Anti-Aging Ingredients in Eye Creams

Continuing my answer about eye creams.



Moisturizers not only make the skin feel nice, they help support the skin’s glycan network. The glycan network keeps skin plump – supporting it against collapse and thinning. Just as importantly, it acts as a cellular communication network facilitating surface repair and maintenance work. So moisturizers have true anti-aging properties.



Antioxidants disarm free radicals whether from the sun, the environment or the body’s own internal processes. While sunscreen blocks most of the sun’s UV rays; antioxidants deal with the free rads that get through the screen as well as those from other sources.



Scientists are very excited about the more powerful antioxidants recently discovered (e.g. coffeeberry extract and idebenone), but that doesn’t mean the prior generation of antioxidants with long track records (active vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q10, kinetin, alpha-lipoic acid) should be ignored.



Exfoliants, if any, for around the eye area should be the most gentle-acting possible: BHA’s or low concentrations of AHA’s. Exfoliation has age-reversing effects. Many studies have demonstrated that exfoliation not only reveals younger fresher looking skin but also stimulates new collagen production.



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