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FFS my eyelids are starting to go crepey. Help!

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spicemonster · 13/12/2009 18:34

My 45 year old eyelids are looking decidedly crepey and I am not happy about it. Is there anything I can put on them that will ping the skin back a bit/smooth it out or is the knife the only solution?

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MaggieAnFiaRua · 13/12/2009 20:45

don't look in the mirror until after 9am! at the earliest.

how much is an eyelid lift? i can't afford one myself. can't even afford botox (BOY i need it my kids have me frowning permanently i look like a boiler)

monkeysmama · 13/12/2009 20:49

I've got wrinkles under my eyes. I've tried loads of things - the Clarins Beauty Flash Balm for eyes, Biotherm's eye cream, Clinique's two eye creams. Nothing works.

MaggieAnFiaRua · 13/12/2009 20:51

none of hte creams that claim to banish dark circles work either. i've tried everything.

LadyBlaBlah · 13/12/2009 20:52

I would say you have done f*cking brilliantly to get to 45 and only just noticed.......I am 35 and crepetastic

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spicemonster · 13/12/2009 21:35

I've been very lucky LadyBlaBlah - my whole family are blessed with good genes.

it's the tops rather than the bottoms. I was wondering about Retin A?

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LaurieFairyonthetreeeatscake · 13/12/2009 21:41

I really rate Decleor Hydratenseur

here

Been using it for 2 months (only quarter of the way through the bottle so much better value than it looks) and I have noticed a huge difference.

I use it at night, just one pump does two eyes and a line across my neck - it's very liquidy.

If you buy it from QVC you can use it for 30 days and send it back and get a refund if you don't like it, you will just have paid P&P both ways which is as cheap as a crappy one anyway for a months use.

LaurieFairyonthetreeeatscake · 13/12/2009 21:42

and if you do buy it squirt it onto the back of your hand as it does slightly too much (and at too much velocity) to just do the eyes. Which is why I'm putting a wee bit on my neck.

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spicemonster · 13/12/2009 22:16

Thanks Laurie. I might give that a whirl after xmas when my bank balance is looking a little more healthy!

Sorry, never bought anything from QVC before - do you mean I can use it every day for a month and send it back for a full refund??!

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AitchTwoToTangOh · 13/12/2009 22:18

when plastic surgeons do eye lifts they tend to find eye cream settled in the bags underneath, so be careful with the application.

LaurieFairyonthetreeeatscake · 13/12/2009 22:23

Yes spice, honestly I heart QVC - I rarely send anything back but I love the fact that I can if it doesn't suit my skin.

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spicemonster · 13/12/2009 22:28

Eeugh gross aitch! I don't want this stuff for under my eyes though - it's my upper lids which are dodgy. I have really deep set eyes and I'm in danger of doing a Charlotte Rampling

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swissmiss · 13/12/2009 22:42

Feel Unique have it for a few quid cheaper and free delivery. Never had any problems with this site and always great prices.

AitchTwoToTangOh · 13/12/2009 22:48

same diff, honest, it all travels down. no cream higher than upper jawbone or lower than brow line.

duffpancake · 13/12/2009 22:53

Wait, what? By upper jawbone do you mean, like where your upper teeth start? Or your cheekbone? [prods face]

AliBellandthe40jingles · 13/12/2009 22:59

duffpancake - I'm sat here prodding too! I know you it's better to put eyecream around the eye area rather than on the lids themselves, but surely you can't leave the whole area un-creamed??

AitchTwoToTangOh · 14/12/2009 00:02

yup, sorry, cheekbone, jawbone, y'know... seriously, eve lom told me this.

purplepeony · 14/12/2009 08:36

The knife is the only real option. O ther than that you could try fillers such as L'Oreal ones, or a tightening eye cream, but TBH youwill only see any real diffrence if you have the excess skin removed. Costs about £2-£3K. No need for general aneasthetic- day case takes an hour or less.

brimfull · 14/12/2009 08:39

really upper jaw bone?
why?
do I have a hidden crevice full of all the creams I have applied?
I was told eye creams should only be applied to the bony socket bit . The cream will gravitate towards the dry area like a tissue soaking up water.

brimfull · 14/12/2009 08:41

purplepeony-have you had it done?

purplepeony · 14/12/2009 08:44

Ladies- it doesn't really matter where you put it.

I put it all over my eyelids, lashes to brow, and underneath the eye too.

The best eye creams for wrinkles cmae up in a survery which was in the Daily Mail in August ( sorry haven't got the link but it does show up on www.dailymail.co.uk if you search for it- and the results were Olay and Simple top of the trials, above the more expensive makes.

The creams will not get rid of loose skin - crepey-ness- but they will help reduce lines slightly.

purplepeony · 14/12/2009 08:45

Had the knife? no, but I have done a lot of research- I am 53 and have no lines on my face but my slight eye bags and lids are my downfall- so have spent a lot of time looking at surgery options. I'd never say never!

BrianGiggs · 14/12/2009 08:53

retinox

the roc stuff

brimfull · 14/12/2009 08:54

oprah swears by retin a cream apparently
we should all be using it from 40 on
I have retinox by roc-should use it more really

BrianGiggs · 14/12/2009 08:55

on offer atm

AitchTwoToTangOh · 14/12/2009 10:20

seriously,purplepeony, putting it all over has probably exacerbated the problem rather than done nothing at all.

yyy lowest point of eye socket high upper jawbone, that's what i mean, no higher.

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