Charlotte, yes, retinol is proven to work, to an extant (in the sense that it takes time for the results to appear and even then it doesn’t work as well as botox), but I’m a bit hesitant to recommend retinol and other retinoids for the eye area as they skin needs time to get used to them and in the meantime you can experience redness, peeling and stinging. For some people this isn’t a problem at all (I use a product with Retinoids daily and it works well for me), but I know others who can’t tolerate them and considering how sensitive and delicate the eye area is, using Retinoids there should be done very carefully. But for those that can use retionol around the eye area without side effects then it’ll definitely help reverse the damage to some degree.

Denise, you’re welcome. 🙂

Denise, I don’t think squinting will cause that much damage if you don’t use it often. But you shouldn’t rub your eyes a lot, that’s gonna be bad in the long run! And I think it’s never too early to start thinking about anti-aging 😉