Dark Lines under my eyes caused from goggles?

RE: Dark Lines under my eyes caused from goggles?

aquajock — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:24:27 GMT

Lane 4 Selene goggles don't leave much in the way of marks. They are the only ones I'll wear in practice.

RE: Dark Lines under my eyes caused from goggles?

__steve__ — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:40:52 GMT

Rings around eye sockets, chlorine smell, being 5 minutes late to work, having a suit and goggles in my trunk 24/7, these are all swim related things I accept as life.

RE: Dark Lines under my eyes caused from goggles?

Former Member — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:02:57 GMT

im only 16 though

RE: Dark Lines under my eyes caused from goggles?

Jim Clemmons — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:23:10 GMT

im a competitive swimmer , swim 5 times a week, well for the past year i realized that i had a dark ring under my eye and it isnt going away at all. i just wanted to know if any other swimmer had this same problem and what they did to get rid of theres if they got it. i recently decided to switch my goggles from speedo vanquishers to swedish goggles because the swedish doesnt have the suction that the vanquishers have. The dark rings gets me very Mad and it looks like i got hit in both eyes Welcome to getting older. You might try loosening them up a bit...

RE: Dark Lines under my eyes caused from goggles?

jaadams1 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:38:03 GMT

When I originally switched over to swedes as a teenager, they were painful. I think I only used them for 10-15 minutes the first few days, and then switched back to my old pair. Eventually I worked up the time until my eye sockets got used to the swedes. You've probably just bruised your eye sockets as they are now. I'd just make up a story about training for the MMA or something cool! :)

RE: Dark Lines under my eyes caused from goggles?

That Guy — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:31:24 GMT

I had a similar problem in high school. Neoprene goggles caused red swollen rings around my eyes. Changing to non-neoprene goggles worked for me, but it took a while for the skin to heal. So give your new goggles a few weeks and see if they fix the problem. If not, change goggles again.