At what age should you start caring for the skin around your eyes? Can you use regular face cream for this? How can you eliminate swelling and bags under your eyes?
Today I will answer these and many other questions, and also talk about my favorite skin care products around the eyes, which I use myself or recommend to my clients for home care.
- Features of the skin around the eyes
- Skin care around the eyes at 25 - 30 years old
- Skin care around the eyes at 30 - 40 years old
- Skin care around the eyes 40+
- Skin care around the eyes 50+
- Additional care
- Causes of swelling under the eyes
- How to get rid of bags under the eyes (hernia of the eyelids)
- Salon care for the area around the eyes
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Features of the skin around the eyes
First of all, it must be said that the skin around the eyes is thinner, more delicate, in this area there are many blood and lymphatic vessels, as well as very active facial expressions.
This is why the first wrinkles may appear in the eye area quite early, and swelling often occurs. It is only natural that such a delicate area requires special care.
At what age should you start caring for the skin around your eyes?
Usually from the age of 25 - it is at this age that the aging process of the skin begins and it is already possible and even necessary to include special products for caring for the skin around the eyes in your arsenal.
Care against wreath
Like puffiness, blue protruding veins under the eyes can be the result of dangerous diseases of the internal organs. If you have such a problem, you first need to make sure that there are no liver or gallbladder diseases.
If no medical pathologies have been established, then the causes of such mesh may be a hereditary predisposition. In this case, you need to take care of your eyelids with the help of special creams - venotonics.
Even the most expensive creams have the stated effect by only 20%. This is due to a chemical reaction: upon contact with oxygen, the cream oxidizes and loses its properties.
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Makeup removal is an important evening ritual. The skin around the eyes needs rest. There are special products for removing eye makeup. If possible, you should choose them. The products are presented both in the mass market and in the luxury segment. As a rule, they contain extracts from plants, special oils, and some, especially creative ones, bring such a product closer in composition to real human tears. You need to remove eye makeup every day. Even if this day has been very busy and you are tired. Your skin also needs rest. You can’t “cut off its oxygen” at night, leaving the pores clogged.
Skin care around the eyes at 25 - 30 years old
At the age of 25 - 30 years, care for the skin around the eyes is usually only preventive.
In the summer, I usually recommend eye contour gels to young girls that:
- improve microcirculation
- help eliminate swelling
- reducing dark circles under the eyes
- moisturize the skin and thus prevent the premature appearance of wrinkles.
However, sometimes I recommend gels for the eye contour even at a more mature age, for example, to those ladies who are prone to swelling in this area. This could be Eye Contour Gel from Algologie or Eye Contour Gel with ATP from Dr. Spiller.
And in winter or with very dry skin at the age of 25-30, I recommend some light eye cream for young skin.
Algologie Eye Contour Gel / Dr. Spiller Eye Contour Gel with ATP
Use creams for your age group
The biggest mistake that, in my opinion, young girls sometimes make is using an anti-wrinkle cream intended for more mature skin 35-40+
Because products for mature skin, as a rule, contain a high percentage of lipids and components that stimulate collagen synthesis, which is completely unnecessary at a young age. At a young age, the skin is still quite capable and should work independently, and you only need to help it a little and protect it from the harmful effects of the environment.
By using cream for older ladies, you are doing your skin a disservice - because, on the one hand, you slow down its natural activity, and on the other hand, you begin to use up your skin’s resources ahead of time.
Read more about facial care at 25-30 years old
Of course, there is also such a thing as skin age, and it happens that as a result of stress or some other negative factors, the skin looks and feels unimportant - not its age.
In this case, you can really take the cream for the next age group and use it for an intensive course to quickly improve the condition of the skin, and then return to products for your age.
For example, at 25+ you can take a cream for women 30+, but not for women over forty.
The most effective natural homemade masks for skin tightening, renewal and nutrition
Masks will bring the long-awaited effect only with regular use
Very often, thin and dry skin reacts negatively to factory-made cosmetics with the appearance of irritation, redness and swelling. For those with sensitive skin, we recommend preparing the following simple masks from available ingredients 3 times a week, preferably in the evening.
