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    Crossfingers dark circles and bags under eyes!?

    can anyone recommened a good eye cram that helps with bags and dark circles? i use touche eclat but i can still see the dark circles! really annoying me! i get alot of sleep, drink loads of water so i don't know where they are coming from!!!??
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    I never had luck with creams, but there are treatments available. Also, I LOVE Touche Clat, but it is light to medium coverage. Maybe you could try a more full coverage concealer? Two that I have heard are good for dark circles are Cle de Peau and Kevyn Aucoin the sensual skin enhancer.
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    I think the bags are genetic. I have them, and am going to get plastic to get rid of them sometime in the next 2-3 years tops. If I pull on the skin next to them I look 10 years younger, and I like that, even if I still get plenty of attention with the damned things. I do have really deep set eyes but I'm not sure that's related.

    Someone suggested some eye cream stuff and I bought it, but I'm no good at putting shit on everyday.
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    I know dark circles can be from anemia (I get them during *that* time of the month) or it's hereditary (thanx mom & dad). Aside from a good concealer (applied gently w/the ring finger using a tapping motion instead of rubbing), I find that sleeping with my head elevated helps, as does limiting caffeine/alcohol intake. I've also read that nasal congestion can cause dark circles & bags because it dilates & darkens the veins that drain from your eyes to your nose, so maybe an over-the-counter nasal spray might work.

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    *ps. dark sunglasses & sunscreen. you don't want to exacerbate dark circles by producing MORE melanin.

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    I've been reading that hesperidin/bio-flavenoids help, but haven't been able to afford to add that to my supplement regemin yet. Mine are hereditary and only diminish if I get 8-9 hours of very deep sleep. I'll hopefully be able to add this next week, and I will let you know how it goes.
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    Put a couple of dabs of preparation h under your eyes. It will diminish the bags.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JayATee View Post
    Put a couple of dabs of preparation h under your eyes. It will diminish the bags.
    ^^^This.
    I have huge bags under my eyes.
    It looks like I never sleep.

    This is about the only thing that helps.
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    I know mine are caused by fucked up sinuses due to allergies so with zyrtec and the use of a neti pot they are slowly but surely improving. I've been using this nifty sephora brand concealer quad that has the pink, green, and yellow colors you can use to neutralize pretty much any issue, with a skin tone concealer to put over it. I'll have to try sleeping with my head elevated and I know I have iron issues so maybe that will help as well. On the bad days I look so much older than I am! Thank god for club lighting.

    ETA: I also avoid putting mascara on my bottom lashes or any kind of liner or shadow beneath them because they inevitably sink into the lines caused by the swelling and emphasize the dark circles. Yuck.

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    Oh I forgot, if you wear contacts, be careful how you put them in! I have always taken my contacts out a lot and then put them back in a lot, to give my eyes a rest from them. But when you do that you tend to push on the skin under your eyes, and I know it has made my problem way worse.
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    isnt preparation H for haemorroids!?

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    Yeah but aren't they puffy things that swell and it shrinks them? So stands to reason it would work under the eyes too. I'll have to get some and try that, thanks for the tip JayATee!
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    prep h is GREAT for under your eyes. it works by making the blood vessels in the area shrink, thus causing any swelling to go away. i tend to get puffy eyes, and this is my favorite method to get them to go away... hell, even if you don't have puffiness, it helps tighten the skin under your eyes and make them look much more refreshed.

    remember, less is more! you don't want to get that shit in your eye! oh, and if you have a tube on hand for the 'official' purpose... go get a different tube for your eyes. cross contamination is NOT good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crystalxcarrera View Post
    isnt preparation H for haemorroids!?
    Yup. Doesn't mean it doesnt work for the bags under your eyes. A lot of photogs use it on shoots.
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    I have the same issue. I use the prep h gel (cream is too oily). However I can't seem to cover the darkness. Help?
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    I heard hylexin (sp?) works for the circles but it's like $100 for a little tube! They have it in sephora.

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    I have genetic dark circles and the area under my eyes is kind of sunken in. No eye cream or concealer ever worked for me. I recently got Restylane injections in the tear troughs and OMG I look 15 years younger. The resty fills the sunken in problem which helps with the dark circles so much since there's no shadowing effect going on anymore. Couldn't be happier.

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    i havent heard a bad thing about the Garnier Anti-Puff Eye Roller

    & other than that..Prep H is pretty much it !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wild Child View Post
    I have genetic dark circles and the area under my eyes is kind of sunken in. No eye cream or concealer ever worked for me. I recently got Restylane injections in the tear troughs and OMG I look 15 years younger. The resty fills the sunken in problem which helps with the dark circles so much since there's no shadowing effect going on anymore. Couldn't be happier.
    is it possible to see pics??? i have the same issue...thank u!

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    Just wanted to report back that sleeping with my head elevated and switching to a multivitamin with iron seem to be making a difference. I've also gotten myself back up to 8 cups of water a day and have reduced my sodium intake and have continued using the neti pot and the zyrtec and I've noticed a big improvement. I think I'll be back to semi normal (plus a couple of wrinkles that should go away when I get my TCA peel in two months and are not noticeable in club lighting) in another week or two. No way of knowing what out of these things is responsible for the improvement but for those who like me have this issue due to allergies and sinus problems like me all of these things are worth a try!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wild Child View Post
    I have genetic dark circles and the area under my eyes is kind of sunken in. No eye cream or concealer ever worked for me. I recently got Restylane injections in the tear troughs and OMG I look 15 years younger. The resty fills the sunken in problem which helps with the dark circles so much since there's no shadowing effect going on anymore. Couldn't be happier.
    +1 to this, I've seen amazing results! http://www.bostoneyelids.com/tear-trough.aspx
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    Here ya go PLAYAGIRL

    I also had Restylane in my lips (and an obvious change in hair color)

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    OMG I love the result!!!You definitely look a lot younger. So hot!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wild Child View Post
    Here ya go PLAYAGIRL

    I also had Restylane in my lips (and an obvious change in hair color)
    What a difference! So pretty!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wild Child View Post
    Here ya go PLAYAGIRL

    I also had Restylane in my lips (and an obvious change in hair color)
    Thanks for that. I was curious about the same thing as I have a similar problem. Could people notice you had it done (eyes)? Most of my friends are anti-fillers and would freak if they knew I had restylane under my eyes. I just wanna look fresh and not tired all the time.

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    People will notice if you put it in your lips. But anywhere else and you'll just look well rested.

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