Dark Circle Under Eye
If you are like many men and women in my office, you aren't getting enough sleep, you're spending long hours on the computer, and you are battling an unpleasant mixture of red eyes and dark circles.
Puffiness usually pairs with that dark purple appearance, and is actually the result of fluid pooling underneath the thin eyelid skin. Water pools in areas of chronic irritation, or when we are retaining more fluid in general (such as during pregnancy or when hormones are fluctuating more). Inflammatory events like crying, allergies, or frequent eye rubbing (even pressing your eye too firmly against your pillow if you sleep on your face counts!) will increase the amount of fluid retained under your eyelid skin and cause morning puffiness.