Anti-Aging Skin Care Ingredients

It contains ingredients that prevent photoaging, promote collagen synthesis, and maintain stability. Ordinary people do not need to blindly apply multiple products. It is enough to choose 1-2 products that suit your skin type and aging stage. Adding ingredients at random can easily ruin your face.

I was scrolling through private messages on the backend a while ago, and 8 out of 10 messages were asking whether the newly released anti-aging ingredient is IQ tax, and someone listed a table of ingredients and asked me how to stack them, which made my head ache. To be honest, 90% of those new ingredients with fancy names are created by marketing. They can’t even produce clinical data on more than 30 people. The ones who can really win are the old faces who have been studied for more than ten or twenty years.

The first one must be A-alcohol, which is an old celebrity in the anti-aging world. It is also one of the ingredients with the most clinical data and the clearest anti-aging path. It can help you accelerate the shedding of old dead skin cells, and can also act on the dermis to promote the synthesis of type I and type III collagen, whether it is superficial dry lines or slightly wrinkled face. But it is also the most controversial. The dermatology circle has been arguing for many years about whether it can be used on dry and sensitive skin. Conservative doctors believe that sensitive skin has a thin barrier. Alcohol A is irritating to a certain extent, and its use will aggravate barrier damage, reduce water-locking ability, and lead to more dry lines. ； Radical doctors believe that as long as you establish a good tolerance, start with a concentration of 0.05% or even lower, use it 1-2 times a week, and slowly increase the amount, sensitive skin can also enjoy the dividends of alcohol A. I have friends with dry and sensitive skin. I followed the blogger's advice and drank 0.5% high-concentration alcohol A. My face turned red within a week. Originally, there were only a few small lines at the end of my eyes. At that time, I had two fake wrinkles on the apples of my skin. It took half a month to heal. ； There are also colleagues who have dry and sensitive skin. They started using 0.03% A-ester. In more than half a year, the lines under the eyes have faded a lot, and the face is not bad. In the end, it still depends on your own skin tolerance. Just don’t rush it. By the way, there is another controversial point about whether A-alcohol can be used during pregnancy. Some studies say that the transdermal absorption of low-concentration A-alcohol for external use is less than 1%, and it cannot reach the placenta at all, so it has no effect. ； Some people say that it is better to be safe during pregnancy and not touch it at all. I suggest that you listen to your own prenatal check-up doctor and don't blindly listen to bloggers.

Vitamin C is just complementary to alcohol A. Many people’s impression of it is still about whitening. In fact, it is also good at anti-aging. It can eat up the active oxygen free radicals in the skin, inhibit the activity of matrix metalloproteinases, reduce the degradation of collagen, and even help promote collagen synthesis. The biggest controversy about vitamin C is whether it can be used during the day. Some people say that using vitamin C during the day will absorb light and reduce darkening. Others say that as long as you use enough sun protection, the combination of vitamin C and sunscreen can double the protection against photoaging. I personally tested it for more than half a year. I used 10% of the prototype vitamin C in the summer morning, followed by a sufficient amount of SPF50+ physical sunscreen. When I went outdoors for a day, not only did I not get darkened, my face was much brighter than when I only applied sunscreen, and I didn’t get too red. Of course, if you apply sunscreen sparingly and don’t even wear a hat when you go out, it will be useless.

It’s interesting to say that last month I had dinner with two formulator friends and they argued for 20 minutes about whether Boseine was an IQ tax. One person thinks that Boseine (scientific name is hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol) is marketed by L'Oreal. Its collagen-promoting efficiency is not as good as low-concentration alcohol A. Selling it so expensive is just cutting leeks. ； Another person feels that Bose is gentle and can be used by people with sensitive skin and pregnant women. It can also promote the synthesis of glycosaminoglycans and help maintain the plumpness of the skin. It is a savior for people who are intolerant to alcohol A. My own experience after using it is that Bosein with a concentration of less than 10% is basically a moisturizing ingredient. Don’t expect any anti-aging effect. With a concentration of more than 20%, if you insist on using it for two or three months, you can really feel that the collapse of the apples of the skin has been alleviated.

There are also peptides that have become popular in the past two years. There are many types of these peptides. Six peptides help relax muscles and are better for dynamic wrinkles such as forehead wrinkles and crow's feet.； Blue copper peptide repairs the barrier while promoting collagen, which is suitable for sensitive skin and anti-aging. But here’s a reminder: Blue Copper Peptide is very temperamental and cannot be used together with acids, A-alcohol, or high-concentration vitamin C, otherwise it will be directly inactivated and it will easily cause facial damage. I had a fan before who applied Blue Copper Peptide and salicylic acid together, and his face was swollen for three days. It was not worth the gain.

Oh, by the way, many people always focus on strong anti-aging drugs and forget about the most basic stabilizing ingredients, such as ceramides and ergothioneine. Your barrier is broken, and no matter how much alcohol or boson you apply, it will not be absorbed. It will also irritate the skin and aggravate aging. I met a 27-year-old girl before. In order to fight aging, she applied a combination of alcohol, fruit acid, and high-concentration vitamin C every day. As a result, the barrier was broken, her cheeks became red and flaky, and dry lines spread all over her face. She looked five years older than her actual age. Later, she stopped all the strong medicines and only used ceramide cream and ergothioneine essence for two months. Her face recovered and most of the dry lines were faded.

Another thing I must say is that all the anti-aging ingredients are not as effective as applying sunscreen every day and staying up late at night. I once had a client who went to Thermage every month and used tens of thousands of sets of skin care products. He stayed up until three o'clock every day before going to bed. His face still collapsed faster than anyone else's, and nothing he applied on it was of any use.

In fact, anti-aging is really not that complicated. You don’t have to chase Internet celebrity ingredients every year. Use these old and clinically proven ingredients correctly, choose 1-2 that suit your skin type, and stick to it, it’s better than anything else. If you have stepped on the pit twice, you will know that stability is much more important than strength.