5 ways to banish the unwanted baggage around your eyes
Reduce dark circles and puffiness with these eye-opening products
Words: Zak Maoui
Getting older has its cons. Of them all – higher health insurance, lethargy and a receding hairline – under-eye bags are up there among the things that guys will care about the most.
Your eyes are the windows to your soul, and the area surrounding them is a fragile location where ageing is more evident. It’s a rude awakening. “You become more prone to changes as you age due to the natural decline in collagen production, the redistribution of fat in the face, and weakening of the muscles and ligaments that support the skin and fat under the eyes,” explains Dr David Jack, a Harley Street medical doctor and founder of his eponymous brand.
111SKIN Eye Lift Gel NAC Y2, £140. 111skin.com
HORACE Anti Fatigue patches, £22, horace.com
DR BARBARA STURM Super Anti-Ageing Serum, £250, drsturm.com
Sagging eyes are a signal of ageing, sure, but, should your bags be weighing you down, their wrinkly development can be halted. And it doesn’t have to involve going under the knife. “The skin around the eyes is thinner than the skin on the rest of our bodies and faces, and contain less sebaceous glands so are more delicate overall,” Dr Barbara Sturm, the mastermind behind a wrinkle-busting Super Anti-Ageing Eye Serum, tells us. “Adopting simple lifestyle changes and skincare that’s tailored specifically to the delicate eye area can make a huge difference.”
There’s a whole range of lotions and gadgets, away from the surgeon’s chair, that you can incorporate into your at-home routine to banish under-eye wrinkles. There’s the aforementioned Super Serum that contains miracle ingredients hyaluronic acid, skullcap and purslane, and 111Skin’s Eye Lift Gel NAC Y2, which harnesses a precise blend of the repairing serum NAC Y2, Argireline and caffeine to literally lift sagging underneath eyes.
LYMA Laser, £1,999. lyma.life
CURRENTBODY LED Eye Perfector, £189. currentbody.com
A more budget-friendly option comes in the form of French label Horace’s easy- to-apply everyday eye patches, which are pumped with wrinkle-smoothing algae extract. For tech-heads with cash to spend, CurrentBody has dropped a wrinkle-destroying LED mask that targets the aforementioned fine skin. There’s also Lyma’s Laser, which has been engineered by scientists and plastic surgeons to biologically activate skin and... potentially reverse ageing using near-infrared laser light, one wrinkle at a time.
This feature was taken from our Autumn 2024 issue. Read more about it here.
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