Sep. 05, 2020

How to treat the 3 most common aging eye problems...

How to treat the most common aging eye problems including the top 3:

1) Dark Circles

2) Puffiness

3) Fine Lines (Wrinkles)

See our suggested treatment, solutions and remedies in our blog article below

As we age, so does the skin around our eyes. Which one concerns you the most?

Dark Circles

Allergies, nasal congestion can dilate the blood vessels that drain from the area around your eyes, causing them to darken. Sleep deprivation is the most common cause, and the easiest to prevent, but … Oversleeping can also cause dark eye circles.

Solutions/Remedies:

1. Pillow Prop If dark circles and “bags” seem to greet you every morning, you may be retaining fluid under your eyes during the night. Prevent the fluid from pooling by propping your head with extra pillows while you sleep.

2. Cold Compress An ice-cold compress placed over your eyes helps constrict the blood vessels which may be causing your dark circles. Good choices include a bag of frozen peas or two chilled teaspoons. Lay down with your head propped by pillows and place the compress or compresses over your eyes. Rest for at least 10 minutes and gently pat your eyes dry.

3. Age Erase MD Eye Cream with Triple Action Formula

Formulated to vanish the appearance of dark under eye circles. Use twice daily. Will not be as effective on hereditary dark circles.

4. Get Your Rest! Lack of sleep can make your skin appear paler, which allows blood vessels to be more visible through the skin, giving the appearance of bluish or dark circles. So make sure that you are getting in at least 7-8 hours of undisturbed sleep!

5. Eat Healthy At the end of the day, you are what you eat. The healthier you eat, the better your skin is going to look. For dark circles, you need a healthy dose of Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K iron and folic acid. Antioxidant serums containing Vitamin C and Vitamin E can be helpful in preventing oxidative stress if used in the morning under your make up or blended with a good sunscreen. So gorge on citrus fruits, berries, green leafy veggies, nuts, whole grains, avocado, seafood, beef, cheese, green tea etc. and do away with processed and greasy foods.

Crows Feet / Squint Lines

As we age, the skin around our eyes gets thinner, which leads to fine lines and wrinkles. Dermatologists distinguish between crow's feet, the “squint lines” around the eyes' outer corners, and the crepey fine lines on the upper and lower eyelids.

Solutions/Remedies:

1. Steer clear of the sun and smoking: For starters, you can help avoid crow's feet by protecting yourself from the sun's harmful UV rays by using a high-SPF sunscreen. Exposure to UV rays is one of the most common ways our skin loses collagen and elastin, and ultimately, its ability to bounce back. If you're a smoker, you're placing your skin at double jeopardy, since smoking accelerates the biochemical processes that cause your skin to age faster.

2. Use an Eye Cream morning and night – Age Erase MD eye cream , when used regularly, this eye cream will diminish the appearance of crow's feet, but are unlikely to actually prevent wrinkles or restore your skin's elasticity. Use creams that contain active agents like natural peptides, the same ingredients prescription wrinkle creams contain in higher doses. If non-prescription creams aren't helping, a dermatologist might suggest something with a greater concentration of active ingredients. While some wrinkle creams and gels may seem expensive, they are generally cheaper than cosmetic surgery and procedures like Botox, and, over the long run, may provide acceptable results.

3. Consider Botox: Crow's feet are most pronounced when you work the muscles around your eyes, such as smiling, laughing or squinting. Botox -- short for botulinum toxin injections -- chemically relaxes those muscles so they can't contract. Though Botox treatments are FDA approved and generally safe, they can result in complications if the toxin spreads, so you should only receive injections from a certified physician. The upside of Botox is that it only takes a few minutes. The downside? It involves needles, it isn't cheap and it doesn't last. It may take up to a week to see any results, and those can last anywhere from three to six months. Consider using Arnica Recovery Complex (message Biopure Naturals) prior to and after your treatment to reduce the appearance of bruising and swelling.

4. Eat right: Another simple cure for crow's feet is your diet. Foods rich in antioxidants, like eggplant, asparagus, fish and olive oil, can play a role in protecting the skin. Conversely, some foods -- like full-fat milk -- may increase the odds that you'll develop wrinkles. However, drinking plenty of pure water every day will help by ensuring your body's moisture levels are adequate. Keeping your weight under control is another big benefit. When we gain weight, we gain it in our faces, which stretches out the skin. Constant fluctuations can continually stretch the skin, making it more likely to wrinkle.

