Do anti-aging skin care products really work?

It’s really useful, but it’s far from the level of “reverse growth after wiping it off” as advertised by the merchants. The anti-aging scenarios it can cover are actually very limited. Whether you can feel the effect depends on whether your expectations are correct, the product selection is accurate, and whether you have good living habits.

Not long ago, I saw a girl complaining on a social platform. She saved two months' salary to buy a bottle of anti-aging essence called "Fine Line Eraser". After applying it for a month, it was of no use. She complained that it was an IQ tax. When I clicked on the homepage, I saw that she was still posting about eating barbecue at three o'clock in the morning every day. She didn't even wear a hat when she went out. No matter what essence she changed, it was useless. Of course, it doesn’t mean that people who complain don’t make good habits. If you already have deep static lines on your face, or the apples of your face have collapsed obviously, then using expensive skin care products is useless. I used to accompany my aunt to see a dermatologist. She is 42 years old, and her nasolabial folds are so deep that they can trap mosquitoes. I asked the doctor what kind of anti-aging cream can help. The doctor laughed and said that skin care products can only penetrate into the superficial layer of the dermis. The soft tissue that has moved down cannot be pulled back by applying anything. If you want to improve it, you can only do filling or thread carving. In this case, if you say that skin care products are useless, then you are not wronging it.

So why do so many people really see a change after using it? My best friend in the same department is 32 years old. She used to stay up late working on projects every day, and her face was very yellow. The dry lines under her eyes and the false nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth were particularly obvious. She used to only use ordinary moisturizing lotion. Last year, she switched to 0.3% retinol essence. She applied sunscreen every day and went home to sleep after work. In the past six months, her entire face has become more than one degree brighter, dry lines have basically disappeared, and even the nasolabial folds have become much lighter. At the last party, someone asked her if she had secretly done Thermage. In fact, these active ingredients are really not IQ taxes. For example, retinol is an effective anti-aging ingredient certified by the FDA, which can stimulate the production of collagen. Boseine and peptides are also supported by a large amount of clinical data. As long as the concentration is sufficient and the formula is not added blindly, the improvement of early aging symptoms is really obvious. I used to stay in an air-conditioned room every day in the winter, and my eyes were dry. After applying eye cream containing peptides for half a month, the dry lines disappeared. This kind of immediate improvement is really not a psychological effect.

Many people think that anti-aging skin care products should be used only when you are 30 years old. In fact, this is not the case at all. The last time I had photorejuvenation, the doctor told me that 80% of skin aging is caused by photoaging. You should start to use sun protection and build a basic anti-aging essence in your early 20s. When you are 30 years old and have tattoos all over your face, it will be much more useful to spend money. I have a little sister who was born in 1998. She used to go out in the field every day without sun protection. At the age of 25, she developed a lot of sun spots and static forehead wrinkles. Now, no matter how good the essence is, it can only be diluted but not eliminated.

To put it bluntly, we don’t need to be black and white. If you expect that applying two bottles of essence will make you ten years younger than your actual age, you will definitely be disappointed and think it is an IQ tax.； But if you regard it as the basic link of anti-aging, if you want to age slower than your peers and have a more stable skin condition, choose the right product that suits you and stick to it, the effect will really not lie to you.