The area of the skin located around the eyes has differences in the form of special subtlety and high sensitivity. Of course, its structure is the same as in the rest of the face and body. But at the same time, there is practically no subcutaneous fat and muscles around the eyes under the skin, which is why it has a tendency to stretch. By the way, the first wrinkles on the face appear, as a rule, in this zone.
The skin in the eye area needs proper, regular and thorough care. Even those who are still young and do not complain about their appearance should not neglect this.
Causes of the problem
In a young healthy person, the skin looks quite attractive. She is elastic, resilient and beautiful. However, over the years, complexion begins to change, acquiring grayish or yellowish tones. The corners of the eyes, under which the first wrinkles are already visible, noticeably fall and look down. The skin loses the feeling that it is filled from the inside. The muscles of the face become weaker and the pores expand markedly. All these are characteristic signs of sagging skin.
What are the reasons for such changes? Among them:
- Age. Over the years, the body stops the production of hyaluronic acid, which provides elasticity to the skin.
- Wrong way of life. It is expressed in the lack of proper sleep and rest, which are combined with constant stress, overwork and increased stress.
- Inadequate skin nutrition. A similar factor often arises with excessive enthusiasm for diets and starvation.
- Bad habits. This includes drinking in large doses of alcohol, smoking, as well as an unbalanced diet.
- Existence of a long period in the sun and abuse of procedures in the solarium.
- Excessive application of decorative cosmetics.
As a result of the influence of these factors, the first edema, bruises and wrinkles become visible on the face in the eye area. All of them are a signal of the need to take urgent measures.
Similar problems can begin quite early, already in 25-30 years. Over the years, more of them appear and they only get worse. At the same time appear:
- Bruises under the eyes. A similar phenomenon occurs due to venous stagnation or due to the proximity of blood vessels to the skin surface.
- Dryness. This factor provokes the appearance of the first wrinkles and occurs due to a lack of subcutaneous fat.
- Crow's feet that appear in the corners of the eyes, or skin expression lines. A similar phenomenon can be observed in almost every woman who has crossed the 30-35-year-old line.
After about 35 years, there is:
- Thinning and sagging of the skin located near the eyes. This is due to its prolonged overdrying.
- Rosacea It is a vascular network under the eyes as a continuation of seemingly harmless at first glance bruises.
- Nasolacrimal and palpeobromolar grooves.
- Dark spots. These formations contribute to the effect of tired eyes and give out age.
What is the proper skin care around the eyes? Reviews of most women suggest that it should be special. This is also confirmed by professionals. You need to choose the right lotions for this area of the face, use oils, make nourishing masks, and also contact the cosmetology office, in which the specialist will offer one of the many necessary procedures.
Caring for skin located in the eye area requires successive passage of certain stages. Let's consider them in more detail.
Cleansing
This procedure should be mandatory and regular for a woman. In order to remove makeup from the eyes, it is recommended to use a special cosmetic milk.
By the way, the cleansing procedure is necessary before bedtime even for those women who did not use decorative cosmetics during the day. But it should be borne in mind that you can’t wash yourself with soap. No matter how expensive and delicate this remedy is, with daily use it will dry out the skin. This will invariably lead to the activation of the processes of its premature aging. If you use only one water for the procedure, then it will only wash off the dust. The remains of the cream cannot be removed in this way. Experts advise to use only special eye cosmetics in the form of milk, emulsion or lotion for the cleansing procedure. They will need to moisten a cotton pad, and then make a movement along the top line, starting from the inner corner of the eye, moving to its outer side. In the opposite direction, the procedure is performed on the lower eyelid.
For makeup remover, it is recommended that specialists use tools designed to remove makeup. It should be borne in mind that ordinary lotion or milk can not cope with the removal of all carcass residues. But it is precisely her and must be washed off in the first place. To do this, put half of the cotton pad under the lower eyelashes. Then, closing their eyes, they clean off the mascara from the eyelashes. This will allow movement from top to bottom with a pre-prepared cotton swab, which is moistened in a cosmetic product. It is necessary to clean the skin in the eye area to remove cosmetic residues in circular motions, the same as those performed during normal cleansing. After completing the procedure, it is recommended to rinse your face with cool water.
Moisturizing
Any skin needs this procedure. Nevertheless, it is especially important to moisturize the area around the eyes, which must be carried out regularly.
