Fine and fragile, the skin around the eyes ages faster than the rest of the face. Find out why hyaluronic acid is the best anti-aging ingredient to take care of the eye contour, according to an expert.
The eye contour is the first area of the face to show wrinkles. Particularly fine and fragile, it is devoid of sebaceous glands and therefore does not benefit from the moisturizing effect of the sebum produced naturally by the skin for this purpose. It is therefore essential to take care of it so that it remains young as long as possible. Between vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, retinol… We sometimes no longer know which active ingredient to turn to. So we posed the question to Alexander Vacher, Managing Director of Laboratoire Sintyl and CEO of the Physiodermie brand, to find out the name of the best anti-aging active ingredient for the eye contour.
For him, no hesitation, it is hyaluronic acid, and this, in all its forms, whether high molecular weight “stay on the surface” or low molecular weight which “will penetrate the skin down to the dermis”. On the other hand, the skincare expert recommends ideally using a product that is fairly concentrated in hyaluronic acid, with “a minimum concentration of 1% hyaluronic acid” to get good effects. If you absolutely must know the mistake not to make when using hyaluronic acid care before putting this recommendation into practice, we are revealing to you today 3 good reasons to use hyaluronic acid on your eye area to hydrate it, preserve its youth and rejuvenate it after 40 years.
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The eye contour requires maximum hydration
As Alexandre Vacher explains, the eye contour is “an area where the skin is the thinnest on the face and which requires maximum hydration”. Hyaluronic acid, whose moisturizing molecule is capable of retaining up to 1000 times its own weight in water, is therefore a dream active ingredient to compensate for this natural dryness and ensure a fresh look and radiant skin.
It is well tolerated by sensitive skin
The skin around the eyes is also very sensitive, so certain effective anti-ageing active ingredients can quickly irritate it. This is not at all the case with hyaluronic acid, as the expert in cosmetics formulation assures us, who points out that it is an ingredient “well tolerated even on sensitive skin”with which there is usually “no allergy”, or other skin reactions such as redness or itching for that matter. For the most reactive skin, the CEO of Physiodermie just recommends giving priority to eye care whose formulation is fragrance-free in order to ensure better safety.
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It is able to plump up wrinkles in the eyes
Whether it is to reduce dehydration wrinkles or expression wrinkles, this multi-tasking active ingredient will meet your needs. Its moisturizing effects offer both immediate and lasting results depending on the size of its molecule, which penetrates more or less deeply into the skin. This makes it one of the most convincing anti-aging active ingredients on this area of the face prone to wrinkles. By intensely moisturizing, hyaluronic acid will, in fact, act on wrinkles to reduce them because it “tightens the skin, makes it smoother, fills in wrinkles and leaves the skin looking plumped” says Alexandre Vacher.
Hyaluronic acid is therefore the most relevant anti-aging active ingredient for reducing crow’s feet wrinkles while taking care of the eye contour.