This uses heat energy to trigger the production of collagen and elastin.

Collagen and elastin are two proteins that promote the skin’s elasticity. Your body produces them, but their production slows down as you age. This contributes to the formation of eye wrinkles.

Stimulating their production means the skin can become elastic once again. As a result, that the skin can crease and smoothen out more quickly. This removes eye wrinkles and crow’s feet.

Aside from that, laser resurfacing also lightens blemishes.

While effective, it may cause irritation and pigmentation. Scarring is also possible but it’s rare.

As its name suggests, this involves tiny needles. The said needles puncture the facial skin to stimulate collagen production. The device used is called dermaroller.

The procedure seems painful. In reality though, it’s a bit irritating. It’s even deemed as less painful than laser resurfacing.

Microneedling reduces wrinkles and acne scars. Initially though, you may experience scarring on the first few attempts.

Known as botulinum toxin, it is injected into the skin to temporarily paralyze facial muscles. It eases lines and wrinkles as a result. Botox injections can also be sought for balancing asymmetrical eyelids.

Topical treatments like eye creams and facial serums are the most accessible option. You only need to apply these directly on the skin around your eyes.

These days, you can buy an LED face mask to try laser resurfacing in your home. You can also get a dermaroller to carry out microneedling on your own. As the skin around the eyes is delicate, it will be much better to seek professional services and avoid DIY treatments.

Professional laser resurfacing, microneedling and botox procedures are usually costly though. Aside from the service fees, consider the fuel and time you spend on your trip to the beauty clinics.

In contrast, many topical treatments are affordable. Even the most expensive ones are less expensive than beauty devices and services.

While less costly, they’re found to be as effective in treating wrinkles thanks to the active compounds in them.

Topicals are packed into bottles, jars, pumps and tubes. Each brand has a unique set of components as well.

For the anti-wrinkle effects, below are the active compounds you should look for in an eye cream or a facial serum.

• Peptides: These form part of collagen, elastin and melanin. Melanin helps protect the skin from the harmful ultraviolet rays.
• Retinol: This does two things: boosts collagen production and stop breakdown of existing ones.
• Hyaluronic Acid: Like a sponge, it pulls in water molecules in the air and binds with them. Doing so makes thinning skin look a bit plumper and more hydrated.
• Antioxidants like Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Ferulic Acid: Collectively, they improve collagen production and provide protection against UV rays.
• Phytoestrogens: These plant-based compounds can mimic estrogen, one of the two naturally-occurring female hormones. Estrogen assists in managing signs of aging in different ways. However, its production stops after menopause.

Having all of the aforementioned ingredients isn’t a guarantee that the topical treatment is the best. Most products only have one or a few of the said compounds anyway.

Of the said ingredients though, you should pay utmost attention to phytoestrogens.

To understand the role of phytoestrogen, it’s important to familiarize yourself first with the hormone it copies.

Both estrogen and progesterone (the other female hormone) are essential in reproduction. Between the two, the former tends to affect more body parts though. Skin is one of the said parts.

Estrogen regulates skin cells such as melanocytes and dermal fibroblasts. The said cells are partly responsible for producing melanin and forming connective tissues respectively. Regulating them helps keep skin health in check.

Ovaries are the main organ that produces estrogen. Fat cells and adrenal glands can also provide it, but they can only produce little amounts.

Like other body parts, the ovaries age. Consequently, it becomes less and less efficient in hormone production.

An ovary transplant isn’t ideal if you’re simply after estrogen production. The good news is that you can get supplementation from topical products.

Estrogen receptors abound in the face. This make hormone supplementation more effective than what other topical products do.

Some topical supplements use synthetic estrogen though. Synthetic estrogens are linked to breast cancer in both good and bad ways.

Other possible side effects include nausea, hair loss and stomach cramps. Topical supplements with such component may cause hyperpigmentation, too.

In contrast, plant-based estrogen is deemed to lower risk of cancer.

It may adversely affect fertility though. But keep in mind that topical eye product with phytoestrogen isn’t likely to cause that.

Phytoestrogen topicals can improve your skin health by:

• Reducing wrinkle depth
• Increasing collagen production
• Enhancing skin elasticity
• Minimizing UV-related skin cell death
• Offering protection UV rays