Re: Re: Allergic shiners

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For what it's worth, several years ago the dark circles under my eyes were

really bad.  When my friend, who sells a certain brand of cosmetics, came by my

house, I asked her what would cover these.  She gave me two kinds of cover--I

think I am right (I am sure someone on this site will know better than I), but

she gave me a green cover stick for " red " splotches and a white cover stick for

the dark circles under my eyes.  They supposedly  had nothing in them that woud

cause an allergy and they did work pretty well.  Since, I sometimes put lighter

makeup on the dark spots and then cover with my regular cover.

Since I am retired I don't wear makeup except two or three days a week. 

 

Hope this helps some.

Adah

From: instdesgn1 <instdesgn1@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Allergic " shiners "

Date: Sunday, December 7, 2008, 1:54 PM

Now THAT's interesting! I had never thought about these bags and

dark half circles under my eyes as being caused by allergies! My

sister has it and told me it was genetic - she doesn't have allergies

although she IS prone to bronchitis. I've been searching around

cosmetic counters trying to find a way to cover it up the last couple

of weeks! Of course, many of us with severe allergies can react to

cosmetics, too! In my profession it's important to look good.

My IgE pre-treatment was 409 - on treatment and with flu it was 1300+

but it did not differentiate between bound and unbound. Although I

was on Xolair for 1-1/2 years I can't remember it affecting the bags

or dark lines one way or the other. Now my curiosity is really up -

would love to hear other people's response - what they noticed or

learned from their docs.

>

> Hello,

>

> I have been part of the group for awhile. But I've been

essentially

> just a reader until now. I finally received approval from my

> Insurance company to get the injections. As a matter of fact, I

> received my first injection yesterday. My question is one of

vanity.

> I have horrible dark circles under my eyes, which I believed are

> mostly caused by my allergies (My IgE level is over 900) anyway,

has

> anyone else had these allergic " shiners " ? And if you've had this

> problem, did Xolair help to improve them? Thank you ahead of time

for

> your response.

>

> Bethany

>