Why Do We Need Eye Creams
Fine lines and wrinkles come from both sun damage and your skin making less collagen as you age.
Why do we need eye creams. The main goal of an eye cream aside from brightening the eye area and reducing the look of fine lines nazarian said is to deliver the same ingredients you would use on the other parts of the face but at doses that are gentle enough to not trigger irritation in a delicate area of the body. Eye creams can address some of these issues. It s actually thinner and more sensitive than the rest of your skin. It is more prone to show signs of aging fatigue and it s also more prone to dryness or irritation.
So it stands to reason that they need a little extra tlc. Why a separate cream. Eye skin is tissue thin dry and folds on itself factors that increase absorption and therefore sensitivity says heidi waldorf md a new york based derm. Eye creams are thicker and more nourishing than the usual skincare lotion or moisturizer because the skin under our eyes needs special care.
As a result it needs to be treated even more delicately both in what types of skin care products are used around the eyes as well as how creams and serums are applied. The skin around our eyes is thinner more sensitive and more fragile and reacts faster to trouble. For the face the consistency and texture will be different than for the eye explains tariq karim founder of santi medispa. That certain anti aging eye treatments can indeed help improve under eye smoothness and reduce the depth of larger wrinkles.
Since the eye area has very few oil glands the face moisturizer won t be enough she explains that because the skin under the eyes is so thin your eye creams should have firming or thickening ingredients such as peptides in them but these ingredients aren t necessarily accepted well by the rest of the face. Creams are designed specifically to suit their purpose. The skin tissue around the eye is at its thinnest so you cannot have too many active ingredients. Kerrin birchenough an esthetician and makeup artist in portland.
Collagen helps maintain skin s elasticity. To that end eye creams are typically designed to be lighter in texture than facial moisturizers adds dermatologist dr.