Preparation-H and winkles

**Nana2two** · 10-07-2009, 10:35 PM

That should be wrinkles.

Ok i know this is for your butt.I have seen that alot of women are using for winles and bags under the eyes.Anyone tried it yet.I will have to get a tube and try it. Reduces the swelling like it does when you have hemrroids..

**Thevail** · 10-08-2009, 01:59 AM

Hee hee.. winkles are little shelled sea creatures.. and I'm sure they'd be hysterical (not that you could tell anyway) if you put that on them!

I bet it would work for puffy under eye bags, though. I'm not sure how it would work on wrinkles.

Be awfully careful though, I don't think getting it in your eyes would be a good idea.

**C@rol** · 10-08-2009, 08:03 AM

I just read something recently an article on old home remedies (if I can find it again I'll post it) that whatever use to be in Prep. H that use to reduce swelling is no longer added to the product so be careful and as said above don't get it in your eyes.

See below:

Is Preparation H the answer?

Some people believe that Preparation H is useful for treating undereye puffiness since it works by temporarily restricting the blood vessels in the area onto which it is applied. There are many different variations of Preparation H; however, they all basically perform the same function (they just use different ingredients to reduce the irritation). Preparation H with hydrocortisone contains a 1% concentration of the stuff, quite low considering that you can get hydrocortisone creams with concentrations up to 2.5% over-the-counter.
In general, although it may in theory seem effective, I would not recommend anyone to use any kind Preparation H on their undereye area for one big reason. If you accidentally get some in your eye, the other ingredients can seriously damage the eye, and then unfortunately undereye puffiness will be the least of your concerns. Besides that, I wasn’t able to find any conclusive scientific evidence on Preparation H being more effective than other methods of reducing undereye puffiness, basically meaning that this treatment is more of an urban legend than actual fact.

**monkeywrangler71** · 10-08-2009, 09:06 AM

If you live in the USA don't bother wasting your money, Preparation H was reformulated years ago and no longer contains the ingredients that reduced wrinkles. You'll have to buy it in Canada.