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Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:19 pm  |
| kychic wrote: |
| I have oily skin but the area under my eyes seems to be dry. I also have fine lines under my eyes. I have tried so many under eye creams and moisturizers however my under eye area is not absorbing anything I put there. Anytime I put something under my eyes it just sits there until I wash it off. Can someone help me I'm desperate to do somethign about these fine lines. Thanks. |
Hi Kychic:
I'm not sure why you're having this problem, but I will share my thinking on this and what I do for my eyes.
I do know that there are fewer pores under the eyes than anywhere else. Because of this, I reasoned years ago, that perhaps we didn't need as much moisture under the eyes as we seem to think we do. If you think about it, sebum is nature's way of moisturizing our skin and in the places where it's most necessary, I assume pores are a-plenty. So perhaps we don't need so much moisture under the eyes....
My thinking came about when after a few years of using nothing but Vaseline under my eyes, thanks to Eva Fraser's advice, I was told by a lady at the cosmetics counter at a department store that I needed eye creams. She called it "taking preventative measures". Her eyes were not great, but I assumed she probably waited too long, so I gave her suggestion a try. My eyes puffed up. I stopped and my eyes returned to normal. This happened in my mid-twenties. I went back to what I had been doing and by the time I was 35 my eyes were still beautiful. I have shared the suggestion to use Vaseline in lieu of eye creams and a few people are now believers too. Years later, on Extreme Makeover a doctor operating on someone's eyes explained that the gunk that was under the skin under teh eyes is common in people who use eye creams, which reminded me of my experience. I therefore thought that if God really felt we needed "moisturizing" under the eye the way we think, wouldn't he have given us more pores?
Another thing I want to mention is I do find that sometimes we ourselves are why our bodies act like they do. I used to have "dry combination skin". I would have to moisturize with a water-based lotion immediately after washing my face or it'd get tight and have dry patches. A friend with beautiful skin told me she doesn't use anything but water on her face. Scary as it sounded, I tried it. In a day or so, my face was fine. I tested it with those strips at the Body Shop and it turned out to be "oily". It's as if when I stopped interfering with my body's mechanism by smothering my face with stuff, I allowed it to return to what it would have been doing without my meddling. I do not use water-based moisturizers and haven't used them for years. I either wash my face with OCM or with water, and the only thing I apply to my face is sunblock that isn't water-based. Otherwise I just go bare. My face is no longer combination-dry.
That said, I do know that dead skin cells can make product just sit on the skin. But I'm not an expert on exfoliation and don't know what people use around the eyes for that--or if they use anything at all. Whatever your problem, I do find water-based products look good on application but then the water they contained evaporates and skin looks lined and dry thereafter. That is what used to happen to my skin. You would have to get really close to see the lines. That's why I don't even moisturize my body with water-based lotions; I use coconut oil. So if you're using a water-based eye cream, maybe that is why you are seeing lines and your skin is looking dry?
So what exactly does Vaseline do? To be honest I haven't the foggiest idea.  I suspect it stops moisture loss? I know it's too thick to be absorbed so there's no fear of puffy eyes. I have used it since the beginning of the nineties and except for that time I tried eye creams in mid-nineties, and it works for me. It is also wonderful on my hands.
Perhaps you should share what creams you've tried and see if perhaps it's the choices you're making. People who find my use of Vaseline scary and who have good success with eye creams have shared that sometimes it takes a few trials to find the right product. There may be someone who had the same issue with the products you've tried thus far who can point you to the product that will work. Unfortunately I can't be much help there, but just wanted to give you my point of view in case it may make some sense. |
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Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:39 am |
| Nonie aka AD wrote: |
So what exactly does Vaseline do? To be honest I haven't the foggiest idea. I suspect it stops moisture loss? |
That is exactly what it does - prevent the water loss. On a side note, I knew a woman in her late 70's who had gorgeous skin. Yes, she had sagging at the jowl, but no wrinkles. She used to slather her face with vaseline, jump in the shower and let the steam do its thing and then wipe the vaseline off her face. That was all she did. I think genetics obviously plays a huge part, but the inexpensive vaseline was her miracle product! |
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