Future Health Frontiers Q&A Men’s Health

What does a man's dark complexion mean?

Asked by:Boots

Asked on:Apr 06, 2026 04:59 AM

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  • Bella Bella

    Apr 06, 2026

    Darkening of the face is a condition of the head of the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dark complexion is a symptom of kidney failure, so kidney-tonifying drugs are often used to treat it. In addition, patients with liver cirrhosis, adrenal hormone hypofunction, chronic renal insufficiency, chronic cardiac insufficiency, liver cancer, etc. may also have dark complexion.

    Darkening of complexion, age spots, pregnancy spots, etc. caused by physiological phenomena are normal and not a disease. If a normal person encounters dark complexion without any cause in daily life, and there are no other obvious abnormal symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital to check liver function and B-ultrasound to eliminate possible pathological causes.

    Reasons for dark complexion

    Analysis of physiological causes of dark complexion:

    If all indicators are normal, it may be due to internal hormone regulation, endocrine imbalance, or abnormal female hormones that cause the dull complexion; it may also be caused by poor sleep quality, frequent constipation, or taking some medicines, etc. that cause skin pigmentation. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, darkening of the complexion may be a symptom of kidney deficiency. Kidney-tonifying drugs can be used for maintenance and treatment. Darkening of the complexion due to physiological phenomena such as pregnancy spots is normal and there is no need to worry.

    Analysis of physiological causes of dark complexion:

    Hepatitis B carriers who have carried the hepatitis B virus for a long time, especially patients with cirrhosis, have dark and gloomy complexions. Because the liver function of hepatitis B carriers is reduced and metabolism abnormalities last for a long time, the skin pigment may be dark yellow, the face may appear dark gray, the skin may be dry and rough, lose the normal gloss and elasticity, and may even appear copper-colored, mixed with capillary dilation. Some patients have significant pigmentation around the eye circles, which is called so-called dark circles. In medicine, this atypical change in the face of patients with liver disease is called liver disease face, which is the pathological cause of darkening of the face caused by liver and gallbladder diseases.

    Dark complexion check

    The diagnosis can be made based on the clinical symptoms on the face.

    Diagnosis of dark complexion

    Diagnosis of dark complexion:

    1. Dark spots on face

    Black spots, also known as stains, mostly occur on the face and are more common in women. They are a symptom that seriously affects people’s appearance and is annoying.

    2. Cheeks turn gray

    Gray cheeks are a reflection of human disease.

    3. There are spots on the face

    Be careful if you have spots on your face. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the skin is closely related to the internal organs, meridians, blood and gas, etc. Only when the internal organs function normally, the blood and Qi are abundant, and the meridians are smooth, the body and appearance will not decline, the skin will be smooth and delicate, and dark spots will not be formed.

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