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Quick Dark Circle Surgery

Under-eye fat pads begin to protrude due to skin aging, and mid-facial bones also become hollow with aging, resulting in circular shadows and dermal depressions under the eyes. These are called dark circles because of the darker-colored skin and circular shape of the shadows. Quick Dark Circle Surgery rearranges the under-eye fat using lasers and fastens the under-eye skin with absorbable sutures unlike previous dark circle surgery. It takes only 10 minutes and incurs minimized swelling allowing a fast return to daily life.

Cause of Dark Circle

Protruding Under-Eye Fat

The orbital fat pads, which cushion and protect the eyeball in the anatomy of human eye, protrude more and more for various reasons. This mostly appears in middle-aged people who have reduced elasticity of the under-eye skin and muscles, but recently a number of young women have experienced this as well. Such protruding fat pads cast shadows under the eyes and cause dark circles.

Formation of Tear Troughs

The muscles from the eyes, nose and frontal cheekbones meet about 1 to 1.5 cm below the lower eyelids, and if the muscles have an increasing gap between them, a depression occurs in the skin of that area. Visible troughs under the eyes are called ‘tear troughs.’ The tear trough has a darker color than the surrounding skin and is the biggest cause of dark circle.

Dermal Thickness and Excessive Capillaries under the Eyes

The under-eye skin is the thinnest in the body and has excessive capillaries under it, having a bluish color reflecting the vessels through the thin skin. Since muscle also shows through the thin skin, dark circles can be exacerbated.

Pigmentation

Because under-eye skin is more exposed to ultraviolet rays than other facial areas, but has less sebaceous and sweat glands as well as natural protection, it easily gets fine wrinkles and is subject to faster skin aging than other areas.