Why Do We Need Eye Creams
For the face the consistency and texture will be different than for the eye explains tariq karim founder of santi medispa.
Why do we need eye creams. 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. The skin tissue around the eye is at its thinnest so you cannot have too many active ingredients. Fine lines and wrinkles come from both sun damage and your skin making less collagen as you age. 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.
It s actually thinner and more sensitive than the rest of your skin. Why a separate cream. The skin around our eyes is thinner more sensitive and more fragile and reacts faster to trouble. Kerrin birchenough an esthetician and makeup artist in portland.
Eye creams are often thicker than moisturizers but there s no scientific reason why you would need this. 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. To start lets discuss the special skin around your eyes. Creams are designed specifically to suit their purpose.
Eye creams are thicker and more nourishing than the usual skincare lotion or moisturizer because the skin under our eyes needs special care. To that end eye creams are typically designed to be lighter in texture than facial moisturizers adds dermatologist dr. It is more prone to show signs of aging fatigue and it s also more prone to dryness or irritation. Collagen helps maintain skin s elasticity.
So it stands to reason that they need a little extra tlc. Eye creams can address some of these issues.