Do not forget that masks will bring the long-awaited effect only with regular use, as well as if they are applied to clean skin, free of cosmetics and impurities.
- Based on cucumber juice. You will need to mix 50 ml of juice from fresh, finely grated cucumber with egg yolk, 10 ml of almond oil, 1 ampoule of retinol - vitamin A and 1 ampoule of vitamin E (sold at the pharmacy). Add wheat flour to the consistency of sour cream, mixing everything thoroughly.
- Based on parsley juice. You will need 20 ml of olive oil, 10 grams of potato flour and parsley chopped in a blender. Mix all ingredients well and apply.
- Avocado based. Avocado pulp, converted into a mushy mass in the amount of 20 grams, is mixed with 10 ml of cold-pressed olive oil, everything is mixed well.
- Spinach based mask. Take 20 ml of fresh spinach juice, add 1 ampoule of vitamin A and 10 grams of baby fat cream to it, mix everything thoroughly and apply.
- Starch based. Potato starch in an amount of 30 grams is mixed with 15 ml of high-fat cream, and the mixture is left for 30 minutes. Then add 30 ml of vitamin E oil pharmaceutical concentrate (in ampoules) to the composition and leave the mass in the refrigerator for 3 hours. Before use, add 10 grams of finely chopped mint and parsley and mix thoroughly.
Don't forget that a varied diet, good sleep, a healthy lifestyle, and giving up bad habits can have a positive effect on the condition of your skin!
By receiving constant care with cleansing, moisturizing, nourishing and protecting, your skin will be filled with radiance, health and elasticity so that you always remain young, beautiful and desirable!
Skin care around the eyes at 30-40 years old
At the age of 30-40 years, I usually recommend a cream with peptides for home care - at this age such products usually give very good results.
Of the cosmetics brands I work with, I like Eye Contour Optimal Cream for eye contour from Algologie.
This cream perfectly smooths out small expression wrinkles, activates collagen synthesis and reduces the depth of pronounced wrinkles, and also has good draining properties, ensures the prevention of swelling and dark circles under the eyes. In general, it provides everything that is needed at this age and many of my clients like it.
However, cream with muscle relaxants cannot be used constantly, because in this case normal microcirculation and tissue trophism will be disrupted, and over time this will have a bad effect on the condition of your skin.
Therefore, after a course of cream with peptides, it is advisable to take some other cream for the skin around the eyes. For example Algologie Eye Contour Cream.
Read more about facial care at 30-40 years old
Algologie – Eye Contour Cream / Optimal Cream
Secrets of using the cream
The appearance of dark circles under the eyes is associated with impaired cell nutrition and weakening of blood vessels. To restore cell function and remove bruises, it is recommended to use a cream containing caffeine, butcher's broom, rutin, vitamin K, ascorbic acid, and gingko biloba. The cream is applied with massage movements in the direction from the bridge of the nose to the temples. Advanced anti-aging components include: collagen, peptides with the effect
circles under the eyes, botox, elastin, extracts of plant and animal origin, plant stem cells, phytoestrogens, EGF (epidermal growth factor). AHA acids have a strong whitening effect. However, there should be little of them in the eye cream. Since the aggressive action of acid leads to weakening of the endometrium and other negative consequences. It is recommended to use a cream containing peptides, bearberry extract, and vitamin C.
Skin care around the eyes after 40 years
And after the age of 40, you can already use almost all the heavy artillery of modern cosmetology to prolong the youth of your skin.
Those who have watched my previous videos probably already know that today my favorite among eye care products is a cream with biointegral cells from Cellcosmet.
But any cream, even your favorite one, needs to be periodically alternated with other products. Therefore, after Cellcosmet, I used Algologie’s Lift & Lumiere Intense Eye Balm for some time.
This balm is designed for intensive anti-aging care for the skin around the eyes after 40 - it stimulates collagen synthesis, reduces puffiness and dark circles under the eyes.
