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Many people suffer from dark circles under or around the eyes. Dark circles under eyes make people look tired and exhausted, if not unhealthy, and can occur due to a wide variation of reasons. Dark circles eyes happen to people in all ages groups but seem to occur more in women. Why do they arise? There are a number of causes of dark circles under eyes some of which are: Rubbing the Eyes a Lot due to lack of sleep or itchy eyes that occur in dusty rooms or if one suffers from an allergy, for example hay fever Sleep difficulty (possibly due to stress or depression). Allergies Hay fever and dust allergies are known to cause dark circles under eyes. Dehydration As the skin under the eye is so close to the underlying bone, a lack of water in the body will become apparent in this area when the body is dehydrated. This will show up as a dark circle around or under ...

                  What is facelift surgery? A facelift is a surgical method that removes excess facial skin to make the face appear younger. However, the aging face not only loses skin elasticity and develops looser droopy skin, but also loses fat and muscle tone. Additional procedures which may be necessary to achieve the best results include: necklift, blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), liposuction, autologous fat injection, removal of buccal (cheek) fat pad, forehead lift, browlift, chemical or laser peel, and malar (cheek), submalar or chin implants. How is facelift surgery performed?   The traditional facelift procedure is performed through an incision starting in the hair or hairline above and in front of the ear (the temporal region). The incision is extended downward in front of the ear, comes under the ear and then upward behind the ear ending in the hair or hairline behind the ear. The skin and fatty tissues are then l...