but its shadow can be softened. The Miracle Eye Programme is the clinic's combination of these.