Your eye skin is really thin and fragile, more so than other parts of your body. Because it’s so delicate, it’s easier to get wrinkles, dark circles, puffiness, and other signs of getting older around your eyes. It’s super important to take good care of this sensitive area when you’re doing your skincare routine. If you’re not sure where to start, check out these helpful tips for protecting your eye skin.

Here’s what you can do to keep your eye skin safe and sound…

Be gentle when you clean

When you wash your face, make sure you’re super gentle around your eyes. Don’t rub or scrub too hard because that can make the thin skin irritated. Instead, use a soft, wet cloth to gently wipe the area with a mild, soap-free cleaner. You could also use a cleaner made just for eyes. Regular face cleaners might be too strong for this sensitive spot.

Use eye creams and serums

Try using special eye products that have good stuff in them to fix problems like dark circles, puffiness, and wrinkles. Look for eye creams, gels, or serums that have hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, and good things like vitamins C and E, plus peptides and retinoids to protect your eyes from getting old too fast. Gently pat these products around your whole eye area using your ring finger.

Wear sunglasses outside

The sun’s UV rays can hurt the thin skin around your eyes and make wrinkles or dark spots show up over time. Whenever you go outside when it’s bright, put on big sunglasses that wrap around your face. Make sure they protect you from all the sun’s rays. This helps keep your eye skin safe from the sun. Once wrinkles show up, they never go away completely, but using things like LED eye masks can help make them less noticeable.

Sleep on your back

How you sleep can make wrinkles happen around your eyes. If you sleep on your side or stomach, it squishes your delicate eye skin while you sleep. Doing this a lot can make permanent wrinkles or sleep lines around your eyes. To stop this from happening, try to sleep on your back. If you need to, use pillows to keep your head and neck in a good position. Silk pillowcases can also help because they don’t rub on your skin as much.

Change your screen time

Looking at screens too much can make your eye skin worse over time. Screens give off blue light that can hurt your skin and make wrinkles. Using screens a lot also makes you do the same face movements over and over, like squinting, which can make lines on your skin. Try to use screens less or change how you use them — wear special glasses, adjust the brightness, make the text bigger, take breaks, and sit up straight.

A last word

Taking care of your eye skin helps keep wrinkles, dark circles, and other signs of getting older away. If you’re gentle when you clean, use good eye products, and do things like wearing sunglasses and sleeping right, you can keep your eye skin looking smooth and young. Paying attention to this sensitive spot is a big help in keeping your face looking nice and even.

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