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Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:57 pm  |
| Absolutely agree with what you said Stardust. I believe all eye creams that don't contain actives like retinoids, Vit C, etc. basically help fine lines only superficially and temporarily by hydrating and plumping up the area. Once you stop using these products, and your eye area gets dehydrated, the lines will be back. Only strong actives, especially retinoids, can truly get rid of lines, perhaps not 100% but they will help. Which is why I balk at paying alot for eye creams that claim to have really fancy ingredients which are not actually scientifically proven. These eye creams are just good at hydrating with rich ingredients and that's about it. |
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:34 am |
Faith is correct.
But also fancy or expensive does not mean anything.  Many fancy or expensive products still have to low a percent of activities, or are poorly formulated, to do much.
Vit C and AHA comes to mind. Thousands of products have them added, but they are many times in to small an amount, to high a pH, etc to do anything significant for the skin.
So you need products with the correct activities needed for "your" situation, AND correct amounts, and corect base.
A shotgun effect useing a lttle of "everything" is also often poorly effective. many High end or commercial products use this marketing concept. Add a little of every "buzz word" ingrediant around, usually in small or trace amounts in a cheap formula.
An "all-in-one" product rarely does this effectively. Because most "active" ingrediants, if used in high percentages, to be truely active, need specilized formulation concerns.
Better to focus on a few key ingrediants, get those in very good, well penitrating formulas, and make sure to use and layer them correctly.
You are unlikely to totally reverse all damage. But you can certainly make an impact, and help things look better. And it takes time and patience.
Eyes are the hardest to work with, because the skin is very thin and fragle. Limiting the effective product strengths one can use, without creating an irritaion issue.
Its tricky, but there are things one can do. |
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