What is in eye creams? we look at the ingredients of eye cream to see if eye creams work for wrinkles, puffiness and dark circles.

Kinetin

Found in plants Kinetin causes growth, cell division and prevents the degeneration of leaves, it is an antioxidant and has anti aging effects on plants, fruit flies and human skin grown in a lab, but scientists don't yet know if it's effective when used as a cream or lotion.

Copper Peptides

A peptide is a fragment of a protien stuck to a copper atom, copper peptides may be used by doctors to help skin heal after cosmetic surgery they help wounds heal faster and with less scarring, some evidence shows that copper peptides can stimulate collagen production in the skin.

Hyaluronic Acid

This is found naturally in the body and is a very effective moisturizer and helps prevent scarring of the skin, Doctors sometimes use hyaluronic acid to treat premature wrinkling as it seems to help, it is also known as hyaluronidase.

Argireline

This has similar effects to Botox injections when rubbed on wrinkles and lines in that it causes the muscles to relax and the skin to smooth out, some tests show a reduction in wrinkles after using this, it is also known as acetyl hexapeptide-3.

Idebenone

A powerful anitoxidant that helps prevent your skin being damaged by UV light and pollution, it seems to have no effect on wrinkles.

Matrixyl

This is a trademark name for palmitoyl pentapeptide-3 which is a lipopeptide and stimulates collagen it was discovered by dermatological research and in some studies it was shown to be very effective in reducing wrinkles and lines.

Retinol

A type of vitamin A that is most easily absorbed by the body, it helps speed up the metabolism of the skin cells so that they regenerate faster, it has been shown to help in the reduction of wrinkles, not to be confused with Retin-A which is a more powerful form but can cause severe skin irritation for some people.