In addition, this balm contains micropearl, which makes wrinkles under the eyes less noticeable and gives the skin around the eyes a slight glow.
This cream helped me maintain the results achieved after using Cellcosmet. I also liked that this balm smoothes out well or makes less noticeable those age-related changes that cannot be completely eliminated.
Cellcosmet Eye Contour Cream / Algologie Lift & Lumiere
Review of creams
A suitable cream for the skin around the eyes takes into account the individual characteristics of the skin as much as possible. Selecting a remedy can sometimes be very difficult. To do this, you will need to try not a single cream, as evidenced by reviews on the forums.
Particular attention should be paid to the following brands.
Its skin eye contour cream with collagen
The main effect of the drug is to give elasticity to dry skin around the eyes. To ensure the effect, the cream included extracts of lingonberry, adonis, malt, 5000 mg of collagen, and a whole complex of vitamins. The cosmetic product is well absorbed, activates epidermal renewal processes, increases skin firmness and elasticity. Makes skin soft, smooth, smoothes out fine wrinkles. Product cost 1085 rub.
Eveline laser precision Intensive lifting with hyaluronic acid
The cream is designed for mature skin. The innovative formula of the cosmetic product is a combination of collagen, hyaluronic acid, PhytoCell Tec™ stem cells, and algae. The product binds water molecules and prevents the evaporation of moisture from the surface. Thanks to this property, it refreshes the skin, moisturizes, and smoothes out wrinkles. The cost of the cream is about 200 rubles.
Eye contour cream with peptides Laura
According to the manufacturers, the rejuvenating effect of the product is achieved thanks to Swiss-made peptides. The action of peptides is complemented by collagen, hyaluronic acid, yeast proteins, and butcher's broom extract. The drug improves blood microcirculation in epidermal cells and makes them work intensively. The skin is moisturized, elasticity and firmness increases, small wrinkles are smoothed out, deep wrinkles become invisible. A lasting effect is noticeable after 30 days of daily use. The cost of the cream is 300 rubles.
Garnier skin naturals youthful glow eye care 25+
The cream can be used for all types of epidermis. The drug was released to combat the first signs of aging. The caffeine included in the composition activates cell regeneration, due to which the skin is naturally moisturized, wrinkles are smoothed out, and the elasticity of the skin increases. The cream should be used every day. It is quickly absorbed and does not cause a feeling of tightness. The products were tested on 50 women, who confirmed the lasting results of rejuvenation. The cost of the cream is about 150 rubles.
Avene Phisiolift for deep wrinkles
The cream is saturated with thermal water, thanks to the new youth formula, completely transforms the skin around the eyes. Reduces swelling, removes bruises, increases elasticity, firmness, fills deep wrinkles, smoothes small ones. The original concentrated structure is aimed at combating pronounced signs of aging. While you sleep, your skin rejuvenates! Collagen fibers increase the elasticity of the epidermis and have a lifting effect. Hyaluronic acid makes the epidermis healthy. Cost 1661 rub.
Collistar Anti-Wrinkle Eye Contour Cream
Italian-made products for men's skin around the eyes after 35. Rich vitamin composition - A. E, B, ensures accelerated metabolism, cell regeneration, and skin renewal. Centella extract, hyaluronic acid, bisabolol, betaglucan refresh the color of delicate skin and provide delicate care. The cream acts in several directions at once - tightens, soothes, renews, eliminates circles under the eyes. The cost of products for men is 1500 rubles.
Eye care product IDEALIA from Vichy
New generation cosmetics for a complete skin transformation. The active component is kombucha, the first substance that restores the structure of the epidermis from the inside. Suitable for sensitive skin, the effect is noticeable within 4 days after use. The cream is saturated with a large amount of minerals and vitamins. The main purpose of Idelia cosmetics is to improve the appearance of the epidermis. Eliminates swelling, removes bruises, evens out tone and texture. The cost of production is about 1200 rubles.
