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Treating the Skin Around the Delicate Eye Area
Although our skin is of single and largest organ of
our body, not all part of our skin is created with same character. For
example, the skin on the scalp has embedded hair follicles, and the skin
of the nose and cheeks tends to have active glands. The skin around your
eyes is very sensitive and delicate, which needs skin care products formulated specifically for this area.
The skin around the eye has its own special traits:
- It has virtually no sebacious glands, which makes it highly prone to dryness.
- It is much thinner and more sensitive than other facial skin.
- It overlies a particularly dense capillary network and has minimal fat padding, which makes the eye area prone to puffiness.
- It is stressed by frequent eye movements and squinting.
All of the above often makes the
eye area the first place where signs of aging appear on the face. The
faces of twenty five and thirty five year old people usually differ
mainly in the eye area. Thirty five year olds are a lot more likely to
have fine lines and bags under the eyes; some will even have crow's
feet. Not surprisingly, when we try to estimate someone's age, the
appearance of the eye area is always one of the key factors. Therefore,
if you want to keep looking young as long as possible, it is usually
not enough to take care of your skin in general. You need to neutralize
a natural tendency of the skin in the eye area to age faster than the
rest of your face.
Unfortunately, the area around
the eye is rarely given the individualized attention it deserves
despite proliferation of so-called eye creams and serums. Recommendations for treating the skin around eyes:
- Water accumulation in the eye area a.k.a. morning
puffiness. Why morning puffiness is such a large contributor
to eye skin aging, and the best ways to prevent or reduce it.
- Why moisturizing is particularly important for the eye area skin. Best strategy is to moisturize around eyes.
- Toning the eye area.
- Use of proven wrinkle fighters in the eye area (such
as tretinoin or ascorbic acid). Potential benefits versus skin
irritation and other risks. Optimal strategy to maximize benefits while
avoiding skin damage.
- Non-irritating wrinkles fighters: less proven but also less risky. New developments in non-irritating wrinkle treatments.
- Using antioxidants and antioxindants-plus in the eye area.
- Specific eye area problems: crow's feet, dark circles, puffiness and bags.
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