I am 19 years old and ever since i was a young girl i have always had dark circles under my eyes and they sit just above my cheek bones i jst want to know… because i have almost tried everything… how do i know if they are hereditary… especially if no one else in my family tree has the same problem!? help!

For the past week I have been waking up with puffy eyes. I think it was an allergic reaction to my new acne medicine. I stopped using it and every time I wake up they are still puffy. As the day goes on it is not as bad, but it is annoying. What do I do?

i am 12 years old and i’ve always had dark circles under my eyes. but lately they are really bad. they are slightly red and itchy and quite puffy. do you think i am allergic to anything? (i was allergic to pure wool when i was younger but ive grown out of it)

i get puffy eyes every morning,i hate it so much even wheni put make up on it still looks so ugly,,i dont frink alot of water but am not dehydrated either,plz give me an advice ,how to get rid of puffy eyes

I am 13 and last year whenever it will turn to Summer the end of the year My eyelid would get swollen.AT first it woulf be on eye lid, not bad. Then it will turn into both eyelids really bad. And this year,two days ago, my lips were really itchy and the next day my eyes were swollen the lids, i just put ice, but since i know myself i know that it wouldbget worse, i couldn’t go to school today because of how terreible it looks, its even swollen in the bottom eyelid also. I put ice, but nothing is working=/

Victoria, I had the same problem. Eyelids were swollen and flakey. I went to the dermitoligist and she immediatly said it was a allergy to fingernail polish(an ingrediant in). I have been polishing my nails since I was 12 and never had a problem. I started getting gel nails and it had not happened since.

I have had allergies since i was born, I am basically allercic to everything, except food. i usually get the swollen eyes so bad i cant see, they look like golf balls. One time it was so bad my actual eye was swollen around my pupil and i had to go to the hoptital. Usually they go away after i put eye drops in and sleep a night. And usually i know where they come from, whether it be from dusting, hay, or small animals. Yesterday, however, I just randomly started sneezing and my eyes got really puffy. This happened in a few years. So i put in the eye drops and went to sleep but this morning, my eyes are still really puffy and a little wrinkly. I have also built up an immunity to Benadryl and Claritin. I am trying my hand ad Zyrtec now. Does anyone know why the swelling didn’t go down this time? And why they are wrinky?

I came down with a cold 10 days which I got from my boyfriend. It started in my throat and then went up to my nose and sinuses. I was congested and blowing my nose a lot and had runny eyes. Since about 4 days ago I am no longer congested but I still feel a bit run down and now my eyes are puffy. The lids are puffy and under my eyes are also not normal. I do live in an area surrounded by a lot of trees, plants and flowers in southern california. I have never had allergies before but I’m wondering if my cold weakend my system and then I was more suseptible to them? My eyes are not red and are not watering. They are just puffy and I feel run down. I have had conjunctivitis before but I was told that it is not that because I do not have any discharge. My eyes are glossy but not watering. any feedback much appreciated.

My puffy eyes are definitely environmental. They started when I moved into this apartment and I look hideous. I stayed at a hotel last week for a sales meeting and by day two my eyes were beautiful and normal-sized again. When I got home my eyes started itching again, my nose started stuffing up, and by morning my eyes were huge.

I’m going to the allergy doctor on Monday, and I’ve asked the landlord if there were pets in the apartment before I moved in last month, but nothing of the sort. I think it might be the paint. I’ve been here nearly 2 months and I can still smell the paint on the walls. That, or the peace lily I bought to eat up the VOCs from the paint on the wall. I have hardwood floors so it’s not from carpet.

I don’t know. I already take Zyrtec every day for skin allergies, but it doesn’t help my eye problem, I don’t know how I’m going to fix this. After staying in the hotel I was shocked at how different I looked. I’ve been puffy for so long I forgot how much better I look when my eyes look normal. It really makes me sad.

ive tried every, like actually everything, and no matter what it wont go away, im so frustrated and discouraged in the mornings, ive bought eye products that will decrease the puffyness, that didnt work, ive bought products that will slowly over time completly banish puffy eyes, that also did not work, ive tried sleeping on my back with my pillow elivated, didnt work, ive tried ice cubes, cucumber potatoes, ice masks, everything, and nothing works, im super emmbarresed to go out in public when my eyes are puffy, what on earth do i do??

