When commercial beauty products prove to be futile to cure my under eye wrinkles, I was left helpless and nervous. Helpless because I thought there was nothing that could help me; nervous because my eye wrinkles seemed more and more noticeable. Getting old is bad, but getting visibly old is worse.
Thankfully, I am not the kind of girl who would do nothing in the face of aging. My thought is even though I am getting old, I can still age gracefully by delaying the visible signs. There must be something that can help if I just look around. So, I dug around. I tried out different home remedies. Here are some that I tried and my comment on them.
- Egg whites: The improvement is way too temporary that I think it’s a waste of time to try at all.
- Milk and honey: The mix is good for brightening the skin. It only took me around two weeks to see the result. However, for reducing the under eye wrinkles, it doesn’t work.
But don’t be disappointed. There are other home remedies that work. Below are two. Although they cannot completely eliminate my under eye wrinkles, they do improve the way I look.
Potato and Honey
Ingredients:
1/4 raw potato
1/2 manuka honey
Method:
Grind the potato and mix the paste with honey. Use a spoon to squeeze out the juice. Soak a pair of disposable cotton eye mask into the paste. Apply the paper mask on to your eyes. Avoid getting any juice into your eyes. Leave it on for 20 minutes before rinse.
A tip on making this eye mask is to let the paste sit for a few minutes before you squeeze out the juice. According to my experience, it takes some minutes for any juice to ooze out of the potato.
How long does it take to work? For mild wrinkles, the result is immediate. My eye area looks brighter, and the wrinkles almost disappear for a satisfactory period of time. Of course, you have to use it regularly to see more improvement.
Virgin Coconut Oil
Ingredient:
A few drops of virgin coconut oil
Method:
Clean your face before bedtime and leave it damp. Dab a few drops of coconut oil on to your under eye areas. If you are anything like me, you can also apply the oil to your entire face. Some suggest massage the eye area for 5 to 10 minutes to help absorption, but I would prefer leaving the delicate eye area untouched.
How long does it take to work? I scrutinized my face after the first few weeks of application and found only little improvement. Even that’s the case, however, I wouldn’t say coconut oil is futile. For one thing, my under eye wrinkles have been here for years. I won’t expect it to be solved within weeks. For another, even though it fails to reduce the wrinkles, it does improve my dehydration lines. Compared to other eye creams I used, coconut oil produces, by far, the most satisfactory result.
Under eye wrinkles are my worst enemy. I need to make greater effort on it if I want to beat them Is it ever possible? I don’t know, but I will keep trying and experimenting. Which home remedies did you use for your under eye wrinkles? Does it work?
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your tips. Eye area concerns are my greatest concerns as well. Is there any eye product which you have tried and it works? Non DIY methods, I meant.
Thank you for visiting my blog. Sadly, most of the anti-wrinkle eye creams I tried don’t work (or else I don’t have to find diy methods). I am yet to find one that really delivers its claim.
Amanda,
Yes, I know what you meant. It just never WORKS..:)
Great post! I was just wondering, where do you buy the disposable eye masks? Thanks!
Glad that you enjoy it! You can find the masks easily in beauty stores. They are cut in eye shapes. Perfect for home remedies. I got mine from Sa Sa.
Have you ever tried vitamin e? For under eye wrinkles. Iheard it does wonders for wrinkles. Maybe it would be a good idea to add a few drops to the coconut oil. Since vitamin E, can be very sticky.
I did try vitamin E oil. And yes like what you say it’s quite sticky, but unfortunately it doesn’t work for me either. Sigh…
i have under eye wrinkles and im only 22, they were more then likely caused by a strong acne table i went on which dried out my skin. i use nivea Q10 plus eye cream on my eyes in the day as it makes my wrinkles reduced and is a faint white colour which makes my eyes alot less dark, then when i get home from work i wash it off and put grapeseed oil under my eyes, then i wash my face at night and put vitamin E oil under my eyes as well as mix it in with my nivea moisteriser and put it on my face. i also drink like 8 bottles of water a day. ive been doing this routine for 3 days and have already noticed a huge difference. my wrinkles seem to have faded, but it will take time. i also go bed before 10 if i can as getting enough sleep helps with wrinkles. my dad is 52 and looks 30 because he eats very healthy, exercises, uses nivea cream on his face morning and night, and drinks water constantly. He says nivea might make his face alittle greasy, but look how young he looks compared to all his friends! so i will follow his example! hope this helps. you have to be persistent. dont be disheartened!
Amy, thank you for your encouragement and sharing! Yes, I do think that eye wrinkles are the toughest skin problems. More so when you are at my age. Sigh… I’m yet to find something that works for my skin. And I’m glad that you find your method works. I can see how much effort you have put in to make them disappear. I’m training myself to go to bed before 11. But that seems to be an impossible mission >.<
nice tips
i use equal combination of potato and cucumber juice by adding a few drops of lime in it..I sock cotton mask and rest on my eyes about 20mins and rinse off.It works wonder for me.My dark circle and eye bags have been removed in a week and wrinkles disappeared in a month..I highly recommend this remedy..:)
Hi, I really appreciate that you shared your experience. I’m 25 and I can see visible fine lines are appearing under my eyes for few months now. I was wondering if it is a normal age to have these line or it is too early?
Hi, Deboti
Whether it’s early to have fine lines at 25 depends on many factors (e.g. your lifestyle, health habit, and skincare routine). But if you are one who applies sunscreen regularly, doesn’t drink or smoke, and maintains a healthy dietary habit, I will rather think it’s an early age to have fine lines. If they are dynamic, nothing may be alarming. However, if they are static, I would think it’s a sign that you haven’t done enough for your delicate eye area. Hope it may help you
Thanks Amanda, I’m not sure how to state if these lines are dynamic or not. But I confess, though I do not drink or smoke and apply sunscreen regularly, but I was never to careful about my skin until now. I do not use lots of makeup or different products, but I guess now I have to start taking things seriously.
Agree!!! Maybe it’s time for you to review your skincare and makeup routine. And looking it from a positive point of view, it’s good to discover it earlier than later. In the earlier days, I always thought that my eye wrinkles were a curse, but now I think it is a blessing, because without them, I would never take my skin seriously. Now, I’m more than happy to say that my skin is better off ~ Be positive!!!