Turn back time after a year of sleepless nights

[flirtygirl]

Hi i have a good routine but my eyes look terrible, i was in an abusive relationship now divorcing and moving but ironically looked better before this year from hell.

I stopped sleeping and could only get 3 or 4 hours per night and im now on tablets so sleep about 4 nights per week. I cant take them every day as need to wake up at a certain time some days and cant wake properly when i take them.

Ive had years of sleepless nights with children but have never aged this badly or felt so stressed about it. I look in the mirror and it upets me and my asd daughter told me yesterday "mum if you sleep maybe you will get your good looks back" so its obvious to her that they have gone.

I have a dark grooves under my eyes, one is deeper and darker, i dont have wrinkles but now have a couple of fine lines when i smile but the grooves and the darkness are what really bother me.

I need some cream for my eyes or do i need to save for injectibles. Are the current grooves and darkness reversible as im moving fairly soon (house is on the market) to a new area but looking forward to this as have a stbexh that stalks me and is still violent and abusive to me. So with less stress will it reverse a little?

Will i look like this forever and will this stress forever show on my face. Or will i look better when moved and sorted and sleeping better (hopefully)?

Has anyone else been through something similar or had children and sleepless nights that wrecked their face? Was it longterm or shortterm, what did you do?

Any advice, products, procedures etc very welcome
Thanks

YOu poor darling. I am glad you escaped an abusive relationship and I hope that you get to a completely safe & stress free life for yourself and your kids very soon.
Not surprising at all that you couldn’t sleep and I am sure a combination of that and the stress would take their toll on anyone’s face.
Before going down any cosmetic surgery path, I would try the following:

• drink at least 2 litres water per day
• take a really good quality mutivitamin every day, one specially formulated for women
• limit caffeine to 2 servings per day
• cleanse with a very gentle product and use a serum under your moisturiser. Apply to your eye area with light tapping motion.
• do face exercises which you can easily find on you tube

And above all be very very kind to yourself and proud of how far you’ve come

Poor you. When you start sleeping properly again, you will look better. When I left a very stressful job (I realise that’s not as bad as your situation) and started sleeping properly again, I looked five years younger after a couple of months.

I’m not sure that eye cream alone can reverse the dark colouration around your eyes: it will need to be combined with a good diet and fresh air. I’d say, use a good balm cleanser and a gentle acid toner to freshen up your skin, then a decent SPF moisturiser. A light tinted moisturiser and a cream blusher will make you look healthier, and an under-eye concealer whilst you get back to normal.

Thanks Lapin and Nettle, i need to drink more water and take better care of my diet and exercise. The face seems so easy to focus on, i suppose when we look in the mirror but i need to do a overall.

I think water my help.