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If you're prone to dark circles, puffiness, or fine lines around your eyes, join the club. While you might credit these zombie-like side effects to lack of sleep, the problem could actually be hereditary, age-related, or caused by sun exposure. Not to mention, the skin around your peepers is especially thin, which allows blood vessels and veins to show through, producing bluish or dark circles, Jeremy Brauer, M.D., a clinical associate professor of dermatology at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, previously told
Because the thin skin around your eyes is subject to more irritation, you absolutely want to make sure that any products you're using are designed specifically for the delicate area around your eyes. Great news: Gel eye masks and under-eye patches are actually a great way to target under-eye stress, says Morgan Rabach, M.D., co-founder of LM Medical in New York City and assistant professor of dermatology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. (Psst, if you're not