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Dark Eye Circles
Question
Dear Beauty Box,
I just read your reply on undereye circles and I found the news depressing.
With all of the cosmetic surgery procedures these days, there must
be something they can do about dark circles. Isn't there a way of
bleaching/lightening the skin so the area does not appear to be so dark?
I have heard of people lightening their skin because of pigmentation
problems. Can't something be done for those of us who have inherited dark
circles? I am sick of using concealer, and my circles are so dark that
they can not be completely concealed. I literally look like I have two
black eyes.
Sara
(submitted by alias: )
Answer
Hi Sara,
sorry for giving you such depressing news, but as of now, I am yet to hear
of any cosmetic surgery procedures to treat dark eye circles, though there
might be one or some elsewhere.
While bleaching treatment may work on areas with hyper-pigmentation(that is
area where the skin's melanin cells are more concentrated than the
surrounding areas), it doesn't seem to work on skin that's naturally of
dark complexion.
Skin Grafting and Skin Flaps procedures are commonly used to replace skin
areas affected by burns, ulcers, cancerous skin lesions, or used to
resurface scarred or contracted areas of skin. Such procedures are not
used for dark eye circles probably because of its complexities and nature
of risks, to achieve a perfect job. When a part of the body(even on the
face) is already badly damaged, some small left-over surgical scars are
deemed acceptable, but no one will accept any left-over scars(no matter
how small they are) for dark eye circle treatments. Having the dark
circles is much better than having some scars left permanently on the face,
especially on the eye areas, a very prominent facial feature. I believe
this is probably the main reason why Grafting and Flaps procedures are not
used.
Anyway, do continue to look around and visit some plastic surgeons for
further advice.
And if you really cannot find any solution as yet, may I encourage you
that your inner-self is more important than your outer appearance. I am
sure your loved ones and your acquaintances still love you as much as what
you are. Great looks are only temporial and will pass away, as one ages.
I know how you feel, and I do sympathize with your predicament.
God bless.
Best Regards: Pierre
Question
Everyone including a lady who did my facial at
Adrien Arpel say I have beautiful skin, I would say I do
but I do notice tiny whiteheads around my cheeks and
under my eyes
this beautician said there is nothing I can do, is this
true?
Can you let me know what I can do to get rid of them?
and how about dark undereye circles
besides sleep and make-up? Also since we are on the
subject of facial features I noticed that my face is
small is there any way I can fatten
up just my face or de-empathize it's narrowness that to
me looks gaut?
Thank you,
complimented yet unsatisfied
(submitted by alias: Demi)
Answer
Hi Demi,
Whiteheads are milia seeds. They are embedded. Unlike
blackheads which can be quite easily squeezed out,
whiteheads have to be pricked out with a sterylized
needle. They are primarily accumulated sweat waste, and
salt from sweat and soap-based products that clogged the
sweat pores, and are as hard as rice grains. Treatment
will not produce results as fast as for blackheads, but
will be gradual. Avoiding the use of soap, and using an
effective cleanser that really cleanses, and application
products that do not promote cloggings to the pores
helps. If you would like to have a Free set of Pierre
Chenxu skincare samples matched to your skin, you can
visit http://www.pierrechenxu.com/ and submit your
particulars there.
Dark undereye circles may be due to natural deep-set
eyes which can only be conceal by makeup. If they were
not borned with, then adequate rest, sleep, and frequent
eye massage will certainly help. Besides, makeup is the
fastest way to conceal them. Apply a shade or two
lighter( of foundation cream ) than the other
surrounding areas of your face.
Likewise, for your small facial features, the best
solution is again makeup. Apply a brighter shade around
the narrow parts of your face. I do not know of any
effective means of puffing up narrow facial features by
way of skincare products applications.
Regards: Pierre
Question
I have dark under-eye circles that I cannot seem to
diminish (short of using concealer). I have tried many
products that claim to reduce them, but I have not
noticed any improvement. Could these circles be a
pigmentation problem that I could fix by using a
lightening cream? I would appeciate any help. Thanks!
(submitted by alias: Marie)
Answer
Hi Marie,
Do not be easily taken in by promises of a miracle. In
fact for dark under-eye circles concealer is the best
choice. Please read the reply on this beautybox page
I've given to someone called Adrian who had asked a
similar question too. Simply scroll this page to look
for Adrian.
