The Cream To Keep Your Eye Area In Good Health

It targets the microbes that live on this part of your face, keeping them in balance so skin is hydrated and resilient.

- Vanessa Chia

Many of us now know that the skin microbiome needs to be in a state of harmony for healthy skin to occur – an imbalance leads to skin issues. French skincare brand Lancome has gone further and found that the eye contour has its own specific microbiome, which is more diverse than the cheek area. Dr Annie Black, Lancome’s international scientific director, says that eye-area microbiome is rich in diversity, but the number of bacterial species is relatively low. This causes it to be fragile, since it doesn’t take much to unsettle these minor species, which then leads to an imbalance.

The constant rubbing of your mask against the lower eye area, the build-up of warm air from the mask, pollution and UV damage, ageing and genetics, as well as harsh makeup removers, further disrupt the balance.