Have you understood the 4 effects of eye cream?

Eye cream is a special skin care product based on facial cream and developed for the characteristics of eye skin. Compared with facial cream, its active ingredient molecules are smaller and its moisturizing force is stronger, so it is a common eye care product.

Except around the eyes Replenish moisture and strengthen moisturizing , some functional eye creams can also Relieve dark circles, improve skin barrier function, and fade fine lines 。

Many people know that the aging rate of eye skin is much faster than that of other parts, which is closely related to its particularity. So, what are the characteristics of the skin around the eyes? What are the four core effects of eye cream?

Compared with other facial skin, the skin around the eyes has obvious particularity:

It has a thinner stratum corneum and minimal distribution of sebaceous glands Insufficient sebum secretion can easily lead to dryness, which in turn leads to decreased skin elasticity, wrinkle growth and pigmentation. At the same time, it is more sensitive to external stimuli such as ultraviolet rays and has less tolerance.

In terms of physiological structure, ocular skin is divided into skin layer, subcutaneous tissue layer, muscle layer, meibomian layer and palpebral conjunctiva layer. Skin care products such as daily eye cream mainly act on the epidermal layer of the skin layer 。 The skin layer of the eye is composed of epidermis and dermis. The epidermis contains 6-7 layers of stratified squamous epithelium. The dermis is rich in nerves, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and elastic fibers, which makes the eyelid skin stretch well and can do flexible and large-scale movements.

Under normal circumstances, the eye skin will not droop, but with the increase of age and the accumulation of external environmental factors, the elastic fibers will gradually degenerate, resulting in the decrease of elasticity and relaxation of the eye skin. In addition, due to the very small number of sebaceous glands, it is difficult to form a skin lipid film (the outermost defense line of the skin barrier) with the function of locking water and retaining moisture around the eyes. Not only easy to injury, but also easy to wrinkle due to dryness 。

These properties make eye skin problems particularly prominent in the face and require targeted care.

1. Hydrating and moisturizing: the core basic effect of eye cream

Moisturizing is the core basic function of eye cream. The commonly used moisturizing ingredients in products are mainly divided into There are two categories: water soluble and fat soluble.

• The water-soluble ingredients are mainly small molecule moisturizers such as polyols and sugars, and plant extracts such as aloe vera juice and rose hydrosol are also added. This kind of eye cream is thin in texture and refreshing in use, and is suitable for young skin with basic hydration needs.

• Fat-soluble ingredients have stronger moisturizing power , the feeling of use is more moisturizing, the common ones are jojoba oil, avocado butter, sphingolipids, squalane, lecithin, petrolatum, etc.

The eye creams currently on the market, Most of the fat-soluble ingredients and small molecule humectants are combined , or add an appropriate amount of silicon ingredients with strong sealing properties, which can not only improve the moisture retention, but also optimize the user experience.

2. Improve dark circles: targeted solutions to different types of troubles

Dark circles are mainly divided into Vascular, pigmented and structural types Three categories, you need to select the corresponding eye cream ingredients according to the type to accurately improve:

• Vascular dark circles: Give priority to eye cream containing caffeine to help relieve blood vessel stasis around the eyes and reduce dullness.

   

• Pigmented dark circles: It is suitable for eye creams containing whitening and melanin-inhibiting ingredients, such as vitamin C and its derivatives, licorice extract, lysate of bifide yeast fermentation products, etc., which can improve pigmentation around the eyes. It is also necessary to take sunscreen around the eyes every day to prevent further pigment deposition.

• Structured dark circles: In essence, it is the shadow formed by the concave and convex skin around the eyes (mostly related to bags under the eyes). Some eye creams contain mica, zinc dioxide and other color-repairing ingredients, which can temporarily weaken the effect of visual dark circles, but cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

3. Improve bags under the eyes: only targeted effect on edema type

The causes of bags under the eyes are complicated, and the improvement effects of different types of bags under the eyes and eye creams are obviously different:

• For bags under the eyes caused by genetic inheritance, natural aging or disease factors, the improvement effect of eye cream is minimal, and it is difficult to fundamentally solve the problem.

• For edema-type eye bags, Caffeinated eye cream has some relieving effect 。 Studies have shown that Caffeine can accelerate the metabolism of the body, help improve the edema around the eyes, and at the same time help reduce the dullness around the eyes.

4. Firming and anti-wrinkle: delay fine lines and strengthen skin elasticity

An eye cream that focuses on firming and anti-wrinkle, the core is added Antioxidant ingredients , including vitamins and their derivatives (such as vitamin A alcohol, vitamin C ester, vitamin E), peptides, adenosine, flavonoids, etc., which can resist free radical damage and delay skin aging.

Many plant extracts (such as green tea extract, ginseng extract and royal jelly extract) also have excellent antioxidant capacity, helping to maintain the healthy state of skin around the eyes.

Bosein, a popular anti-aging ingredient, can not only promote skin collagen synthesis, strengthen skin elasticity and improve fine lines, but also have antioxidant effect, which can effectively prevent skin aging around eyes.

It should be noted that there are various causes of skin aging, except that oxidation will accelerate the aging around the eyes, Daily basic care such as moisturizing and sunscreen can also provide positive assistance for tightening and anti-wrinkle around the eyes.

In addition, pigments, flavors and preservatives may be added to eye cream. Common preservatives include phenoxyethanol, methyl parabenyl ester, butylated hydroxytoluene, etc. These ingredients pose certain safety risks to the skin around the eyes, Especially people with sensitive skin need of careful selection and use.