Watch out for eye creams.

[jamesherried]

Here's an excerpt from Paula Begoun's Beauty Bulletin. Take it for what it's worth.

Myth #9:
Eye creams are specially formulated for use around the delicate eye area.

Fact: There is no evidence, research, or documentation validating the claim that the eye area needs ingredients different from those you use on your face or neck area or décolletage. Even if there were ingredients that were special for the eye area, that isn't evident in eye products; their formulations are random, with no consistency in the industry. All cosmetics companies put whatever ingredients they want to into their eye products (and usually give you half as much but charge you twice as much as the same product for your face). The ingredient label on these "specialty" products more than proves the point. Eye creams are a whim of the cosmetics industry designed to evoke the sale of two products when only one is needed.
One more point: occasionally a physician, aesthetician, or someone selling skin-care products will defend their eye creams by telling me that the eye area doesn't need ingredients that cause irritation. Well, I agree wholeheartedly with that statement, but the same is absolutely true for the face, or anywhere else on your body. You shouldn't be applying formulations with needlessly irritating ingredients, period! That means that all your eye area needs is a well-formulated product, and that can certainly be the same product you use on your face.

[drtodorov]

While some of these points are valid, eye area skin is not entirely the same as elsewhere - it is thinner (both dermis and epidermis) and it has fewer and smaller sebaceous glands and hence is more prone to both dryness and irritation. Many skin care products can be used on any area of the face but that is not to say that eye area should necessarily be treated the same under all circumstances.

[AnnaJ]

My mother used to use an eyecream every day. I think the brand was Narhex, but I'm not certain. Whenerver she ran out of the eye cream, she'd use a non-eyecream, but was certain the results were not as good.

In the end, it comes down to personal experience.

BTW I'd like to try Narhex myself, but don't know where to get it. Any suggestions?

[Barefootgirl]

Nothing works for me in this area for dark shadows or hollowness - only Restylane.

[DanielAdams]

My favorite eye cream is Origins Eye Doctor. Ive been using it for years and even though I dont use it regularly, its still the only eye cream that I completely love.