Yves Rocher Beneficial anti-wrinkle cream for eye contour
Cosmetics for aging skin with 30 oils. A product with a light structure. It is quickly absorbed, allows the skin to breathe, saturates it with oxygen, and comprehensively nourishes it. The healing of aging skin occurs from the inside. When used daily, the product smoothes out fine wrinkles, stretches deep ones, tightens the skin, and gives it a healthy appearance. The cost is within 550 rubles.
Arnaud Nutri Regenerante Contours Des Yeux Regenerating eye contour cream, anti-wrinkle
Cosmetics for women over 50 years old. The concentrated structure of the cream can make the skin work harder, just like in its younger years. The composition is enriched with soy extract and hyaluronic acid. The smoothing cream stimulates the production of collagen, making the epidermis firm and elastic. Hyaluronic acid is responsible for its complete hydration. Suitable for all skin types. The product is very economical. One pea is enough to fully treat the skin around the eyes. Very convenient to apply using a dispenser. Cost 900 rub.
Libderm eye cream
A domestic manufacturer produces several products for caring for the skin around the eyes:
- Antioxidant cream. The composition includes vitamin E, camelina oil, troxerutin.
- Cream with cornflower for restoration. With a lot of oils, extracts
medicinal herbs. Oils – olive, babassu – give a calming effect. Hydrolyzed rice proteins stimulate the production of collagen and elastin. - Cream with collagen, anti-aging for women after 40 years. The main share is made up of collagen and elastin. In addition, the composition included camelina oils, Persian silk tree extract, vitamin E and much more.
You can use Libderm cream from the age of 25. You can choose the right product for your individual skin. The average cost of production is 300 rubles.
Nuxe eye cream Smoothing eye contour cream
Cosmetic product for women and men against swelling and bags. Suitable for all skin types, all ages. The universal remedy has a natural composition: extract of cornflower, chamomile, green tea, rosemary. The composition is enriched with oils, vitamins A, E. Can be applied in the morning or evening. The skin looks rested, fresh, healthy. Can be used by people who wear contact lenses. Cost 850 rub.
Skin care around the eyes after 50 years
After the age of 50, you can use almost all the anti-aging products that I have already mentioned.
However, you need to understand that creams with peptides or biointegral cells are most effective before the age of 45-50 years. And at 50-60 years old, it is unfortunately no longer possible to achieve the same result as at 35-40.
However, in any case, a good cream for aging skin will help improve the condition of the skin around the eyes and make some age-related changes visually less noticeable.
How to choose the right cosmetic product
The skin around the eyes is the first to react to age-related changes in the body. If before the age of 25 a young body coped with temporary difficulties on its own, after this age it needs help. The first rule when choosing suitable cosmetics is to be guided by age. For example, you cannot use eye contour cream at the age of 30, if the instructions indicate after 40.
Age-related changes in the skin around the eyes:
- Around the age of 25 to 30, a woman's body is exposed to significant stress. The reasons can be different - the birth of children, strong emotional experiences in your personal life, workload, lack of sleep, poor diet. On the skin
The first facial wrinkles, swelling, and bruises appear around the eyes. It is not yet difficult to get rid of these unwanted manifestations. Normalize your lifestyle, choose a cream whose task includes nutrition and hydration. Such products contain hyaluronic acid, vitamins K, C, and low-fat oils. - From 30 to 40 years old, signs of aging begin to appear - crow's feet, discoloration of the skin around the eyes, sagging corners. From this moment on, you should use a cream for the eye contour, which can tone the relaxed epithelium and replenish it with missing nutrients.
- After 40 years, all efforts are aimed at fighting aging. Unfortunately, the apple of youth has not yet been found, but the condition of the skin can be improved with special cosmetics. The eye contour cream contains hyaluronic acid, Botox components, and active substances that make skin cells act faster.
Additional care
For additional home care for the skin around the eyes, you can use various lotions or masks.
I usually recommend using eye masks after 30, but lotions can be used at any age if you need to relieve redness, fatigue, reduce puffiness or dark circles under the eyes.
Of the commonly available home remedies, green tea lotions work well for this task. Simply soak cotton pads in cool green tea, place on your eyes and leave for 10 minutes.