Bags under the eyes Bags under eyes — mild swelling or puffiness under the eyes are common as you age. With aging, the tissues around your eyes, including some of the muscles supporting your eyelids, weaken. Normal fat that helps support the eyes can then move into the lower eyelids, causing the lids to appear puffy.

Solutions/Remedies:

1. Take Care of Your Allergies You are probably well aware of when your allergies flame up, as allergy season and watery, puffy eyes are inevitable for many. Try natural remedies, such as essential oils for allergies, to help manage them and catch them before they start. Over the counter medications for allergies can help. Also, have a small vial of an allergy essential blend handy since for some, allergies can sneak up when you least expect it.

2. Take It Easy On the Salt Salt is most often linked to high blood pressure, but did you know that all that sodium can cause fluid retention and lead to puffiness around the eyes? If you use salt, use pure Himalayan sea salt and only a little bit. Avoid high salty foods, like pizza and some soups. Opt for fresh vegetables, in particular celery, which can help curb your desire for salt!

3. Exercise Those Bags Away Exercise is a natural way to reduce the signs of aging and can promote a youthful glow to the skin but mostly, the area around your eyes will benefit from special facial exercises. Licensed aesthetician and author of The Yoga Facelift, Marie-Veronique Nadeau explains that yoga for the face involves slow exercises of the facial muscles to help tone and tighten them. Using light pressure from your fingers as resistance the exercises involve various facial expressions and pressure. And let’s not forget regular yoga and how it can benefit. The inverted poses such as shoulder stands and back bends can help increase circulation to the face, which carries away excess fluid and helps relieve swelling.

4. What Is Your Sleep Position? Sleeping on your back can prevent gravity from causing fluid build-up around the eyes. Consider adding an extra pillow under your head as well, but make sure it is a pillow that is effective for good sleep — for if you can’t sleep, that can add to the dark circles under the eyes problem.

5. Try a Neti Pot Have you heard of a Neti Pot? This is an ancient remedy that you can do as part of your daily routine to help combat those puffy eyes. Originating in India in Ayurvedic medicine, a Neti Pot looks like a small teapot and can be found at most health food stores or online. It can help flush out all that extra moisture in your sinuses from seasonal allergies, colds or infections. Simply pour salt water into one nostril and let it drain out the other. This can be done over the bathroom sink. It feels odd at first, but it is actually very cleansing and refreshing.

6. Remove Your Makeup Before Going to Bed.

Leaving your eye makeup on can irritate your eyes, causing them to water and and get puffy. Make sure to gently remove your eye makeup before hitting the hay to help eliminate any added irritation around the eyes.

7. Limit or Eliminate Alcohol Alcohol dehydrates your body and skin. This dehydration can cause the delicate area around your eyes to appear sunken and dark. Also, alcohol can cause bloodshot, tired eyes. Taking it easy on the alcohol by having no more than one glass per day. We suggest drinking lots of water instead. You will feel fresher, your eyes will be wide open, welcoming and your skin around your eyes will glow since they will be more hydrated.

8. Put Down Those Cigarettes for Good! Did you know that smoking cigarettes dries out the skin and weakens the skin on your face as well as your whole body? It also causes premature aging around the eyes, in particular. The chemicals found in cigarettes are toxic and can cause irritation around the eyes, which could result in dark circles or bags in addition to a wrinkled, droopy appearance.

9) Try under eye treatments like Age Erase MD eye cream to help lessen the appearance of congestion and puffiness under the eyes

Fine lines and wrinkles

As skin ages, collagen and elastin fibres are not working as efficiently as they once were and your skin's dermis (top layer) can start to lose some of its bounce. This can result in some fine lines and wrinkles. Aging is a natural part of life and there is nothing negative about getting older

Solutions/Remedies:

1. Avoid the sun. It's the No. 1 cause of wrinkles, with dozens of studies documenting the impact. In one study that looked at identical twins, New York plastic surgeon Darrick Antell, MD, found sun exposure was even more important than heredity. Siblings who limited sun time had fewer wrinkles and looked younger overall than their sun-worshiping twins. Incorporate a skin brightener like Luminate Brightening Cream into your skin care regimen to reduce the appearance of dark spots, hyper-pigmentation and sun freckles.

