Is Filler For Dark Circles Too Good To Be True?
You've tried every concealer under the sun. Yes, even Shape Tape and Radiant Creamy Concealer. You have empty jars of eye cream lining your medicine cabinet. Maybe you've even seen a doctor or two. But your dark circles are still there—no matter how much sleep you get or how much water you drink. The sad, cold truth is that they will probably always be there. You see—dark circles are mostly genetic. They have more to do with the composition of your skin and the way light reflects off your orbital bone than they do with your coffee consumption.
There is one procedure you can try to at least minimize the appearance of the dark circles for a short while—but it might hurt. Over the last few years, women have been turning to plastic surgeons and cosmetics dermatologists to get hyaluronic acid fillers injected under their eyes. You might think: wait, I don't want puffier under-eyes! Why would I do that?
"The number one reason I see dark circles under the eyes is because of volume loss in the tear trough," says Heidi A. Waldorf, director of cosmetic and laser dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. We asked Waldorf to evaluate six women—all who complained about persistent dark under-eye circle—and give them a boost of filler. It turns out, a small layer of expertly applied hyaluronic acid gel is all you need to lift the delicate skin up and away from the blood vessels under your eyes. Though you'll look a little red and bruised for a day or two, pretty soon your eye area will appear noticeably brighter. "At a certain point we know no amount of cover-up is going to cover-up a hollow. It's really freeing to know that you can go to the gym, go to yoga, and not have to put concealer on," says Waldorf.
See what the six women thought of the procedure by watching the video above, plus see more fun with fillers below.
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