And also do not forget to use sunglasses on a sunny day. Because if you constantly squint in bright sunlight, this will significantly contribute to the appearance of facial wrinkles.
Don't forget your sunglasses
Caring for problem skin
Caring for thin facial skin must be correct. First of all, this is daily care, which consists of several stages.
Morning:
- You need to wash your face in the morning with warm or cool water. It is desirable that it is not chlorinated. Sensitive skin reacts poorly to chlorine and hot water.
- Treat clean skin with toner.
- Be sure to apply day cream to your face. Choose a cream labeled for sensitive skin. Use only high-quality cosmetics from trusted manufacturers.
Important! At different times of the year, depending on weather conditions, facial skin care should be different. Having mastered the simple rules, you can easily do it. You don’t need to search for a long time, all the information can be found in our archives:
Evening:
- To remove makeup, use cosmetic milk, micellar water or another product designed for this purpose.
Important! It is better not to remove makeup with regular tap water.
- Tonic should be selected without alcohol content.
- Apply a nourishing night cream for sensitive skin.
Important! Don't forget to pamper your skin with pleasant and healthy treatments and masks. Then the results will not take long to arrive:
In addition to daily care for thin skin, you need to follow the following recommendations:
- Do not use regular soap, use a special gel or milk for washing.
- Don't leave makeup on overnight.
- Use creams and make masks regularly.
- If you make masks, remember that they should not contain alcohol or aggressive components, such as mustard.
Important! It is advisable to test any mask for allergies.
- Often, problems with the skin are caused by vitamin deficiency, in particular a lack of B vitamins. Therefore, your best friends should be fruits, vegetables, nuts, and bran. You should exclude spicy, fried, and salty foods from your diet.
- You should not use cosmetic ice or herbal compresses; aromatherapy is also contraindicated for you.
- Do not overuse the sauna or bath procedures, limit your time in the sun.
- Your best assistant is sleep. During sleep, cells are renewed and restored.
- Try to control your facial expressions - don’t squint your eyes, don’t wrinkle your forehead.
- Drink more water. Remember, a person should drink at least 1.5 liters of water a day, and in your case, 2 is better.
- Try to protect your face from direct rays of the sun, use special sunscreens.
- For peeling, choose products with artificial exfoliating microgranules, which are less damaging to the skin.
Causes of swelling under the eyes
One of the most common problems in the eye area is swelling. But before you start fighting edema, it is advisable to find out the reason for its appearance. I would divide these reasons into three main groups.
Mistakes in skin care around the eyes
Often the cause of swelling is quite commonplace - improper care of the skin around the eyes. I will name only the most common mistakes.
- The cream is applied immediately before bedtime. Don't forget that eye cream should be applied no later than an hour before bedtime. And if you are generally prone to swelling, then it is better to give preference to gels.
- Too much cream is applied. Do not forget that the tissues around the eyes are already characterized by increased hydrophilicity, that is, a tendency to retain water, so there is no need to aggravate the situation with a thick layer of cream.
- Using cream that is too rich. Fat retains water, but if you use an age-inappropriate or too greasy cream, it is quite possible that instead of optimal hydration you will get swelling.
For the same reason, you should not use face cream to care for the area around the eyes. This cream is not suitable for the delicate skin around the eyes and therefore can often cause skin irritation or swelling.
Avoid using eye cream for at least a couple of days. If the swelling goes away, then you need to reconsider and adjust your care. And if they don’t go away, then the cause of your swelling is something else.
Unhealthy Lifestyle
Eating large amounts of salty food, alcohol, even just eating too much or having a late dinner can trigger the appearance of edema.
If you take proper care of the skin around your eyes, have a more or less healthy lifestyle, but still have swelling, this is a reason to consult a doctor.
Health problems
It is possible that your swelling is a symptom of some disease. In this case, cosmetics or salon procedures that help eliminate swelling are only auxiliary. But first, you need to look for and treat the underlying cause.