2. Wear a daily sunscreen or a tinted sunblock. If you must go out in the sun, the American Academy of Dermatology says, wear sunscreen! It will protect you from skin cancer, and help prevent wrinkles at the same time.

3. Don't smoke. Some of the research is still controversial, but more and more studies are confirming that cigarette smoke ages skin -- mostly by releasing an enzyme that breaks down collagen and elastin, important components of the skin. Sibling studies done at the Twin Research Unit at St. Thomas Hospital in London found the brother or sister who smoked tended to have skin that was more wrinkled and up to 40% thinner than the non-smoker.

4. Get adequate sleep. Yale dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, MD, says that when you don't get enough sleep, the body produces excess cortisol, a hormone that breaks down skin cells. Get enough rest, Perricone says, and you'll produce more HGH (human growth hormone), which helps skin remain thick, more "elastic," and less likely to wrinkle.

5. Sleep on your back. The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) cautions that sleeping in certain positions night after night leads to "sleep lines -- wrinkles that become etched into the surface of the skin and don't disappear once you're up. Sleeping on your side increases wrinkles on cheeks and chin, while sleeping face-down gives you a furrowed brow. To reduce wrinkle formation, the AAD says, sleep on your back.

6. Don't squint -- get reading glasses! The AAD says any repetitive facial movement -- like squinting -- overworks facial muscles, forming a groove beneath the skin's surface. This groove eventually becomes a wrinkle. Also important: Wear sunglasses. It will protect skin around the eyes from sun damage -- along with a daily chemical free sunscreen or a tinted sunblock-- and further keep you from squinting.

7. Eat more fish -- particularly salmon. Not only is salmon (along with other cold-water fish) a great source of protein -- one of the building blocks of great skin -- it's also an awesome source of an essential fatty acid known as omega-3. Perricone tells WebMD that essential fatty acids help nourish skin and keep it plump and youthful, helping to reduce wrinkles.

8. Eat more soy -- So far, most of the proof has come from animal studies, but research does show certain properties of soy may help protect or heal some of the sun's photoaging damage. In one recent human study, published in the European Journal of Nutrition, researchers reported that a soy-based supplement (other ingredients included fish protein and extracts from white tea, grapeseed, and tomato, as well as several vitamins) improved skin's structure and firmness after just six months of use.

9. Trade coffee for cocoa. In a study published in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers found cocoa containing high levels of two dietary flavanols (epicatchin and catechin) protected skin from sun damage, improved circulation to skin cells, affected hydration, and made the skin look and feel smoother.

10. Eat more fruits and vegetables. The key, says Kraus, are their antioxidant compounds. These compounds fight damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules that can damage cells), which in turn helps skin look younger and more radiant, and protects against some effects of photoaging.

11. Natural Peptides, like those found in Age Erase MD eye cream are designed for anti-aging to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

Laugh Lines / Smoker Lines

There are two kinds of lines:

Laugh lines (the folds that run from the nose to each corner of your mouth), which are formed from years of giggling, smiling and even talking, and perioral lines or Smoker lines (the fine grooves that appear along the upper lip) caused by pursing your lips or smoking. Lip plumpers and collagen lip masks like those from BioPure Naturals are temporary fixes, but consider a dermal filler for a longer lasting result

Solutions/Remedies:

1. Moisturize your skin daily. Using a moisturizer like a daily oil free moisturizer from BioPure Naturals can help hydrate your skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, including those around your mouth. For the best results, use a skin moisturizer that contains collagen, which can help plump up and repair your skin.

2. Drink plenty of water. Drinking water is one of the most ideal ways to naturally hydrate your skin and reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Increase your daily intake of water, and swap out sodas, coffee, and sugary drinks for water. Coffee and sugary drinks can actually dehydrate your skin further and worsen the appearance of laugh lines.

3. Exfoliate your skin on a regular basis. Exfoliating can help remove dead skin cells to reveal the healthier, younger skin cells that lie beneath. Exfoliating is also highly effective at reducing fine lines caused by laughing and smiling. Purchase a skin exfoliant for your skin care type like Sunflower Polish from BioPure Naturals or try a Green Peel and Polish natural exfoliant as an at home treatment a few times per week.

