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How to Get Rid of Under Eye Wrinkles

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The skin under the eye is the on the face — about 0.5mm thick, compared to around 2mm on the cheek. It sits over one of the most active muscles in the body (the oculi), has minimal subcutaneous fat to it, and is exposed to UV from above. The combination means under-eye wrinkles often appear than elsewhere, and they’re trickier to treat well.

This guide covers the three different types of wrinkles, why they need different treatments, and the realistic options at each stage — from skincare to surgical .

The three types of under-eye wrinkles

depends on which type you have. Most patients have a combination.

The that appear when you smile, squint, or laugh — and when your face is at rest. These are caused by the fibres of the orbicularis oculi muscle and folding the skin. They’re the stage of line formation, often in patients in their late 20s or early 30s.

work very well on dynamic they directly the cause — muscle . The lines during smiling extend beyond the strict tear trough area into what’s typically called ; the two conditions are continuous.

The lines that remain visible at rest, even when the muscle isn’t contracting. These develop from years of skin in the same pattern, plus UV damage, smoking, and the of dermal collagen and elastin from the onward. They look like fine etched lines in the skin and don’t smooth out when you stop expressing.

Anti-wrinkle injections alone don’t fully address static — by this stage, the skin itself needs . Energy-based like laser or stimulate new collagen formation and the skin’s structural quality. Combination of AWI plus energy-based treatment usually the best result.

The most stage — visible skin redundancy, a "crepey" texture, or excess upper or lower lid skin that hangs into the eye area. At this point the issue is structural rather than just surface-level, and non-surgical can only do so much.

This is the stage at which surgical becomes the appropriate intervention. Continuing to chase the with injectables and lasers when the problem is excess skin produces increasingly unnatural results and rarely satisfies .

For a fuller of how skin ageing progresses across stages, see our guide on .

What makes under-eye wrinkles worse

UV exposure is the largest modifiable factor by a wide margin. The area takes significant UV without much natural protection — no eyelash overhang, no hair, no shadow from bone for most people.

Smoking and produces compensatory squinting from smoke irritation, doubling the .

Dehydration makes existing lines look deeper because plumped, well-hydrated skin light evenly and conceals minor .

Chronic eye strain from uncorrected vision, screen use, or dry eye causes constant squinting that mechanically etches lines.

Sleep position — patients who consistently sleep on one side often develop under-eye wrinkles on the side that presses into the pillow.

Repetitive . Genuine emotion-driven facial movement doesn’t create permanent wrinkles in isolation, but consistent expressivity over time.

Genetics set the baseline — skin thickness, fat volume, and how declines with age are partly inherited.

The distinction between wrinkles and the tear trough

Patients often blur two concerns: wrinkles (lines on the skin) and the tear trough (the hollow that develops below the eye as the underlying fat pad or the cheek loses volume).

These need different . Wrinkles benefit from muscle and skin-quality work. The tear trough needs volume — with a soft hyaluronic OnabotulinumtoxinAAbobotulinumtoxinAIncobotulinumtoxinAPrabotulinumtoxinALetibotulinumtoxinARimabotulinumtoxinBHyaluronic Acid FillersCalcium Hydroxylapatite FillersPoly-L-lactic Acid FillersPolymethylmethacrylate FillersAutologous Fat GraftingForehead Lines TreatmentGlabellar Frown Lines TreatmentCrow's Feet TreatmentBunny Lines TreatmentChemical Brow LiftLip FlipGummy Smile CorrectionMasseter ReductionJaw SlimmingDimpled Chin SmoothingCobblestone Chin SmoothingNefertiti Neck LiftMicro-BotoxMesotoxHyperhidrosis TreatmentChronic Migraine ReliefBruxism TreatmentTMJ TreatmentCervical Dystonia TreatmentNeck Spasm TreatmentBlepharospasm TreatmentLip AugmentationLip ContouringCheekbone EnhancementTear Trough FillersNasolabial Fold SofteningMarionette Line FillersLiquid RhinoplastyNon-Surgical Nose JobJawline ContouringJawline DefinitionChin AugmentationTemple VolumisingHand RejuvenationAcne Scar Subcision Filling filler placed onto the bony rim. Getting these leads to .

For full coverage of the tear trough specifically, see our guides on and .

Treatment options — by stage

Skincare doesn’t reverse wrinkles but slows their . Three categories have the most evidence:

Daily SPF around the eye area each morning is the single highest-impact . sunglasses for outdoor time reduce both UV and the .

