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What Causes Black Circle Around The Eye?

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Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2014
Question: I have a strange weird marking under one of my eyes. It's been there a month. Sometimes it's obvious, sometimes it's not. What is it?
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Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (24 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
It appears like black circle around the eyes.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to Health care magic

I am Dr. DADAPEER K, an ophthalmologist and I answer health problems related to eye.
I went through the photo attached with the question and it appears like black circle around the eye.
This usually occurs as a result of stress or because of eye strain as in uncorrected refractive errors or in case of inflammation of the eyelid margins as in blepharitis.

The treatment is by use of lid scrubs and treatment of any of the underlying diseases like correction of refractive errors, treatment of blepharitis... Use of multivitamin and essential nutrients is helpful in these conditions.

Hence I advice you to consult your doctor for examination of the eye to rule out refractive error, eye strain, blepharitis and treatment accordingly depending on the predisposing factor.

Hope I have answered your question and the information is helpful to you.

Thank you
With regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad
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Follow up: Dr. Dadapeer K (13 minutes later)
So its just a conincidence that it appeared not long after i had unprotected sex? Thats what i was worried about haha
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Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (17 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
This not related with unprotected sex.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thank you for the follow up question.

This black circle around the eyes is not related with unprotected sex. Hence no need to worry about it.

Hope the information is helpful to you.

Thank you
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad
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What Causes Black Circle Around The Eye?

Brief Answer: It appears like black circle around the eyes. Detailed Answer: Hello Welcome to Health care magic I am Dr. DADAPEER K, an ophthalmologist and I answer health problems related to eye. I went through the photo attached with the question and it appears like black circle around the eye. This usually occurs as a result of stress or because of eye strain as in uncorrected refractive errors or in case of inflammation of the eyelid margins as in blepharitis. The treatment is by use of lid scrubs and treatment of any of the underlying diseases like correction of refractive errors, treatment of blepharitis... Use of multivitamin and essential nutrients is helpful in these conditions. Hence I advice you to consult your doctor for examination of the eye to rule out refractive error, eye strain, blepharitis and treatment accordingly depending on the predisposing factor. Hope I have answered your question and the information is helpful to you. Thank you With regards