Recommend Me Anti-wrinkle Products

[HesterHare]

Im early 30s and I have noticed an increased amount of fine lines around my eyes which deepen when I smile. As well as drinking more water and generally improving my diet I think I need an overhaul of my skincare. At the minute I just use the superdrug hot cloth cleanser, superdrugs B. day cream, Nivea night cream and a now discontinued boots time delay eye cream morning and evening.
I'm on a bit of a budget but realise that I may need to spend considerably more than I'm used to to get stuff that works.

Spf for daytime, every day, and a retinol product at night. Treat your neck and décolletage the same as your face.

Yes sorry should have specified, my day cream has SPF although I can't find an anti-aging cream that says definitively it has broad spectrum UV protection, they all seem to say 'Protection against UV rays' so I'm not sure if that's both or not. Is there any amount or type of retinol I should be looking for?

You need acids for day time and retinol at night.

I find it easier to use a night cream and during the day a separate spf on top

I use a factor 30 sun cream for day moisturiser and Nivea soft at night.

Cheap and effective.

🙄 there's lots of hope in a jar brands out there or you could just invest in some peels and Botox. It will make you feel amazing x

You don’t need Botox.
You need ( as PP have said)
A gentle acid at night alternating with a retinol.
Go slowly when introducing it though.
The Ordinary make a really good Lactic acid 5% and also a Granactive retinoid 2% :)

Sablestar as never had Botox

Donald?
What did you mean?

Anyway, Botox doesn’t improve your skin at all - it just freezes it in whatever condition you have at the time.
If you use a good Vit A/ retin A (eventually) you won’t need Botox anyway.

I mean the OP is concerned about lines around her eyes that get worse when she smiles. Botox would work perfectly for this as it's a muscle relaxant and there her eyes wouldn't get worse when she smiles. Let me find an example x

Here...

Although I agree ret a and spf are very important, skin is another issue than muscle activity.

In the first picture the woman is kind of smiling - and the second she isn’t?
I do take your point however, but l think there are just too many variables when using Botox.
You reminded me about SPF - imperative for sure. :)

I really don't want to go down the invasive/needle route if I can help it (also can't afford it) thanks for the recommendations sablestar so I take it retinoid=retinol?

A quality retinol (or Retin A/Tretinoin is best, if prescribed) at night, with Vitamin C serum in the morning is pretty much the best combo you can go for.

Oh, and always use a standalone sunscreen of at least Factor 30. Frezyderm is incredible as it is acts as a primer too. Lots about it on here if you do a search.

Red light LED (low level laser therapy) is FDA approved for reducing peri orbital wrinkles. Amber light in combo with red has best results. Lots of scientific data on this spawned by the original NASA research on wound healing. There's another thread related to this at the moment.

I use retin a, vitamin c, red light therapy and derma needling and copper peptides. All have been show to have positive effect on eye wrinkles and in late 40s I have none BUT no idea which which works best.

I agree with others, a good SPF every single day. Not a moisturiser that contains SPF but a specific SPF product. I use 50 because I’m super pale and frecklely. Acid I. The morning and retinol at night. The retinol is the second reason you need a very good SPF on during the day as it makes your skin more sensitive to UV. I also have Botox for my crows feet as I didn’t start looking after my skin early enough and don’t want eye wrinkles to get worse.

Sunglasses are so important for eye wrinkles.

Thanks all, I will look into the Frezyderm and some suitable creams and serums. The red light thing sounds good, I'll have a look at the other thread.
Do you do an at home derma needling @ScreenQueen or with a therapist?