Eyes, Lashes and Brows

What this is for

The skin around the eyes is thinner and shows dryness, puffiness and crepiness first. This group also covers serums for fuller-looking lashes and brows.

Which product to choose

• Puffiness: Obagi ELASTIderm Complex Eye Serum 14ml, a cooling rollerball.

• Dry, crepey lids: Obagi ELASTIderm Eye Cream 15g.

• Light hydration that sits well under makeup: Obagi Daily Hydro-Drops Rejuvenating Eye Gel Cream 15ml.

• Face and eyes together: Obagi Elastiderm Sculpt and Eye Kit.

• Lashes: Obagi Nu-Cil Eyelash Enhancing Serum 3ml, or Obagi Nu-Cil Lash Duo Kit 6ml for about six months.

• Brows: Obagi Nu-Cil Eyebrow Boosting Serum 5ml.

How to use

• Eye creams and serums: pat a rice-grain amount around the orbital bone with your ring finger, morning and night, keeping off the lash line.

• Lash serum: at night on clean skin with contact lenses out, one thin stroke along the base of the upper lashes only. Wait 90 seconds before anything else.

• Brow serum: at night onto clean, dry brows.

• Give lashes and brows 3 to 4 months. The effect fades if you stop.

Safety

Nu-Cil lash serum contains a prostaglandin-type ingredient. It can cause eyelid redness or itching, darken the skin around the eye and change eye colour. Book a free consultation before you start. Do not use it if you are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding, or if you have dry eye or any eye condition.

What to expect

Puffiness and dryness improve within weeks, crepiness over 2 to 3 months. Dark circles caused by hollows or thin skin are structural and no eye cream will remove them.

Prescription options

We also have a prescription lash treatment, available after a consultation.

In clinic

Under-eye hollows need an in-clinic assessment. Skin boosters or filler can help the right person.