Basic rules for healthy hydration
If you want to keep the skin around your eyes smooth, healthy and wrinkle-free for a long time, you need to regularly and properly moisturize this skin. Remember the basic rules of healthy hydration, they will definitely come in handy: • You need to moisturize the skin around your eyes every morning. Precisely in the morning, so that daytime stress does not destroy the “dried out” elastin fibers in the surface layers of the skin. It is not advisable to apply moisturizers at night so that liquid does not accumulate in the thickness of the skin and swelling does not form. • To moisturize, use only cosmetics adapted for eye skin. • Before using new cosmetics, it is necessary to conduct a skin allergy test: apply a small amount of the product to the skin of the inside of the wrist, wait 24 hours. If there is no redness, itching or swelling, apply the product to the skin around the eyes in one light stroke. Again, wait 24 hours; if there are no signs of allergy, you can safely use new cosmetics. • When applying moisturizer or gel, do not stretch the skin. They need to be applied by making light beating movements with your fingertips, without pressing. • “Grandma’s recipes” have a right to life, but you need to choose home remedies carefully. For example, a useful home method of moisturizing is to make ice masks in the morning or apply napkins moistened with cold water to your eyelids. This is an excellent tonic and moisturizer. Even better is to use cold herbal infusions (chamomile, sage, linden, calendula, green tea) and ice from them.
• Try to always wash your face with cool water. Cold tones, and cold water is less absorbed by the skin, which means you don’t have to worry about swelling. In addition, the cold causes the blood vessels to constrict - the subcutaneous blood vessels narrow and, as a result, the blueness under the eyes disappears. • In general, if you are worried about blueness under the eyes (and this is a consequence of the fact that the blood vessels are dilated, for example, due to taking hormonal drugs or when tired, when blood microcirculation is impaired), you need to choose moisturizers with vitamins A, C, E, K and fruit acids. To get vitamin C into your skin cells, you can make masks from fresh strawberries or grated raw potatoes, and to saturate them with other vitamins, make a mask from raw egg yolk with a few drops of vegetable oil once a week. • If for some reason you have to apply a moisturizer or nourishing cream at night, this should be done no later than 2 hours before bedtime. • To improve lymphatic drainage, you need to do special eye exercises every day: move your eyes in a circle, from side to side, up and down. Do gymnastics in the morning and evening for 3-5 minutes. It will enhance the effect of hydration and reduce the risk of swelling by improving lymphatic drainage - along with the lymph, excess fluid will leave the skin.
Guided by these simple rules, you can keep the skin around your eyes young and healthy for many years - just don’t be lazy to follow them.
How to get rid of bags under the eyes (hernia of the eyelids)
It is very important not to confuse swelling around the eyes with hernias of the upper and lower eyelids.
Hernias are accumulations of fat in areas under the skin, but to the average person, swelling and hernias may look similar, although they are completely different problems and therefore require different approaches.
Therefore, if bags under your eyes bother you, make an appointment with a plastic surgeon. In reality, hernias under the eyes can only be eliminated with the help of blepharoplasty.
But if you are not ready for surgical intervention, there is no need to worry: such hernias do not pose any danger to your life and health.
Just know that there is no point in buying expensive creams for bags under the eyes, much less applying potatoes, cucumbers or tea bags to your eyes - in the case of hernias, these products are like a poultice for the dead.
Even salon procedures in this case can only slow down the process of hernia formation and only visually improve the situation slightly.
The main components of “young skin”
Modern cosmetology and medicine are unanimous in the opinion that aging of facial skin, in particular the skin around the eyes, is a process that occurs as a result of a combination of a number of natural biological phenomena. However, there are a number of “biological units”, changes in the state of which are directly related to skin aging. These include:
hyaluronic acid. It is a component of the intercellular fluid of many tissues of the human body. Its main properties are the ability to retain moisture and provide nutrition to collagen and elastin fibers;
collagen and elastin fibers. They are protein compounds of elongated shape and very high strength. It is these fibers that enable the skin to remain smooth after any facial changes. If we speak in very primitive language, then human skin can be compared to a mattress. In this case, collagen and elastin fibers are the springs of this mattress.
