The thin, delicate skin around the eyes gets a workout every day thanks to the natural movements we make, from smiling to scowling to squinting in the sun. When combined with stress or lost sleep, the effects can show around our eyes in the form of fine lines, wrinkles, dark circles and puffiness.
To help give the skin around your eyes some much-needed TLC, we asked Drs. Joel and Daniel Schlessinger, board-certified dermatologist, Mohs surgeons and cosmetic surgeons to share their thoughts on the best eye creams for wrinkles, dark circles, puffiness and more. Are you ready to hear their faves? Here are ten dermatologist-recommended eye creams to consider adding to your skin care routine.
This eye cream from LovelySkin’s own skin care line is not only dermatologist-recommended but also dermatologist-created. “We formulated this eye cream with SNAP-8 peptides, hyaluronic acid, horse chestnut extract and Persian Silk Tree extract to help strengthen collagen and elastin and also minimize the appearance of dark circles and puffiness,” says Dr. Joel Schlessinger, LovelySkin CEO. “It also contains light-diffusing optical technology to instantly brighten dark under-eye circles, making it one of the best eye creams for men or women.”
If you’re looking for the perfect moisturizing eye cream for mature skin, consider this formula from Epionce. It contains a blend of moisturizing ingredients—shea butter, avocado oil, meadowfoam seed oil—as well as hydrating hyaluronic acid and glycerin to improve radiance and reduce fine lines around the eyes. It also features soft-focus technology to help reduce the appearance of dark circles for brighter, younger-looking eyes.
This super-moisturizing eye cream contains a combination of growth factors and proprietary peptides to improve sagging skin and rough texture, diminish crow’s feet and leave under-eye skin looking tighter and more youthful. Thanks to a fragrance-free formula, this is also one of the best eye creams for sensitive skin.
“ALASTIN Skincare is known for TriHex Technology, a proprietary blend of peptides that help your skin to not only produce new collagen and elastin, but also get rid of old fragments of collagen and elastin caused by sun damage and aging,” says Dr. Daniel Schlessinger, LovelySkin Medical Director.
In this eye cream, TriHex Technology joins forces with skin-brightening niacinamide and hydrating hyaluronic acid. In a twelve-week clinical study, 100% of subjects who used this eye cream agreed the skin around their eyes looked more youthful and luminous, and 90% agreed their eyes looked less tired and puffy.
The combination of a cooling applicator and de-puffing ingredients makes this one of the best eye creams for puffiness under the eyes. The gel-cream formula with hyaluronic acid provides an instant plumping effect to make fine lines less noticeable, while light-reflecting particles boost radiance and camouflage dark undereye circles.
If you’re looking for the best eye cream with concealer, this unique formula fits the bill. It comes in four different shades to provide natural-looking color correction to hide redness or dark undereye circles. It also improves the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes with a peptide blend and protects your skin from sun damage with 6.7% zinc oxide and 7.9% titanium dioxide.
“I used this product after receiving HALO® laser treatment under my eyes,” says Dr. Joel Schlessinger. “I was really impressed with how well it camouflaged post-procedure redness.”
A part of Revision Skincare’s DEJ system, which focuses on the skin’s dermal-epidermal junction, this eye cream was created to target crepiness and crow’s feet as well as help reduce drooping skin and hooding on eyelids. It does so by stimulating the production of DEJ proteins to help support the structure of the delicate skin around your eyes. In a clinical study, subjects noticed a 29% average improvement in the length of under-eye fine lines and wrinkles and a 14% average improvement in under-eye crepiness.
This dermatologist-recommended eye cream from SkinCeuticals pulls double duty by not only correcting existing signs of aging but also preventing the early stages of ongoing glycation, a natural part of the aging process that damages the collagen elastin in your skin over time. Innovative ingredients such as Proxylane and Matrixyl 3000 help boost firmness and diminish wrinkles, while wild fruit flavonoids help protect your skin from free radical damage. It also has a dry-finish balm texture that wears well under makeup.
If you’re looking for the best eye cream for dark circles, consider this formula from Barcelona beauty brand ISDIN. It helps diminish dark circles, reduce puffiness and improve firmness of skin around the eyes with hyaluronic acid, vitamin K, vitamin C and a blend of peptides. A consumer test concluded that using this vitamin C eye cream for 28 days resulted in visibly reduced dark circles and puffiness.
“This is one of the best eye creams to target wrinkles,” Dr. Daniel Schlessinger says. “It contains TNS, which stands for Tissue Nutrient Solution, which is SkinMedica’s patented blend of proteins, growth factors and cytokines that work together to rebuild skin cells to help your skin look smoother and more youthful.” Peptides also help diminish the look of crow’s feet while retinyl palmitate, a form of retinol, supports healthy cell renewal.
If you’ve ever wondered whether there is any way to prevent fine lines from happening, we’ve got answers for you on the LovelySkin Blog.