Beauticians recommend carefully caring for these areas of the face in the summer in order to save them from drying out, as well as in winter. During colds on the skin is a double load. In the house, its dryness is provoked by central heating batteries, and frosts negatively affect the street.
For proper care of the skin around the eyes, in the cold period, you must follow simple requirements. Beauticians recommend applying a moisturizer to go out only after 30-60 minutes. Otherwise, the skin, as a rule, does not have time to absorb the cream and frostbite, and then begins to peel off. In winter, professionals recommend the use of moisturizers that have a denser structure, for example, on a fat or oil basis.
Food
Over the years, the skin of the eyelids must be additionally nourished. This will allow you to make creams, which include vitamins, plant extracts, cosmetic and essential oils and other useful components.
Nutrients have a specific structure. It contains smaller molecules that can penetrate deep into the epidermis. When using the cream in the evening hours, it is recommended to apply it on the eyelids two hours before a night's rest. This will prevent the occurrence of edema. After applying the product, you must wait 30 minutes, and then remove the excess with a cotton swab.
Cosmetologists also advise against using oily-based creams during the warm season. And the point here is not at all that they leave behind an unnatural and ugly brilliance. When applied to the eyelids, the oily cream in the summer does not absorb, but begins to melt. Thus, it blocks the access of oxygen to the skin, which complicates the outflow of lymph. In the eye area under the skin, fluid begins to accumulate, and swelling appears. That is why, when the heat sets in, professionals recommend the use of products with a relatively light composition.
Skin protection
The area around the eyes is very vulnerable to the negative effects of various external factors. In this regard, at high and at low temperatures the skin will require special protection. In the summer, cosmetologists recommend wearing sunglasses in the street. And this is not a tribute to fashion. Glasses help protect delicate skin around the eyes from burns and wrinkles. After all, when the light is bright enough, we squint. The skin at the same time begins to gather in small folds, leaving an imprint in the form of facial wrinkles in the corners of the eyes and nose. By age, such changes have nothing to do. That is why in the summer, cosmetologists recommend the use of creams with SPF protection. They will save the skin of the eyelids from the negative effects of the sun's rays, which contribute to the phyto-aging of the skin.
Severe frosts in winter should be the reason for refusing to wash your face with water. The best for the skin around the eyes when it is cleaned during this period - milk, lotion or tonic.
Troubleshooting
How to tighten the skin around the eyes, if it has ceased to please its healthy appearance and elasticity? There are several ways to influence a problem. Among them:
- visiting the salon for special procedures;
- the use of a nourishing, moisturizing, cleansing and tonic mask;
- performing special exercises for the muscles of the face.
Consider each of these methods in more detail.
Beauty Salon Services
How to tighten the skin around the eyes? If you have the money and time, a woman can register in a beauty salon, where qualified specialists will help you choose the most suitable procedures to restore her beauty.
Judging by the reviews, various types of peelings quite effectively help to tighten the skin around the eyes. They are cleansing procedures that relieve the face of dead cells. Peeling is performed using vacuum, ultrasound or liquid nitrogen. The purpose of this procedure is not only the necessary cleansing of the skin, but also in the restoration of full circulation in it and the production of collagen, which is responsible for the elasticity of the epidermis.
Tightening of the skin around the eyes can be carried out using mesotherapy. This is the procedure for administering hyaluronic acid and vitamins. This composition allows you to activate metabolic processes, resume the production of elastin and collagen.
The most popular procedure, which is quite effective for tightening the skin around the eyes, is hardware lifting. It happens radio frequency or light. By the way, lifting is sometimes called non-surgical blepharoplasty. With this method, the specialist produces a thermal effect on the skin. This serves as an impetus for activating the production of elastin and collagen in it.
How to tighten the skin around the eyes without visiting a beauty salon? A woman can take care of herself at home.
Cosmetics selection
A variety of products that are produced by modern manufacturers will allow you to tighten the skin around the eyes at home. At the same time, cosmetologists do not recommend purchasing creams and lotions designed for face care for this area. The fact is that the composition of such funds, as a rule, includes more allergic and aggressive components. This may be, for example, alcohol or panoline. Such substances, applied to the eyelids, may well have a negative effect on them.
