The skin around your eyes is sensitive, so it can start showing signs of age as early as your 20s, and any little indiscretion--from skipping sunscreen or overindulging in alcohol to staying up too late--shows up around your eyes. Crow's-feet, those spidery lines that fan out from the side of your eyes, show up as collagen beneath your skin is damaged, leaving cracks and crevices that show up as wrinkles on your skin. Years of laughing, smiling, yawning, squinting and frowning can leave a permanent record around your eyes.
Step 1
Wear sunglasses, and you can limit the amount of wrinkles formed by squinting, says Robert Grant, plastic surgeon-in-chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, in "Marie Claire" magazine. Opt for UV 400 sunglasses with oversize frames for maximum protection.
Step 2
Apply a eye cream that contains retinol every night, using your smallest finger to dab the cream around your eyes. Retinol stimulates collagen production, filling in the gaps that can cause wrinkles, explains "Allure" magazine.
Step 3
Pat on an eye cream that contains antioxidants, like green tea, coffee berry, idebenone or vitamin C, along with your daytime moisturizer, using your smallest finger to pat it into your skin. Antioxidants help prevent collagen loss.
Step 4
Try an eye cream that contains argireline, GABA or DMAE if you have noticeable wrinkles but don't want a more invasive procedure. According to "Allure," these ingredients can tighten the skin around your eyes, making wrinkles less noticeable.
Step 5
Ask your dermatologist about Botox injections. They freeze the muscles around your eyes to make wrinkles less noticeable and to help prevent additional expression-related wrinkling.
Step 6
Hide crow's feet by using a makeup primer that contains silicone. It will fill in tiny wrinkles, making the skin around your eyes look perfectly smooth.
Tips and Warnings
- If retinol irritates your skin, try a cream that contains peptides instead. You'll get similar, though less intense, results. Grant recommends trying an over-the-counter retinol cream instead of immediately opting for a prescription-strength version--you're less likely to have to deal with irritation and dryness from an over-the-counter version.
Things You'll Need
- Sunglasses
- Eye cream with retinol
- Eye cream with antioxidants
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