eye cream/serum and milia

[Anonymous]

I’m 55 and prone to milia. However, my undereyes are getting increasingly droopy, dry, dark circled, with fine lines and sometimes puffy - basically, aging!

I’m looking for recommendations for an undereye cream/serum/gel that doesn’t trigger milia to form.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Milia are so easy to remove. I just use a good eye cream (Kiehls mostly) and remove any milia that form, usually a couple per year around my eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Milia are so easy to remove. I just use a good eye cream (Kiehls mostly) and remove any milia that form, usually a couple per year around my eyes.

How?? I’ve been trying all sorts of chemical peels and spot treatments and can’t get them to go away. They are super close to my eye so I don’t want to pick at them.

[Anonymous]

There was a post on this last week

[Anonymous]

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1259844.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Milia are so easy to remove. I just use a good eye cream (Kiehls mostly) and remove any milia that form, usually a couple per year around my eyes.

How?? I’ve been trying all sorts of chemical peels and spot treatments and can’t get them to go away. They are super close to my eye so I don’t want to pick at them.

Are you sure it’s not a skin tag?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Milia are so easy to remove. I just use a good eye cream (Kiehls mostly) and remove any milia that form, usually a couple per year around my eyes.

How?? I’ve been trying all sorts of chemical peels and spot treatments and can’t get them to go away. They are super close to my eye so I don’t want to pick at them.

Tiny poke with a needle and I pop them right out. The next day you can never tell they existed. If you don’t feel comfortable, have a pro do it.

[Anonymous]

I am OP and my dermatologist even admits they are really hard to get rid of - she lasered a large one (as part of other facial lasering) and it never fully went away. I’ve tried so many things and it doesn’t get rid of the milia (I clean my lids with occusoft in the morning and evening, I don’t rub my eyes, I carefully, carefully apply trentinoin under my eyes).

So now I am just hoping to find an eye cream that doesn’t cause new ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1259844.page

Thanks, from OP. Unfortunately many of the eye creams listed there have caused milia for me. But I appreciate the link and see that my thread is duplicative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am OP and my dermatologist even admits they are really hard to get rid of - she lasered a large one (as part of other facial lasering) and it never fully went away. I’ve tried so many things and it doesn’t get rid of the milia (I clean my lids with occusoft in the morning and evening, I don’t rub my eyes, I carefully, carefully apply trentinoin under my eyes).

So now I am just hoping to find an eye cream that doesn’t cause new ones.

Get a new dermatologist. Lasering them is pretty dumb…they aren’t on the surface but they do pop right out if given a channel and some help. I’ve removed dozens over the years.

[Anonymous]

I love this Keihls dupe- clean version- and didn’t clog my pores/milia.

https://acure.com/products/resilience-eye-balm?srsltid=AfmBOorFTtnqAn2hrnN837zBI7uGzgjm0H1b4UgO0S8CWPNDs6TOV50t

Acure resilience eye balm. I bought at Whole Foods.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think eye serums do anything anyway. So go to the dermatologist about the milia, if they’re bothering you, and they can talk about laser options for your eyes.

[Anonymous]

You need a chemical exfoliant to prevent them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am OP and my dermatologist even admits they are really hard to get rid of - she lasered a large one (as part of other facial lasering) and it never fully went away. I’ve tried so many things and it doesn’t get rid of the milia (I clean my lids with occusoft in the morning and evening, I don’t rub my eyes, I carefully, carefully apply trentinoin under my eyes).

So now I am just hoping to find an eye cream that doesn’t cause new ones.

Get a new dermatologist. Lasering them is pretty dumb…they aren’t on the surface but they do pop right out if given a channel and some help. I’ve removed dozens over the years.

This! I can’t believe she lasered them! The are easily removed with a tiny needle, not a laser.

[Anonymous]

I use this for puffiness and find it works really well: https://www.theinkeylist.com/products/caffeine-eye-cream

I can't comment on milia because it's not an issue for me, but the formula is pretty lightweight and not as emollient as other eye treatments.