Please help- dry peeling skin under eye, what can I put on it?

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For the past few weeks the skin under one of my eyes has been really dry to the extent that it's peeling off and the remaining skin is all puckered (very attractive!). Problem is, if I put any moisturiser on that area it reacts immediately and goes all red and puffy. Can anyone recommend a very gentle cream I could use that won't make my skin react? I have tried E45 already. Thanks.

Simple vaseline? That worked for me. It's shiny but better that for a few days than the peeling.

@bedheadedzombie normally that works but not this time!

Weak hydrocortisone?
Aveeno?

Bepanthen nappy rash cream. It has skin healing ingredients and has always sorted my eyes out when they're red raw. It's very greasy. Just use a dap in the day but lots at night.

@BusterGonad

Bepanthen nappy rash cream. It has skin healing ingredients and has always sorted my eyes out when they're red raw. It's very greasy. Just use a dap in the day but lots at night.

I second this, every year in winter the skin around my lips all starts cracking and flaking and bleeding until I look like a clown and I use bepanthen for it, it works better than anything else I've used(a lot over the years)

It's definitely got magical qualities.

Is it itchy? I’d try feeding later after layer of hyaluronic and then squalene. And at night some weleda calendula. If it’s itchy, go to the pharmacist for something medicated!

8 hour cream?

Vaseline

Hydrocortisone. I use it for this exact reason. Can’t use it very often but it works almost instantly, it’s amazing stuff.

Epiderm.. very gentle and I find it clears up all sorts of things like this. You want the tub ointment

Thanks everyone. It's not itchy, just irritated and sore. I'll work my way through the list of possibilities!

I’ve got exactly the same thing- get it periodically and it’s annoying.

I use a combo of
Dr Jart Cicapair Tiger Re Pair cream and also Dr Jart water serum, it does help!

Dermol?

How old are you? Is the skin sun damaged?

I have this - tried all sorts, but ended up with steroid cream from the doctor and it’s cleared it up. Now I bathe my eyes in warm water every night, use drops for Dry Eye, and moisturise with Aveena baby moisturiser.

@TheLoupGarou tried Dermol, made it worse!
@UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea
I'm 41, no sun damage

Probably going to get dragged over coals for this, but the neutrogena concentrated hand cream is a miracle worker for my face in the winter. Non-greasy and soaks in quickly. I’ve used it for years.

I asked about sun damage because I had a patch on my face just like you described. Was prescribed this cream. It's been brilliant.

My DD was recommended to use Cetraben for exactly this. It worked really well and didn't irritate at all and cleared up the dry flaky under eye patches (and other very irritated excema areas like inside her elbows). It's very gentle and does not irritate or itch, unlike some other brands.

E45 cream works for me when I have dry skin round my eyes.

I use Oilatum Junior cream on my face morning and night and my skin has never been better or more hydrated.

Watching. I have this for the first time ever. Also 41. Very tedious!

I really think that the bepanthen would do the trick. It's made to HEAL skin. It's amazing stuff.