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Article: Serious dark circles?[TM]: "the first product specifically developed for serious dark circles ... not the kind that pop up in the morning and are gone by breakfast, but the kind of serious dark circles that stay around forever ... making you look old, tired and exhausted.".(NEW PRODUCT UPDATE)(Hylexin)
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- Town & Country
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- September 1, 2005
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Do you know what actually "causes" serious dark circles? I thought I did ... but I was wrong. Like most people, I thought dark circles were caused by hard partying, working late, being tired or simple allergies. But according to most research dermatologists, serious dark circles (the kind that make you look old, tired and exhausted) are about, of all things, the oxidation of hemoglobin (blood) in the capillary matrix of the peri-orbital eye area. What a mouthful!
These capillaries actually "leak" blood that begins to oxidize (through a process called hemoglobin degradation) ... creating a dark bluish-red pigmentation that looks distinctly like an ugly bruise.
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