4. Use makeup to hide laugh lines. Primer can help fill in laugh lines and smooth the skin around your mouth and lips prior to putting on foundation or powder. Place a bit of primer on your finger, and use your finger to gently fill in laugh lines prior to applying the rest of your makeup.

5. Protect your skin from the sun on a daily basis. Sun damage can cause and worsen existing laugh lines. Apply a chemical free sunscreen or tinted sunblock to your face on a daily basis, spend more time in the shade, and wear a hat to protect your skin and reduce laugh lines.

6. Exercise on a regular basis. Exercise can help reduce and eliminate laugh lines by promoting blood flow to your skin, which in turn, helps produce natural oils and moisture and increases the rate of new cell growth. Engage in aerobic, cardio exercise several times per week in the form of running, hiking, dancing, or swimming.

7. Consume plenty of foods rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants are naturally occurring substances packed with vitamins that can help boost collagen and elastin production in your skin and eliminate fine lines and wrinkles. Examples of foods rich in antioxidants are fruits, vegetables, and green tea.

8. Start eating more omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids help eliminate laugh lines by reducing inflammation and naturally boosting the health of your skin. Examples of foods high in omega-3 fatty acids are tuna, salmon, walnuts, and peanut butter.

9. Stop smoking. The chemicals present in most brands of tobacco and cigarettes can destroy the collagen and elastin in your skin, and worsen existing laugh lines. Stop smoking as soon as possible to help reduce and eliminate laugh lines and wrinkles.

10. Start practicing facial yoga exercises. Facial yoga can naturally help your face appear younger by firming up your facial muscles and reducing wrinkles. Stick your tongue out as far as it will go for 60 seconds, then fold your lips into your mouth and smile about 10 times. These facial exercises can help eliminate laugh lines.

Eye Puffiness

Ordinary swelling around the eyes means you have an excessive accumulation of fluids, called edema, in surrounding skin tissue. Because the skin around the eyes is the thinnest skin in the body, swelling and discoloration can be quite prominent. Use a triple action formula like the one for Age Erase MD eye cream to help reduce the appearance of puffiness around the eyes. But why does fluid accumulate to form puffy eyes in the first place? Puffy eyes generally result from a variety of factors, including:

1. Overconsumption of salt, which causes fluid retention

2. Allergies that can cause inflammation and swelling

3. Sinus problems

4. Dehydration

5. Fatigue and lack of sleep

6. Stress

7. Crying

8. Aging

9. Inherited facial features While the last answer isn't very satisfying, it's true that many people have puffy eyes because this trait simply runs in the family.

Solutions/Remedies:

1. Water The easiest way to get rid of puffy eyes is to drink water. When the body is well hydrated, there is less chance of water retention that can cause your under-eye area and other parts of your body to swell. Water also helps flush toxins out of the body. To stay well hydrated, drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water each day. In addition to this, you must reduce the amount of salt you eat to reduce water retention in the body. Also, avoid caffeinated and carbonated beverages that can be dehydrating.

2. Avoid artificial sweeteners Sweeteners like aspartame and saccharin have been implicated in some studies as potentially causing fluid retention. If you regularly have puffy eyes, try cutting back on diet soda drinks and see if it helps.

3. Wear sunglasses Not only do they protect your eyes from UV damage, but they can shield your eyes from the glare of the sun, wind, dust, and other environmental conditions that can encourage puffy eyes.

4. Check your thyroid Some people with consistently puffy eyes may have thyroids that aren’t performing as they should. Check with your doctor—a simple blood test can tell you.

5. Getting enough iron? Iron deficiency anemia is another cause of fluid retention—check your iron levels. Most post-menopausal women don’t need extra iron, but if you’re pre-menopausal, an iron shortage may be a factor in puffy eyes.

6. Natural Peptides - like those found in Age Erase MD eye cream are designed for anti-aging to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

7. Avoid salty snacks Sodium encourages water retention, so if you notice your eyes getting puffy and baggy after lunch, rethink that bag of potato chips. Crepey skin around the eyes As your body gets older, your skin starts to reveal visible signs of aging. Eye skin is very thin, so wrinkles, fine lines and crepiness are most noticeable there. When skin turns crepey, eyelids look loose and saggy