Regards: Pierre
Question
Hi . This is Adrian. I'm terribly sorry that I've not
collected the samples. I was intending to do it on Monday
but my company's server crashed and we all have to
data-entry from scratch. I'm really sorry. Please hang
on to it for me for one more week. Thanks and really sorry
for any incovience cost. I would also like to thank you
for all the Q & A you've sent me. They really enhance my
knowledge on skin care. I've never knew jojoba oil would
be good on all-skin type , even on oily and preventance!
They should be in all comestic products. I've have a
question myself. I was wonderinf if there's any way to get
rid of dark eye ring. Many eye cream states they could but
they are all useless. I've seen an ad in 8 Days about
getting rid of dark eye rings. The price is $250! And this
is after discount. The original price was $500, although
they promise instantaneous results. I would like to hear
bout your opinion. Thanks and sorry again.
(submitted by alias: Adrian)
Answer
Hi Adrian,
OK, I'll arrange with our salon to hold your sample set
for one more week.
As for eye creams promising to remove dark circles, do
not be deceived by the advertiser. The cream will not work
on dark circles, and the price is certainly exhorbitant. Do visit
http://www.pierre-chenxu.com/ and navigate around the site.
I have put up a lot of warnings to consumers in that site.
These companies and salons made a lot of money through
such unscrupulous means. Recently, there is another new salon
which retails a 10ml cream for over S$1,000! Customers who
walked into their salon pay over S$10,000 for each set of
products!!! Like many others doing the same, you will soon
find this salon also expanding at least two to three more new
salons each year. 2 to 3 sales a day is enough for them to
spend in their advertising in a big way. Their big ad will
in turn attract more innocent people to be deceived by them.
It is therefore a great incentive for them to set up more branches.
By the way, dark circles are caused by various causes
such as:
(a) People who were born with sharp nose(high nose bridge)
and deep-set eyes will naturally have there eye circles
appearing dark(look at the indians for example. Most of
them will appear to have dark cricles).
(b) People who were born to have genuine dark circles.
(c) People who suffer from long period of insomnia -
lack of adequate rest and sleep.
(d) People who need to light midnight candles -
overstressing their eye muscles.
(e) Pigmentation after childbirth or due to side effects
of some drugs - these hyper-pigmentation around the eye
area will appear like dark circles.
How can their cream remove them? It's just absurd. For
condition (a), you will need plastic surgery to flatten
the nose bridge, and push up the eye sockets to make
the dark circles disappear. For (b), you need some
relatively lighter shade of makeup foundation to conceal
the dark circles. For (c), medical/psychiatric treatment
has to be sought to treat the insomnia. Once this person
gets to sleep normally, his/her dark circles will
automatically go. For (d) the person can only help
himself/herself to avoid staying too late to the wee hours.
For (e), it is a problem with hormonal imbalance, and
requires medical treatment. At times the body's hormonal
system can get back to normal on its own over time, and
the dark circles gradually disappear on its own. Eye
massage will also help to improve conditions (b), (c),
(d), and (e) to some extent, by way of stimulating and
enhancing blood circulation.
Eye creams that claim to rid wrinkles are often also
promoted in a deceptive way, by promising permanent
wrinkle-free youthful looks, irrespective of age.
Wrinkles are caused by:
(a) Constitution - naturally by birth due to the muscular
structure.
(b) Aging - sagging of muscles as one ages.
(c) Dehydrated skin - skin creases due to moisture loss.
(d) Gesture habits - frequent frowning, and smiling or
laughing in such a way that the eye muscles were often
creased.
(e) Lack of muscles - especially with skinny people.
What a good eye cream really does is to :
1) prevent further moisture loss.
2) assists the skin in absorbing moisture from the air.
3) compensates the skin with the natural sebum it may lack.
4) stimulates blood circulation(usually mild action only).
All of the above eventually do only one thing - that is
to puff up the skin. When skin around the eye area is puffed
up, the 'valleys' of the wrinkles will appear to be on
similar levels with the 'peaks'. Thus, crease lines became
less obvious, and wrinkles appear to have gone. But this
is only temporary. Once the moisture is gone, the valleys
will become valleys again, and crease lines will reappear.
Hope the above helps in your understanding of eye creams.
Regards: Pierre
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