Deep Lines Under Your Eyes? Here Are Five Common Reasons for Creases
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Few things rock our self-perception quite like the first time we notice lines beginning to furrow under our eyes. I’m old now? Yeah, you might be. Or maybe you just need some different habits, my man.
Various factors can bring on the lines, the creases, the wrinkles. We’re here to take a look at what’s causing your under eye trenches and offer some rock-solid guidance on what you should do about it.
Forgoing Moisturizer
If you aren’t moisturizing — every. single. day — your skincare routine is not up to snuff. Proper moisturizing keeps your skin healthy. And it can also keep your skin looking young. Wrinkles and lines are far more noticeable on dry skin. They are more apt to develop on chronically dry skin, too.
So, please, man, hydrate. Check out our moisturizer for dry skin. If you’re staring at those deep lines in the mirror, angry and confused about what in the heck is going on — well, we’d bet that you probably aren’t dedicated to a moisturizing regimen.
Hydrate with Our Moisturizer for Dry Skin
A proper skincare routine is one of the surest ways to keep your skin looking vibrant and crease-free. Moisturize daily, preferably after using the right face wash and then pamper your face once per week with a charcoal mask for men.
Inadequate Sleep
If you find yourself googling things like “how to get rid of dark circles under eyes,” let’s face it — you could probably use a little more sleep. And if you did in fact pop that into your search engine, you likely came across something like this American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation study on “the face of sleep deprivation.” What do the sleep-deprived look like? It’s not so pretty. We’re talking hanging eyelids, droopy corners of the mouth, a generally sad appearance and — you guessed it — wrinkles and dark circles under the eyes.
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So one of the best ways to handle that taxed look is to get some sleep. Proper rest can do a lot for your appearance, and it doesn’t take long for the results to show.
Too Much Sun
Ever crossed paths with some older beach bums? We hate to generalize, but there are two qualities that jump out pretty quickly: They are typically pretty happy and they almost always have some seriously deep wrinkles. That’s a good example of what the sun can do to your skin.
Of course, you don’t need to devote your life to lounging in the sun to suffer its deleterious effects. The damage can come on pretty quickly. We all know the importance of wearing sunscreen, so just do it. And if you refuse to cut back on your sun exposure, at least try to avoid cooking in the middle of the day. If you don’t respect what the sun can do to your skin, you’ll just have to deal with the resultant wrinkles.
What’s the opposite of overdoing it in the sun? Well, that would be soothing yourself with our under eye gel. Just sayin’.
Smoking
Just like the beach bum and his sun-blasted furrows, long-time smokers wear their habit on the skin. In fact, the Mayo Clinic ranks sun exposure and smoking as the top two causes of wrinkles that we can control. Of course, the longer you smoke, the worse it gets. But even weekend smokers can suffer negative effects to the derm.
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And as the Mayo Clinic points out, nicotine alone doesn’t cause the damage. The heat, uninhaled smoke and repetitive squinting also bring on the eye wrinkles. Squinting? Yep…
Facial Expressions
It’s kind of hard to believe, but repeated facial expressions can indeed leave a permanent mark. If the Mayo Clinic didn’t persuade you, how about a note from the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD): “When you make a facial expression, you contract the underlying muscles. If you repeatedly contract the same muscles…these lines become permanent.”
If trying to control your expressions feels like too much of an ask, the AAD has a pretty simple recommendation: Wear sunglasses on sunny days — cuts way back on squinting.
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There you are, dudes. Those lines didn’t just pop up out of the blue. Make some adjustments and keep those creases to a minimum.
