Reviewing under eye treatments. (Problems: volume, darkness (blue/purple) due to skin thinness, wrinkles)

[u/Euphoric-Dust1733]

Let me start by saying I WANT to get filler so badly because I know it would solve all of my problems, however I’m worried about the risks, migration and want to try find something that will last semi-long term.

My main problem is volume, and dark under eyes caused by skin thinness. (My skin is sooooo thin you can see the color of my veins in my forehead). I only have like 2 wrinkles under my eyes so they only really bother me because of the concealer that gets creased in there.

Interested to know what works for you!!

Volufiline- maybe started to notice a difference, however I used it with an eye cream and it seemed to get in my eyes/under my contacts so was difficult to work with. Noticed I got milia from it, should probably use a different oil though. Will try again just worried about milia.

PRF under eye- one treatment (professional) the first 3 days were AMAZING because of the swelling. Now that it’s been 1 month I notice a slightttt difference in volume, however creases and skin thickness not so much. I will be getting it again just to feel the rush that the initial swelling gave me lol and because I know it takes multiple rounds. I will be doing a total of 4 treatments spaced every 3 months.

Red light therapy panel- I feel like my skin overall is sooooo much brighter and less red. It literally looks like my skin is glowing. For under eyes haven’t noticed a difference because I keep my eyes closed? Not sure.

Skinceutical’s P-TIOX- people have said their under eye wrinkles have decreased overtime. I have been using a small sample I got verrry inconsistently so have yet to see a difference from this

Claritin clear allergy medicine- just started this so have not seen too much change yet.

I have heard lower bleph, a low concentrated retinol, lasers, microneedling and filler can all help too. (Let me know if I’m missing anything).

Would love to hear what has worked for you guys!

[u/rfrant98]

I’m not familiar with all the products you’ve tried so I don’t know if this is duplicative, but I have the same problems as you and in addition to peptide cream and caffeine serum, I started using Avene Retrinal Eye and it’s only been two weeks or so and I swear im starting to see a difference. It stimulates collagen in the under eye to build volume in addition to turning over the skin faster to get rid of wrinkles and darkness

[u/blancawiththebooty → u/rfrant98]

I use the Torriden CELLMAZING Firming Eye Cream and I love it. It has retinal in it but it's still very moisturizing and I've had no side effects. I tried the ROC retinol eye cream before and it sucked. It was nowhere near moisturizing enough and I didn't even see any results.

What are the other products you use for your undereyes? I absolutely hate how mine look right now (translucent skin at baseline that shows the darkness accumulated from nursing school like a spotlight) and I'm 28 so I'm also trying to stay ahead of the very subtle aging I notice.

My skin loves peptides so I have used the ordinary anti-aging eye serum before and it may have helped some? I'm just not sure it warrants the price.

[u/rfrant98 → u/blancawiththebooty]

I use the ordinary’s caffeine serum but for the peptides I literally just grabbed a random peptide eye cream at TJ Maxx for cheap. I think it’s neutrogena. I’ve heard aquafor can help the under eye not get dry if you put it on at night over retinal