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Fine Lines Around The Eyes

January 10th, 2010

If like me you have just turned 30 you may have started to notice fine lines around your eye area. These fine wrinkles that surround the eye are usually the first wrinkles to appear on our face. This is due to the fact that the skin around our eye area contains much fewer oils glands (sebaceous) and is much thinner. The older we get there is elasticity damage caused by the sun on this area as well as the constant amount of use that it gets with facial expressions, and for some even the loss of the fat pad in this area.

What Can You Do?

Use a non irritating sunscreen on your eye area to prevent further sun damage. Try Dermalogica Total Eye Care SPF 15 (of course there are other brands on the market). An alternative is to use your regular moisturizer and then apply your nonirritating sunscreen to the eye area, be careful to avoid contact with the eyes.
Also try wearing a hat and sunglasses outdoors not only to protect your face from the sun but to avoid squinting which is a major contributer to wrinkles and crows feet around your eyes.
You can use an erbium or carbon dioxide laser peel which can give a great outcome around the eye area. You do have to be very careful with this method, especially is the entire skin on your face has damages as it can create a raccoon like effect with the skin around the eyes appearing fresher and younger than the rest of your face. Some great dermatologists will utilize this laser around your eyes and a TCA peel on the rest of your face to make sure that the color tone on your face is nice and even.
If your skin is not overly sensitive you can try using a very low level Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) to encourage cell turnover rate. Using this method it may take several months to see an improvement if at all. M.D Forte is a good brand to try.

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