<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> thank you all so much for responding to my dark eyes question...turns out it wasn't such an unusual question!! 12 people attribute them to environmental allergies 4 people attribute them to sinus problems 22 people attribute them to food allergies, especially milk or if they injested gluten by accident 2 people attribute them to kidney problems 6 people attribute them to a lack of sleep 8 people attribute them to being heriditary...that some people have thinner skin under the eyes and the blood vessels are more visible the name that kept coming back to me was 'allergy shiners' someone also mentioned a 'pulse test' for lactose intolerance and it can be found in th archives. here are some books that were recommended as well... five day allergy relief by Marshal Mandell Is this your child? by Doris Rapp yeast by dr william crook so i have lots of things to do and read to see if i can get rid of this not so natural look!!! delia kang ottawa ontario