I have had puffy eyes in the AM for a couple years now. A friend mentioned the problem when he was in the hospital freshly diagnosed with diabetes, heart problems and kidney failure. I too have diabetes so started wondering about a coorelation there. Recently having gone on a diet my eyes have not been puffy. So I think it was a combination of dehydration, excess sodium in my diet and the diabetes. My blood sugars are very good when I am on the diet and of course drinking lots of water is part of it. People have been saying how much weight I have lost, being only 20lbs I wonder if I look better because my eyelids are no longer the size of lemons!

Hi, My friend used a reputed under eye cream for dark circles and gained itching, allergy. slight inflammation under eyes. She quitted the use but worried about the irritation. Please help

I like my cocktails at night. But I’m a teacher and I can’t look like I like my cocktails at night. My eyes are a true give-away. Even when I can minimize the puffiness, the redness comes back by lunch. Eye drops are a temporary (maybe 2 hour) fix. Any ideas?

Put two spoons in the freezer for a while,when you take them out,put the spoons on the puffiness(under the eyes) but not the eye.

am 29, from last couple of yrs i observed my eyes are getting more and more baggy day by day..(i was a regular drinker), i went to couple of eyes specialist and physicians as well they did all the tests
(KFT/Thyroid/ECG). It kept growing, i dint know the cause and i never bothered to search on net as well. I dint find one person out of 1000 with same kind of eyes :-)..

Now bags underneith my eyes and little on the upper side is permanent… i saw one cosmo surgeon..and as per him there is a small cosmetic surgury, where surgoen will cut ur eye lids and take out the fat..

I have left drinking/reduced salt consumption/taking 7 to 8 lts water everyday and also i am using elevated pillow also do yogas..

Mine is not growing anymore..thanks to precautions i am taking..else the way it was growing it would’ve been busted..

If you have extra weight try to reduce that as well. parellely fat under ur eyes will also decrease, though it wont disappear..

My gf is most bothered about my eyes though..

I have taken this seriously earlier, but now i am not that much bothered.

All the best to all of you…your eyes are the best in the world an unique in thousands as well

I have puffy eyes too I have tried the eyevive cream (which didn’t work), cucumbers, cold spoons, ice cubes, preparation h (for 5 days - didn’t work). Im desperate, i don’t know what to do . I have no allergies so i guess for me must be water retention (as i gave birth 4 months ago and since then i have this puffy eyes.) They disappeared for a week and then came back again.
I appreciate all your tips and reccomandations. Im now on water balance pills and im gonna try cutting on oils, eggs, tomatoes.
If anything will work for me i will let you know!
Good luck to you all!!

TO VICTORIA, JUNE 23: Your eyelid irritation sounds like a form of blepharitis (inflammation of eyelids which have a little colony of bacteria throwing a party and getting rowdy at your expense). From my eye doctor, she says to simply wash your eyelids with diluted Johnson’s Baby Shampoo 1 to 2 times daily. Put a dot on a very wet washcloth, lather, and apply it directly to the edge of your eyelids–you can pull them up/down to get to the edges or just go in a circular motion with the washcloth against the edges of your eyelid. RINSE WELL because it will sting a little bit from the soap. Not only does this work for getting rid of unwanted bacteria causing eyelid sensitivity, but it is my cure of choice for the occasional “stye” on an eyelid (usually in the inside corner or bottom lid of my eyelid), and was also my optometrist’s suggestion. A stye is simply a clogged pore, like a pimple on your eyelid. Washing with baby shampoo works wonders for the stye, gets rid of it in a day or two, and is really cheap too. Hope this helps.

The three tips that worked for me were: (1) cut down on alcohol (2) hydrate w/plenty of water, (3) sleep w/head elevated.

im 11 and i have ouffy eyes from last week but his time imma try to get it off today

49 yr old black female with hypothroidsm, and have been dealing with puffy eyes for 2 years.
A mild smoker, and quitting as we speak. I have tried warm compress,$50.00 creams, cold towels, etc. I think it may be related to the throidism and the smoking for all these years . Does any one have any feed back on what i can do to help eliminate these eye bags.