Teenage Daughter has really dry/red skin around her eyes!

picardygirl

Wasnt too bad when she woke up this morning, eyes seem pretty clear, but a slight red patch on the side of her face is still creeping back ...... will keep watch on it over the next few days, but Liz Earle products have definitely eased her face loads.

gwen80

Have you tried Green People products? I believe the products were originally developed by a mother for her daughter who suffered with ezcema. You can order trial sizes online which are useful to try before buying anything full size.

Gwenx

gunsandbanjos

I had something similar round my eyes a few years ago, tried everything to help. My mum gave me Liz Earle superskin eye cream and that eased it for a few days then stopped working altogether. I ended up buying No. 7 Protect and Perfect serum, cleared it in about 3 days and it hasnt been back since! I was astounded at how quick it worked.

picardygirl

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

I had something similar round my eyes a few years ago, tried everything to help. My mum gave me Liz Earle superskin eye cream and that eased it for a few days then stopped working altogether. I ended up buying No. 7 Protect and Perfect serum, cleared it in about 3 days and it hasnt been back since! I was astounded at how quick it worked.

Liz Earle was wonderful for the first few days, but its come back now feel so sorry for her.

Gunsandbanjos, the No,7 stuff worked foryou, but what did you remove your make up with ( i think i have some Protect and Perfect serem, may have to dig it out ).

Bronnie

picardygirl wrote: »

Liz Earle was wonderful for the first few days, but its come back now feel so sorry for her.

Gunsandbanjos, the No,7 stuff worked foryou, but what did you remove your make up with ( i think i have some Protect and Perfect serem, may have to dig it out ).

Wow!:eek:

Seriously, I wouldn't put complex cosmetic stuff like this anywhere near sensitive skin. My suggestion would be the simpler and more natural the product the better, as per some good suggestions earlier in the thread and give the skin plenty of time to show an improvement (ie, it could get worse before it gets better as it struggles to regain balance)

How about towels and pillow slips too? Avoiding biological powders and fabric conditioner could help.

Good luck.

Mayflower10cat

Many years ago as a teenager, I used 'rosewater and glycerine' which you could buy cheaply at the local chemists to remove eyemakeup. I had sensitive eyes from wearing contact lenses and also had hayfever and my eyes would run and make the surrounding skin very sore and red. I also used witch-hazel and rosewater as a toner and again, this didn't irritate my sensitve skin either. What I did discover in the year or so before this regime, was that any oil-based eye-makeup remover made matters worse and would add insult to injury by giving me puffy eyes in the mornings. Only my humble opinion, but I'd suggest avoiding SLS in any skin product, avoid mineral oils (liquid paraffin) and anything with parabens. Try a calendula cream for soothing and healing, or one with extract of cucumber. (H&B have a nice skincare range, DrOrganics that might be worth looking at.)

gunsandbanjos

picardygirl wrote: »

Liz Earle was wonderful for the first few days, but its come back now feel so sorry for her.

Gunsandbanjos, the No,7 stuff worked foryou, but what did you remove your make up with ( i think i have some Protect and Perfect serem, may have to dig it out ).

I wasn't wearing makeup when it flared up as i couldn't put it on the skin was so bad.

Generally, i dont remove my makeup, far too lazy:o

Violetta_2

I always remember my mum using milk on cotton wool to remove her makeup, might be worth a try, it's so gentle. Not sure if it would shift waterproof mascara though.

Magicboo

Hiya,
I have really bad sore eyes from eczema, have had for about the last 10 years or more.
I have tried various things, at the moment nothing seems to be working, but am going to try the oil cleansing method again-I did start it a while ago, but it was a bit of a faff and my exzema wasn't too bad then, so I stopped .
I got married at the end of April and was SO worried that my eczema would be bad then (especially as I suffer from the stress-making-it-worse problem!) but it was brilliant! I had a make up trial 2 weeks before, the make up caused minimal problems (made my skin a bit dry but hey-even water does that!!) but when I took it off with those wipe things...OOOOWWWWWW!! my face was a mess for 48 hours afterwards, all red & blotchy and so sore too. After the wedding I used my diprobase moisturiser (from the Docs) and cotton wool pads to take the make up off instead and it was absolutely fine. I don't wear make up very often but notice when I do that mascara really dries the skin around my eyes out.
Anyway...I was going to suggest the other thing that I reckon made a big difference on the run up to my wedding...I drank at least 2 litres of water every day for the month before. I have not been so religious about it since then, but I am convinced it was a contributing factor. In the last week or so I have been trying to drink it again (not hard in this weather!) but I think it takes a couple of weeks for the effects to show.
I'm going to keep looking at this thread for ideas-thank you OP, sorry I've written a bit of an essay above!!

PudseyDB

I've got really bad sore patches under my eyes at the moment, so I tried the oil cleansing thing after reading this post last night - that definately doesnt work for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Admitedly it didnt sting and I thought "yes, this might work", but this morning they look puffed up