Best Eye Cream for Men Over 50

It depends which problem you have, and that matters more here than at any other step. For dark circles, a caffeine formula like Lab Series Eye Rescue at $52.00 does the most. For dry, crepey under-eye skin — the more common complaint after 50 — Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado at $40.00 is the richer choice. Buying the wrong one for your problem is why most men conclude eye cream does nothing.

No, and this is the most important thing to know before spending anything. True under-eye bags are fat pads pushing forward as the supporting tissue loosens with age — a structural change no topical reaches. What a cream can reduce is morning puffiness, which is fluid. The test is simple: if the bag is still there at 4pm, no product will move it.

More than younger men do, though it's still optional. The under-eye is the thinnest skin on the face, so age-related thinning and dryness show there first and a facial moisturizer is often too heavy or too active to take right up to the lash line. If your regular moisturizer already sits comfortably there and you have no specific complaint, you can skip this step.

It can, and it's the only ingredient here with real evidence for crepiness — but the skin is thin enough that most men can't tolerate a full-strength retinoid there. Apply your regular retinoid to the orbital bone rather than under the lash line, let it migrate, and expect to build up more slowly than you did on the rest of your face.

The premium buys texture and cushioning, which for dry mature under-eye skin is a genuine benefit rather than a cosmetic one — a richer base sits better on crepey skin. What it doesn't buy is a different mechanism. If your problem is circles rather than dryness, the cheapest caffeine formula does as much as the dearest one.