There’s a specific kind of frustration that comes from looking tired when you’re not.
You’ve slept. You feel fine. But something about the area under your eyes gives a different impression. People ask if you’re okay. You look in the mirror and you understand why.
This is one of the most common concerns Dr Anita Dhunna sees at her clinics — and one of the most satisfying to treat.
What’s actually happening under your eyes
The skin beneath your eyes is the thinnest on your face. As we age, the fat pads that sit under the eye begin to shift and thin out, leaving a hollow groove between the lower eyelid and the cheek. That hollow catches shadow. Shadow looks like darkness. Darkness reads as exhaustion.
Genetics play a role too — some people have pronounced tear troughs from a young age and no amount of sleep or concealer fully resolves them. If you’ve been relying on thick coverage for years, it might be worth looking at what lies beneath.
What tear trough treatment involves
Tear trough treatment uses a very fine, smooth dermal filler to add gentle volume beneath the eye and soften the transition between the lower lid and the cheek. Done well, it’s one of the most transformative treatments in aesthetics — and one of the least visible.
The result isn’t a dramatic change. It’s the absence of something. The hollowness disappears. The shadow lifts. You look like yourself, rested.
It’s also one of the most technically demanding treatments to perform. The anatomy around the eye is complex, and precision matters enormously. This is not an area for an inexperienced hand.
Light Eyes Ultra: a specialist option for dark circles
As well as standard tear trough fillers, Dr Anita Dhunna also offers Light Eyes Ultra — a mesotherapy treatment developed specifically for the delicate skin around the eye. It targets darkness caused by pigmentation and poor microcirculation, rather than volume loss alone.
For some patients, the darkness under their eyes isn’t purely structural — it’s also tonal. Light Eyes Ultra works on both, improving skin quality in the area while reducing the discolouration that makes the hollows look worse.
Who is it for?
Tear trough treatment is suitable for a wide age range. Younger patients often benefit from treating inherited hollows that have always been there. Older patients find that volume loss has made existing darkness significantly worse over time.
A consultation with Dr Anita Dhunna will determine which approach is right for you — filler alone, Light Eyes Ultra, or a combination of both.
The before and after conversation
One thing most patients say after tear trough treatment is that they didn’t realise how much it was affecting how they felt about their appearance until it was resolved.
Small changes in the right place make a disproportionate difference. This is one of them.
Book a consultation at dranitadhunna.com
Clinics across Essex and Hertfordshire including South Woodford, Bishops Stortford and Hatfield.
