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Peeling renews and rejuvenates tissues. This is definitely not a problem for the skin around the eyes, because it is especially prone to aging. However, this procedure has its own nuances.
Features of peeling for the skin around the eyes
Peeling the skin of the eyelids is a rather rare procedure, and it is not recommended to perform it at home. To understand why, it is worth remembering the distinctive features of the area around the eyes: it is very thin, practically devoid of a hydrolipidic layer. It’s easy to hurt her. Therefore, you will not find funds for “home peeling of the skin of the eyelids”.
Thin eyelid skin ages faster
Operating principle
When to apply
Eyelid peeling is resorted to with obvious age-related skin changes, which, however, may appear prematurely. These include:
гиперпигментация;
dark circles;
edema;
wrinkles.
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What should be the result
Varieties of peeling
As you know, there are three types of peeling. They differ in the depth of the “chemical burn”. The deeper the damage, the longer the rehabilitation, but the result is more noticeable.
When working with the skin of the eyelids, special care must be taken – not only because of the natural features of this zone, but also because of the proximity to the mucous membrane of the eye.
Usually a course of superficial peeling is prescribed, giving preference to the mildest acids: mandelic and lactic. In some cases, more aggressive acids are used: glycolic, retinoic (the so-called “yellow peel”) and trichloroacetic.
Gentle acids are used to renew the skin of the eyelids
Tips and reviews of cosmetologists
Elena Eliseeva, Vichy medical expert: “During peeling, they try not to go on the moving eyelid: the skin layer covering the eyeball is very thin. In addition, the risk of introducing the composition onto the mucous membrane is too great.
Mechanical peeling is not used for eyelids, even in the form of soft gommage. Use chemicals or a laser. Laser peeling (especially fractional) is considered the most gentle.
Is it possible to peel around the eyes at home?
Post-peel care
During the procedure, the corners of the eyes and the ciliary zone are protected with petroleum jelly or any other greasy agent. After peeling, moisturizing and restoring formulas are applied, as well as a remedy with an SPF factor.
Review of products for the skin around the eyes
For our review, we chose products not for peeling, but for eyelid skin care – with their regular use, peeling is most likely not needed.
Intensive concentrated anti-aging care for the eye contour Redermic R, La Roche-Posay evens out skin texture and fights pigmentation due to the content of retinol and caffeine.
Antioxidant gel for the skin around the eyes AOX + Eye Gel, SkinCeuticals smoothes crow’s feet, reduces signs of fatigue and swelling under the eyes due to caffeine, L-ascorbic and ferulic acids, phloretin.
Cream for the skin around the eyes Blue Therapy Eye, Biotherm reduces wrinkles and pigmentation, tones the skin of the eyelids. It contains extracts of pure thermal plankton, microalgae and golden kelp.