Under eye circles are DARK

[Tb613 44]

Got RNY 7 weeks ago. Lost 35pds so far but I've been noticing these crazy dark underwear circles lately.

Is this a common side effect? I'm not getting 1.5 lt of Water regularly since getting liquids down is a huge challenge but am getting my 65g of Protein.< /p>

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[BigSue 1,325]

Funny you should mention this because I have noticed that my under eye circles have been especially bad lately! I’ve always had dark under eye circles, even as a child, but I swear they’re worse than ever now. Hard to say if it’s because of surgery/weight loss or working 80 hours per week, though...

[ms.sss 14,972]

I think dark circles/sunken eyes are pretty common with drastic weight loss. Combine that with possible dehydration and/or nutritional deficiencies and you've got yourself a recipe to looking like Skeletor.

If it helps any, my dark/sunken eye look went away a few months after I finished with weight loss phase...I'd like to attribute this to the increase in carbs in my diet, but I dunno.....*shrugs*

[kellym1220 472]

I'm not sure if there is a correlation, but I was getting very concerned about the dark circles under my eyes. I was having my follow up with my PCP and asked her to check my Vitamin levels and apparently I had been overdoing it on the Iron (I bought the BariatricPal Multivitamin ONE with 45mg of Iron). So I stopped taking that one every day (especially since too much iron = constipation) and now my dark circles are gone (and so is the constipation!) I am meeting with my doctor on Thursday (my PCP not my surgeon) and I am going to ask how much Iron I should be taking so I can hopefully get this right!

[BigSue 1,325]

On 11/16/2020 at 12:00 PM, kellym1220 said:

I'm not sure if there is a correlation, but I was getting very concerned about the dark circles under my eyes. I was having my follow up with my PCP and asked her to check my Vitamin levels and apparently I had been overdoing it on the Iron (I bought the BariatricPal Multivitamin ONE with 45mg of Iron). So I stopped taking that one every day (especially since too much Iron = constipation) and now my dark circles are gone (and so is the constipation!) I am meeting with my doctor on Thursday (my PCP not my surgeon) and I am going to ask how much Iron I should be taking so I can hopefully get this right!

Hmm, I’m taking extra iron (81 mg/day) at my endocrinologist’s direction and I haven’t had any bloodwork since I increased my iron. But I’ve read that dark under eye circles can be caused by iron deficiency, so I don’t know what to think.

Between the dark circles and thinning hair, I truly look like death warmed over, but ironically, everyone keeps telling me how great I look just because I’m less fat than I used to be. Kind of a sad commentary on how society views body size.

[Tb613 44]

I think dark circles/sunken eyes are pretty common with drastic weight loss. Combine that with possible dehydration and/or nutritional deficiencies and you've got yourself a recipe to looking like Skeletor.
If it helps any, my dark/sunken eye look went away a few months after I finished with weight loss phase...I'd like to attribute this to the increase in carbs in my diet, but I dunno.....*shrugs*

How long until they went away?? I've gotten myself some correcting makeup and a script for blood work but I've never looked worst!

Plus I've only lost 40 pds so it's not that drastic yet!

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[Tb613 44]

Hmm, I’m taking extra Iron (81 mg/day) at my endocrinologist’s direction and I haven’t had any bloodwork since I increased my iron. But I’ve read that dark under eye circles can be caused by iron deficiency, so I don’t know what to think.
Between the dark circles and thinning hair, I truly look like death warmed over, but ironically, everyone keeps telling me how great I look just because I’m less fat than I used to be. Kind of a sad commentary on how society views body size.

Im not taking any Iron.. I may need to start because I agree that this was something my daughter used to get when her iron levels we're low. We'd increase her tuna consumption and it would help but with this surgery I don't know if that would be enough.

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14 minutes ago, Tb613 said:

How long until they went away?? I've gotten myself some correcting makeup and a script for blood work but I've never looked worst!

Plus I've only lost 40 pds so it's not that drastic yet!

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If I remember correctly, I noticed a significant easing up on the darkness/sunken-ness around 2-2.5 months into maintenance; they looked relatively normal (for me) by about 5 months into maintenance.

Oddly enough, I weighed less (and still do) when my eye issue corrected itself than when weight loss phase ended.

[GradyCat 3,693]

I hadn't thought about the correlation. Interesting. Looks like from the responses several people have experienced it.

[Tb613 44]

Well blood tests came back and dr told me I'm anemic. I started on my Iron supplements today with the hopes that it's up by January.

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