Nine Ways to Get Rid of Eye
Wrinkles and Undereye Dark Circles and Bags
If you want to look younger, you've got to start with the eyes. I have read
that studies show that when people look to examine age, they look first in the
eye area and I don't doubt it. Let's face it: the eyes are not just
the window to your soul but to your biological age as well.
The eyes generally have three issues that make you look older. The first is
wrinkling from normal aging processes. The skin around the eye ages from
free radical damage, sun and AGE's just like the rest of your skin. The
eyes, though, are particularly susceptible to another kind of wrinkling:
motion or movement lines. Motion wrinkles occur from daily activities such
as squinting and all the other expressions that you do throughout the day - it's
simple "wear and tear" on the skin. Finally, many of us guys have those
bags under the eyes. These can have that purple, tired-out shade to them
and can be large enough to actually stretch and sag the eye skin.
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You put all of these together and you start looking older very quickly.
Fortunately, there are some excellent solutions out there, most of which can be
done in the privacy of your own home or with considerable secrecy and stealth -
always important to us guys.
Here's a few of the big guns that can dramatically help your appearance in the are
of your eyes:
1) Sleep. It's no secret that lack of sleep can make you look tired and increase
the bags under your eyes. Some scientists believe that the reason is that the
extraocular eye muscles are literally exercised when you are in your REM sleep
cycle stages throughout the night. The less sleep, the less REM cycles and
the more these bags build up. [1]
2) Haloxyl. Haloxyl is a combination of Matrixyl, a collagen builder, and
Chrysin/Hesperin, which break down "leaking blood" in the eye area. Haloxyl has
some clinical backing and works for some people (and others not). It may
be worth a try since it is relatively inexpensive and completely private.
3) Preparation H. You read that right: to remove puffiness in the undereye
area, you can always try this old standby. Do not use more than 2 or maybe
3 times per week. Some people swear by it and others think it's kind of anal.
4) Topical Vitamin K and Retinol. One study
showed that "Topical application of the gel containing 2% phytonadione, 0.1%
retinol, 0.1% vitamin C and 0.1% vitamin E was fairly or moderately effective in
reducing dark under-eye circles, especially in cases of haemostasis, over a
short treatment period in healthy Japanese adults. This treatment also slightly
decreased wrinkles". [2] Dark circles and wrinkles in one shot? This is
good news, plus Vitamin K creams are availble in many products including
moisturizers. One manufacturer combined all of these ingredients, except
retinol, into one product NeoStrata Bionic Eye Cream,. However, the
retinol can be purchased in other products over the counter products. NOTE: Retinol is converted to retinoic acid, i.e. Retin-A, and therefore is
generally less irritating to the skin.
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5) Retin-A (Tretonoin). Retin-A can help in the eye area as well.
However, you do have to be careful, because the skin in area of the eye socked
is thinner with less fat than other places on your face. So if you irritate and
inflame this area, you can cause more damage than harm. Some people use a
lower strength in the eye area (.05 or .025) and some people do every other day
to play it safe. REMEMBER: Retin-A will not help with "motion wrinkles".
6) At Home LED Treatments.
LED light treatments have been done for several years now in doctor's offices
(a.k.a. Gentlewaves) and were approved by the FDA for the more delicate skin in
the eye socket area. The reason is that LED treatments are gentle and have
"no pain, side effects or downtime". However, you can now buy the above
system for over the counter home use and is sold as the
OmniLux New-U.
The beauty of this is that no one ever needs to know. These systems works through the application of infrared and red light to
the skin which then stimulates collagen production. This is beautiful,
because the eyes are very difficult to treat effectively without injuring and
inflaming the thin skin around the eye socket. Yet it is critical if you
want to shave years off your appearance as studies reveal that people look at
the eyes to discern the age of someone they meet. The eyes are the "window
to the soul" and to your biological age as well. The general consensus is that
LED treatments tend to work well to remove fine lines and wrinkes in the eye and
some surrounding areas. There are a couple of studies showing its
effectiveness. [2]
1) Men's Health, Sep 2009, p. 134.
2) J of Cosmetic Dermatology, 3(2):73-75, Published Online: 19 Nov 2004, "The
effects of topical application of phytonadione, retinol and vitamins C and E on
infraorbital dark circles and wrinkles of the lower eyelids"
