Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Yay

"I'm always skeptical of these kind of products that promise these drastic results in a few minutes. And there were a few reviews complaining that this product was a complete scam, but it works. This does work. It's a temporary dramatic result that disappears once you wash your face. [...] It does seem to make a noticeable difference for most people and people are showing off their transformations all over Tik Tok, Instagram, and everywhere else."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Yay

"Instantly looked so much better. So, this really works. I've got it on my neck today because I always feel like my neck is looking really crepey and really crinkly, especially when I look down like this. Like, there they are. But compared to what my neck normally looks like without this on, that is a far improvement. The reason I didn't put it with makeup is because it doesn't work well with makeup. Like you put makeup on over it and it reduces the effect by about 50%."

All 3 takes from HotandFlashy

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"Instantly looked so much better. So, this really works. I've got it on my neck today because I always feel like my neck is looking really crepey and really crinkly, especially when I look down like this. Like, there they are. But compared to what my neck normally looks like without this on, that is a far improvement. The reason I didn't put it with makeup is because it doesn't work well with makeup. Like you put makeup on over it and it reduces the effect by about 50%."

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"I mean, it took care of every wrinkle. After that, I did a little short video using it on my neck where it made my neck look so much better. I'm actually wearing it today for today's video, and I just feel so much more confident about my neck. [...] The answer is probably about 4 to 5 hours. I'd say the more that the skin that you apply it to moves, the less long it lasts."

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"This works better over skincare and sunscreen and a little bit of makeup. But be careful if you are putting it on over makeup because that's when it can mix with it and get a little bit white and chalky. So it definitely is a product that's best used just over skincare and sunscreen. Love this product. Definitely a great thing to pick up. It gets a five-star endorsement from me. I've used it a lot and I love it."

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

~Nay

"Unfortunately, I can't use it because it causes a little bit of burning in my under eye area. Kind of not worth it for me. I would rather use the original formula if I'm going to use a product like this before makeup prep. It just doesn't cause that irritation. [...] On the pricey side, I would say."

All 2 takes from Beyond50Skin

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"Unfortunately, I can't use it because it causes a little bit of burning in my under eye area. Kind of not worth it for me. I would rather use the original formula if I'm going to use a product like this before makeup prep. It just doesn't cause that irritation. [...] On the pricey side, I would say."

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"I'll be sticking with the old formula using concealer over the top."

Doctor Youn

5.57M subs

~Yay

"One of the most popular versions of these instant tightening creams is from Peter Thomas Roth, and they had a video that went viral on TikTok showing the amazing results you can get from a cream like this. These may be great if you've got a wedding to go to or a class reunion or a hot date, but keep in mind that these results do fade away oftentimes within just a couple hours after that. You have to reapply it or you have to leave so they don't see how you really look."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Nay

"The catch is you cannot easily apply makeup on top of it, it basically ruins the effect, so you have to choose between wanting your eye area to look a bit tighter temporarily, which isn't a permanent effect, or wearing makeup. For me, makeup wins every single day over a temporary tightening sensation that I didn't even like on my dry skin. No, no, no, no, no."

All 2 takes from AliceintheRabbitHole

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"The catch is you cannot easily apply makeup on top of it, it basically ruins the effect, so you have to choose between wanting your eye area to look a bit tighter temporarily, which isn't a permanent effect, or wearing makeup. For me, makeup wins every single day over a temporary tightening sensation that I didn't even like on my dry skin. No, no, no, no, no."

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"The problem I have with these temporary tighteners is I do believe it will temporarily tighten with these silicate ingredients in it, but it just doesn't do that much for you long term. That's why I prefer ingredients like ginseng, peptides, retinoids. It only has a three star rating."

Hyram

4.33M subs

~Nay

"The instant results are incredible and it really does look amazing, but give it about 30 minutes, an hour, an hour and a half, and [...] the formula pills up so quickly and bunches together, leaving this really gross appearance of so much texture and piled up product on the under-eye area that is almost more obvious than just leaving the eye bags the way they are."

All 2 takes from Hyram

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"The instant results are incredible and it really does look amazing, but give it about 30 minutes, an hour, an hour and a half, and [...] the formula pills up so quickly and bunches together, leaving this really gross appearance of so much texture and piled up product on the under-eye area that is almost more obvious than just leaving the eye bags the way they are."