Topical retinoids in low concentration build dermal over time. Use a formulation specifically for the eye area, start with the lowest available concentration, and build over months.

C serum provides antioxidant protection and .

A good moisturiser improves the immediate appearance of fine lines by hydrating the . Treatment of any underlying dry eye condition reduces compensatory squinting.

We don’t recommend home (almond oil masks, egg white masks, coconut oil applications) as treatment. The evidence for them is weak, and the area is sensitive enough that with kitchen carries small but real risk.

For dynamic lines — the that appear when you smile or squint — small doses of botulinum toxin into the orbicularis oculi produce improvement. The dose used is small (typically 4 to 6 units per side) and the injection points are carefully chosen to avoid affecting the lower lid muscle or a below the eye.

Results appear at days 3 to 5 and reach full effect at 14 days. Maintenance every 3 to 4 months keeps the effect.

For more detail, see our .

For static lines and skin quality concerns, two treatments are particularly useful for the area:

SmoothEye uses the Fotona Er:YAG laser in its non-ablative SMOOTH mode. energy heats the dermis and stimulates collagen with no . The treatment is specifically for the periorbital area. Most need 3 to 4 sessions spaced 4 weeks apart.

Morpheus8 microneedling with radiofrequency energy. It reaches deeper into the dermis and produces stronger tightening, but requires 4 to 7 days of (pinkness, tiny scabs). Particularly useful for crepey under-eye skin.

Combining the two in a layered can produce more results than either alone, with treatments spaced 2 to 3 weeks apart.

isn’t a treatment for under-eye wrinkles themselves — the skin is too thin for filler to hide well, and the lines are caused by muscle and skin quality rather than volume loss.

However, filler placed in the or can the visual of under-eye by restoring volume and reducing shadowing. For patients whose complaint is "tired-looking eyes" rather than lines per se, this combined often what they actually wanted.

Once excess skin or significant laxity is present, no amount of or laser will close the gap. The structural problem at that point is too much skin or descended tissue, and the surgical options become decisively more .

removes excess lower lid skin and addresses herniated orbital fat (eye bags). The procedure takes 1.5 to 2 hours and most patients need about a week off social . It refreshes the eye area when the underlying issue is true laxity.

is the equivalent for the upper lid — often combined with lower lid surgery in patients with across both.

tightens and the outer corner of the eye when lid laxity is significant.

repositions a brow. When the brow has dropped, wrinkles deepen geometrically. the brow back to a youthful position the upper part of the area significantly.

volume to the cheek, temple, and lid-cheek junction. Often with for the most complete result.

How to decide which treatment fits

Dynamic lines only: anti-wrinkle injections, daily SPF, and good skincare. Start light.

Faint static lines at rest: AWI plus treatment ( and/or Morpheus8). Add tear trough filler if there’s also volume loss shadowing.

static lines with skin texture changes: treatment is more important than at this stage. Layered SmoothEye + Morpheus8, with AWI as an .

skin laxity or excess skin: surgical assessment. work at this stage produces returns and increasingly results. The honest answer is that will deliver what can’t.

A consultation with our team — including — which you fit and what the right next step is.

Cost

injection for the under-eye/crow’s feet area alone typically starts from around £200, with multi-area more . Energy-based treatments are priced per session, with most booking a course of 3 to 4. Surgical vary substantially. , including 0% APR, are available.

Common questions

Hydration, sleep, allergies, salt intake, and crying or screen-use the previous day all affect how prominent the lines look on any given day. The structural lines are stable — but how they read in different and skin states varies.

No — some degree of line formation is as the orbicularis oculi muscle does its normal work over . What you can do is slow the process substantially with daily SPF, sunglasses, not smoking, treating dry eye, and when lines first start visible at rest.

The new formed in response to treatment is permanent, but the same factors that produced the wrinkles to . Most patients return for maintenance every 12 to 24 months, depending on their and how active the underlying muscle is.

They’re different problems. If your main is skin lines, focus on wrinkle (AWI + skin work). If your main concern is shadowing, hollowness, or a tired look that’s not about lines per se, tear trough filler is probably the right point. Patients with both often from combined treatment, sequenced .

Daily SPF, sunglasses, sleep, hydration, and smoking matter more than any of the that appear in beauty content. Time and money spent on the basic preventative produce better outcomes than time and money spent on experimental DIY masks.

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