It does have a slight tightening effect… not so much a tightening effect more like putting a layer of something it’s very stiff, when you smile your cheeks go up and it makes very strange creases
It does have a slight tightening effect on the bags on your eyes, however when you smile or move your face you get lines below the bags because the product makes your skin have a little bit of a crusty layer, it does not last that long also and if you try to touch it up by putting more on you get a white crusty deposit. I did not find it useful socializing, it might add a little youth if you were doing yourself up for a photograph. But to go to a party where you’re talking and laughing the area doesn’t react like the rest of your face it’s like putting a little layer of concrete on your skin. It did not work out for me at all, even though they advertise it to death. Fortunately it’s inexpensive everyone can try and make up their own mind.