Your eyes need special care to keep them from showing signs of age. Because the skin around your eyes is thinner and more sensitive than the rest of your facial skin, it can start to sag, bag and wrinkle, making you look older than you might like. In addition to your regular skin care routine, adding a powerful eye serum to your skin care regimen can help minimize the signs of aging around your eyes.
Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic acid is one of the most effective ingredients you'll find in an eye serum because of its ability to absorb moisture from the air. "Elle" magazine explains that hyaluronic acid works by absorbing moisture from the air around you. As the serum absorbs moisture, it plumps up your skin, filling in wrinkles and fine lines so that they are less noticeable. Since hyaluronic acid can absorb up to 1,000 times its weight in water, the wrinkle-reducing effects can be significant.
Retinol
Retinol, a vitamin A derivative, stimulates production of collagen and speeds up your skin's cell turnover, reducing the appearance of fine lines. Retinol is a better choice than stronger vitamin A derivatives like tretinoin, which can be too harsh for the sensitive skin around your eyes. "Allure" magazine recommends choosing eye serums with retinol that are packaged in aluminum tubes or opaque pumps, since these containers help keep retinol stable and effective. Because retinol can have a strong effect on your skin, Doris Day, M.D., a dermatologist, recommends in "Elle" magazine that you limit use to a small, bedtime application.
Neuropeptides
Gentler than retinol, neuropeptides are a type of protein that can stimulate collagen production to fill in sagging skin. Though neuropeptide's effects are more subtle than retinol's, they're also less likely to cause uncomfortable side effects like redness and burning, says Jody A. Levine, M.D., a dermatologist in New York City, in "Good Housekeeping" magazine. If your skin is too sensitive for retinol, a serum with neuropeptides is a good alternative.
Antioxidants
Antioxidants--like green tea, berry extracts and idebenone--are also useful eye serum ingredients, according to "Allure" magazine. Because antioxidants fight the free radicals that cause cell damage, including them in your eye care regimen helps reduce wrinkles and lines caused by sun overexposure, pollution and aging. "Allure" recommends opting for antioxidant-rich eye serum in the mornings to provide all-day protection for your eyes.
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