SO YOU HAVE SENSITIVE EYES...
Think your skin can’t handle an eye cream? Dr. Waldorf swears by these two gentle formulas.
IT’S TRUE. “The eye area ages 5 to 10 years faster than the rest of your face,” says Neal Schultz, MD, a Manhattan derm. Blame the lack of collagen, responsible for keeping skin plump, and the fact that its elastin, which keeps everything tight, is constantly being tested. “Every time you squint or smile, the fibers break down,” says Dr. Schultz. And with few oil glands, the skin there tends to looks older faster.
WHY A SEPARATE CREAM?
Eye skin is tissue-thin, dry, and folds on itself—factors that increase absorption and therefore sensitivity, says Heidi Waldorf, MD, a New York–based derm. For this reason, face creams may be too…
