Help me look 10 years younger!

Ask America’s Ultimate Experts
“Help me look 10 years younger!”
The three spots that age the fastest, say skin-care
pros? Your eyes, neck and hands! Read on for the tips
that’ll turn back the clock in each of those areas!
1 Age-proof
your eyes!
Pick a “super” eye cream!
What’s that? Any eye cream made
with “super” peptides, says skincare specialist Mark Lees, Ph.D.
“These protein molecules help
boost communication between
cells, telling your skin to produce
more youth-boosting collagen.”
Which peptides are especially beneficial for the delicate skin around
your eyes? “Dipeptide-2—also
called ‘Eyeliss’—helps get rid of the
fluid around the eyes that causes
puffiness,” Lee reveals, “while Haloxyl, a combination of peptides,
helps break up the blood that pools
and gets ‘stuck’ around the eyes,
causing dark circles.” Products
made with both powerhouse peptides include Atal Advantage Velvet
Eye Serum, $69 at AtalSkinSolu
tions.com and Michael Todd Intensive Eye Cream Treatment with Haloxyl + Eyeliss, $48 at Ulta.com.
Erase crow’s-feet!
“Use a cream with
ceramides, fats
that hold onto
moisture,
plump up
your skin to
help erase
fine lines
and block
irritants
that can
age your
eyes if they
get under
your skin,”
Lees explains.
Ceramide
creams to consider include CeraVe Renewing System, Eye Repair,
$12; and Mario Badescu Ceramide Eye Gel, $18; in drugstores.
Make puffiness go poof!
“If you sleep with your head flat,
fluid collects around your eyes,
causing puffiness,” explains dermatologist Debra Jaliman, M.D.
The super-simple fix: “Sleep on
two pillows to let gravity pull that
fluid away!” Still puffy? Apply an
eye cream made with caffeine,
which helps constrict blood vessels,” she advises, such as Olay
Professional Pro-X Eye-Restoration Complex ($30 in drugstores),
“which also contains niacinamide,
a form of vitamin B, for lightening.”
2 Age-proof
Age-proof your hands!
your neck!
Smooth with AHA!
“The neck is probably the first
thing to show aging because the
skin on your neck is very vulnerable and moves back and
forth a lot, losing elasticity,”
notes Lees. The best way to
baby your neck? “Apply a
cream with alpha hydroxy
acid, or AHA,” he says. “AHA
stimulates your skin to renew
itself, helping reduce the look
of cords—the ropey lines that
appear over time—in your neck.”
Application tip: “Most people forget to apply cream to the back of
their neck,” observes Lees. “Your
neck skin sags from the back to
front, so start at the back.” One
option: Alpha Hydroxy AHA Lotion,
$8.44, Amazon.com.
Ask about “neck Botox”!
There’s an FDA-approved in-office
treatment that can zap neck fat and
double chins! “Called Kybella, it
uses a synthetic form of a kind of
salt that the body produces naturally to dissolve fat and create a
toned appearance,” says dermatologist Deborah Sarnoff, M.D.
The doctor applies a numbing
cream, then administers a series
of injections. It’s smart to take it
easy the next day, but no other
downtime is needed. The cost?
From $1,000 to $1,525. Find a
qualified doctor near you at
Consumers.MyKybella.com.
Our expert panel
Skin care specialist Mark
Lees, Ph.D., a member
of the Society of Cosmetic
Chemists, is the author of Skin
Care: Beyond the Basics and
The Skin Care Answer Book.
Learn more at MarkLees.com.
Photos: Alamy; Troels Graugaard/Getty Images; Paul Steeger/SuperStock; Getty Images; Masterfile.
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Debra Jaliman, M.D.,
(DrJaliman.com), author of Skin
Rules, was one of the first M.D.s
to use Botox in her practice.
She's an assistant professor of
dermatology at Mt. Sinai
School of Medicine in NYC.
Slather on sunscreen! “I can’t
stress it enough: Use sunscreen
with an SPF of 30 every day on
your hands,” Lees urges. “Studies show that if you do that for
your hands, you’ll see an incredible difference!”
Fade brown spots! Brown spots
can be lightened with creams
containing niacinimide, as well
as a licorice lightening extract
(such as Palmer’s Evertone Fade
Cream; $9 at
Amazon.com),”
says Dr. Jaliman. “Otherwise, in the
offi ce, dar k
spots can be
lasered off by a
dermatologist.”
—Kristina
Mastrocola
Deborah Sarnoff, M.D.,
is a clinical professor of dermatology at NYU Medical
School and is senior vice
president of The Skin
Cancer Foundation. Visit
her at CosmetiqueMD.com.
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