Health & Fitness
Patch Blog: Five Steps to Restoring Youth Around Your Eyes
Local blogger and esthetician discusses five simple solutions to restoring a youthful look to the delicate eye area.

Reversing age and sun damage in the eye area requires good habits—and a little help from the experts. After all, the skin here is some of the most delicate on the body, and it shows the effects of age and environmental stress faster than any other part of our face.
Here is a five-step regimen to restore youth to the eye area:
1. Schedule light treatments for the eyes every 3-6 months. A medical esthetician with specific training in chemical peels and eye area treatment can choose the right treatment or home care to improve the area incrementally.
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2. Remove milia (small, pearly bumps)—but never by yourself. See an esthetician or dermatologist about removing milia that are commonly seen around the perioribital area.
3. Be healthy. Sleeplessness, fatigue, heavy salt intake, sugar intake, allergies, and stress make an indelible mark on the ultra-thin skin around the eyes.
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4. Love your eye products. Be sure to include a treatment daily for the eyes. These include retinols formulated for the eye area and Vitamin C serums. Pair with a great eye cream in the morning.
5. Love your sunglasses. That's right—protecting the area from UV radiation is crucial. On sunny days this also prevents squinting, which is a major cause of crow’s feet.
Improvement will be seen around anyone’s eyes with this regimen. These steps are the basics to keeping this important area of the face healthy!