Cream for tightening the skin around the eyes, professionals are advised to choose, given their age. For example, up to 25 years of age, moisturizing, toning and protection are enough for this zone. At 25, it is recommended to add nutrition to this. At 30 or at 35 years old, the products should contain substances that help strengthen the walls of blood vessels. After 40, it is impossible to do without a lifting lifting cream for the skin around the eyes. Its effective, carefully selected components will saturate with moisture and nutrients sensitive, very thin and delicate skin, which has undergone deformation due to the mimic mobility of this area and the ongoing age-related changes. At this age, creams with hyaluronic acid and retinol will be effective. Indications for the age category of users, as a rule, can be found on the packaging of the product.
Before you buy a cream that allows you to tighten the skin around the eyes at home, you need to carefully look in the mirror. If the eyelids droop already at 35, then you should not wait for your fortieth birthday. Already at this age, you will need to purchase a product that has a lifting effect.
How to tighten the skin around the eyes at home without resorting to the help of purchased creams? In this case, the necessary tool can be made independently. To do this, you need to take vitamin E (in a volume of 10 ampoules) and glycerin (30 g) and mix the components thoroughly. Such a cream is applied to the area under the eyes and left on it for 20 minutes. Next, the excess funds are blotted with a cotton pad or paper towel. Keep the cream in the refrigerator.
Toning up
How to tighten the skin around the eyes? To do this, it is necessary to apply tonics, gels and lotions, which contain plant extracts. Such products will refresh and soothe the skin. Their application is quite simple. In one of these products, a cotton pad is moistened, which is then applied to the eyes for 5-10 minutes.
A wonderful tonic effect can be obtained from the use of ice cubes, which are a frozen decoction of calendula, peppermint, chamomile, linden blossom or parsley. You can take ordinary drinking water for such a remedy. Beauticians recommend using an ice cube on the skin around the eyes immediately after washing in the morning. The duration of the procedure is only a few minutes. Further, the skin must be allowed to dry on its own.
In addition, moisturizing and tonic cosmetics based on extracts of medicinal plants can be used at home. Apply it twice a day in the morning and evening hours.
Masks
Beauticians recommend using quick-acting means for the face. These are masks for tightening the skin around the eyes, which allow you to eliminate small wrinkles, bags, as well as dark circles under the eyes. Such funds are released gel, creamy. Sometimes the nutritional composition is on the tissue.
Pretty effective masks that tighten the skin around the eyes are gel. Release them in the form of glasses. Before starting the procedure, a similar mask should lie in the refrigerator. Ready-to-use product is applied over the eyes for 30 minutes.
Tighten the skin and smooth wrinkles and tissue mask will allow. It is applied to problem areas for 20 or 30 minutes.
To get a quick and lasting effect when caring for your face, products that include collagen allow. For the skin around the eyes, the use of this natural protein allows you to restore problem areas to their former elasticity.
For home use, you can purchase various masks with this element, which are presented in a fairly wide range. Having bought a product containing collagen for the skin around the eyes, you need to read a brief instruction, which is usually given on the package. Apply the product should, strictly adhering to all its points.
At home, very effective masks can be made from completely available improvised means. It can be parsley, potatoes or black tea. A mask representing cucumber slices perfectly smooths the skin. The area around the eyes is also recommended to wipe with a grape berry cut in half. This will smooth the skin and give it the necessary nutrition.
You can tighten the skin around the eyes with essential oils, which are added to self-made or purchased masks. For lifting procedures, natural extracts from incense and jasmine, patchouli and sandalwood, cypress, lavender and other medicinal plants are suitable.
Exercise
For lifting the skin around the eyes, a special massage of the problem area is recommended. Such a procedure is performed using simple exercises:
- At the base of the eyebrows, carefully press the index finger and thumbs on the skin. Next, slightly stretch this section. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the eyelids are well taut.
- Perform circular movements with your fingertips, placing them at the temples. In this case, a light pressure effect should be exerted on the skin.
- We cover our eyes and gently massage our eyelids. After that, we smoothly move to the areas around the eyes.
- We put all the fingertips, in addition to the large ones, which we place on the eyelids, on the eyebrows. Eyes must be closed. We try to open them, overcoming the pressure of the fingers.
After the massage exercises, you should apply a special cream designed for the skin around the eyes.