Overview
Relastin is produced and distributed by Revanance of Mountain View, California. It is perhaps best known as the company that offers skincare products endorsed by famous fitness guru Denise Austin. While it is nice to have endorsements by celebrities and famous people, it is also important that the products perform as promised. Relastin products operate under an interesting main premise. Instead of trying to restore lost compounds such as elastin to the skin by attempting to deliver more elastin via a cream, Relastin products contain ingredients that are intended to stimulate the skin to produce more of its key compounds. Relastin offers an eye treatment called Eye Silk, which we will review here.

Featured Ingredients
Relastin Eye Silk operates under the same premise as other Relastin products and attempts to stimulate production of elastin and other key skin components to encourage restoration of youthful beauty. According to the company, this will not only help make skin near the eye look tighter and firmer, and thus reduce the appearance of crow’s feet and other types of wrinkles, but it will also help to diminish under-eye puffiness and dark circles. To accomplish these goals, Eye Silk contains a unique Zinc Complex, which includes a specially absorbing form of the mineral Zinc along with other compounds. Unfortunately, we do not know what those compounds are. It is true that Zinc has been found to perform some anti-aging effects on the skin, but this research is still underway. More importantly, we are not aware of any research showing a connection between Zinc and elastin production, so we cannot verify whether or not Eye Silk accomplishes the goal of increased elastin production. Plus, we are not sure of the connection between this effect and a reduction of eye puffiness and dark circles, except perhaps via a promotion of enhanced circulation. But Relastin does not present any scientific material confirming our suspicion.

Web Site Description
The Relastin Web site is constructed quite nicely and it is easy to find information about the company, Denise Austin and the products. There is an interesting graphic representation of how Relastin formulas are supposed to work on the skin, and some intriguing before and after photos. In addition, there are plenty of customer testimonials and endorsements from dermatologists and other skincare professionals. Eye Silk does have some customer survey data, which was taken after they used the formula for 2 to 4 weeks. Most of the effects, such as reduces wrinkles, puffiness and dark circles, measured in the 75% to 80% range, which is fairly high. But it is not, in our experience, as high as some other premier products (like Eye Renewal Collection, which scores in the 85% to 90% range). But these effects are moderately impressive. The key missing component from the web site, however, as mentioned earlier is that the company does not fully disclose all the ingredients in the Eye Silk formula, and there is a lack of scientific proof between the ingredients and its effects on the eye area.

Positives
- Relastin takes a sensible approach to anti-aging by encouraging production of elastin

- Product does have moderate effects in a majority of users

 Negatives
- Not enough information about ingredients other than Zinc Complex

- Percentages from survey may be low in comparison to other products in this category

- No free trial of the product is offered

Conclusion
While we are impressed that the company that produces Relastin was able to get an endorsement from Denise Austin, who remains one of the top fitness advisers in the field, we are not totally committed to recommending the Eye Silk formula. We have the highest respect for Ms. Austin and her efforts in educating consumers about health and beauty, but we think we need more information about Eye Silk and its ingredients before we can recommend it.