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"The Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener, pass. I know it's viral, but it does leave this film on the skin that when you use it on your eye areas or your smile areas, as you smile it will create these visible creases, and there's not really much of a skin benefit. It's more of a surface level appearance difference, but you'll notice as you smile it becomes more visible, so I'd say pass."

Doctorly

3.59M subs

~Yay

"This is the Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX, a product that's gone viral for the last two years on social media because the effects are so dramatic. What's actually happening is it's essentially an acrylic polymer of sorts that forms a glue on the surface of the skin, and that glue tightens and basically causes the under eyes to essentially just collapse in on itself. The pros are that it has an immediate effect."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Yay

"It has sodium silicate, and as it dries down it just tightens the skin. It's very temporary, but it definitely works. One issue is it's all in [...] the application. These can get really flaky and peel up, and depending on your skin, for some people that's more of an issue. I actually never ran into that issue with this, but I see that complaint a lot. I think a lot of it may just have to do with your skin, especially if you have oily skin."

All 5 takes from Dr Dray

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"It has sodium silicate, and as it dries down it just tightens the skin. It's very temporary, but it definitely works. One issue is it's all in [...] the application. These can get really flaky and peel up, and depending on your skin, for some people that's more of an issue. I actually never ran into that issue with this, but I see that complaint a lot. I think a lot of it may just have to do with your skin, especially if you have oily skin."

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"Products out there that temporarily tighten eyelid sagging, under eye sagging, upper eyelid sagging, they basically work like glue to shrink the skin down temporarily. For example, the Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX. I reviewed it a few years ago."

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"For cosmetic purposes, for makeup here and there, the Peter Thomas Roth really does work. I saw some comments [...] saying you can't get it to not leave a white residue, [...] but when I've been trying it out I've never gotten that white residue, I just use a rice grain amount and pat it on. The other trick is to use a makeup brush to blend it out, that's another way to reduce the chances that this thing leaves that white crusty stuff."

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"Based on my experience using both of these products, I think the Peter Thomas Roth offers a more dramatic under eye tightening effect. It has ascorbic acid, a peptide found in Matrixyl 3000, and panthenol, which is very moisturizing. Price wise it's thirty eight dollars for one ounce. Peter Thomas Roth is less expensive, has a better ingredient profile, and gives more dramatic skin tightening."

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"If you have dry fine wrinkles under the eyes, this product may actually make them appear more prominent. At $38, it's pretty expensive for an eye product, and results are going to be hit or miss. You need to understand it's just a temporary cosmetic change, similar to concealer, but for some people I can definitely see how it's worth it, and if you have a lot of redundancy in the skin under the eyes where makeup settles into creases, I can see wanting to use this."

The Budget Dermatologist

724k subs

~Yay

"I got this a while ago not for me but I have a couple people that I wanted to try this on, couple friends and family. It's this instant eye tightener. I'm going to put up some before and after pictures on the screen. It is insane the results that this can get instantly. It's like almost face lift type of results in minutes. [...] These before and after pictures are actually real. This stuff is really cool."

All 2 takes from The Budget Dermatologist

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"I got this a while ago not for me but I have a couple people that I wanted to try this on, couple friends and family. It's this instant eye tightener. I'm going to put up some before and after pictures on the screen. It is insane the results that this can get instantly. It's like almost face lift type of results in minutes. [...] These before and after pictures are actually real. This stuff is really cool."

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"It is temporary and it will wear off. It will take a little bit of practice to apply it correctly. I actually have a patient who uses this and it truly looks amazing and is so impressive. She puts makeup on right over it as well. This one will actually give you instant results on the same level as Botox, so this one is pretty impressive."

The Style and Beauty Doctor

222k subs

~Yay

"It helped to smooth and snatch my under eye area. I have these fine lines sometimes, and sometimes they look a little deeper than fine, kind of like medium fine or whatever, and it helped tremendously. However, there was a learning curve in getting to use it because use too much and your under eye area could be snatched, but then it be ashy at the same time. But the brand just came out with a new and improved version that promises no white cast."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener?

A temporary under-eye tightening cream that uses polymer and silicate technology to instantly tighten and smooth the eye area for a few hours.

Is Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener worth it?

The gurus are split. 7 of the 10 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 3 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 68%.

What is Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener's Guru Score?

Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener holds a Guru Score of 68%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 10 expert reviewers we have collected.