Top 10 anti-aging skin care products

1. SkinCeuticals 0.5% Retinol Serum

2. Helena Revitalizing Repair Soothing and Nourishing Night Cream (Black Bandage)

3. PROYA Ruby Essence 2.0

4. L’Oreal Reverse Time Bottle Essence

5. Neutrogena Retinol Anti-Wrinkle Night Cream

6. Estee Lauder Platinum Cyanine Extract Firming Cream

7. La Roche-Posay Redermic R Retinol Serum

8. Clarins Double Extract Revitalizing Repair Essence

9. Kerun Youth Elasticity Anti-Wrinkle Cream

10. Curcumin Serum for Rookies and Formulators

Some people must ask, why is a certain popular model not on the list? For example, small brown bottles and red kidneys that have been popular for many years? It’s not that they are bad, but these two products focus on repairing and anti-aging. For mature skin that has already developed fine lines and loose skin, the anti-aging power is indeed slightly inferior, and they can only be ranked outside the top ten. Moreover, this list itself is made by balancing the needs of the two major anti-aging schools - "strong enough medicine" pursued by the ingredient party and "gentle and not bad-looking" sought by the sensitive party. Both sides must be taken into consideration, otherwise the ranking will be too biased.

Last year, I helped my 32-year-old best friend with dry and sensitive skin choose anti-aging products. She had read online that SkinCeuticals A was the best on the list, so she blindly bought it and applied it at home. However, after applying it for three days, her face turned red and flaky, and she even developed a red, swollen pimple. It took more than half a month to heal. Later, she switched to La Roche-Posay 0.3% Retinol Essence, the seventh one on the list, which uses sustained-release technology and is much less irritating. She now uses it every other day for more than three months. The dry lines at the end of her eyes have faded a lot, and she no longer has allergies. You see, for her, La Roche-Posay is much more practical than SkinCeuticals. The ranking is just a reference. There is really no need to stick to the order.

The black bandage deserves the second place. The concentration of 30% Bose is right there. I had fractional laser surgery last year. After the scabs fell off, my face became red and itchy. I applied a thick layer of black bandage at night. When I woke up the next day, most of the redness was gone. After using it for a week, even the cheekbones that are prone to darkening didn’t get very dark. There’s nothing wrong with it except that it’s expensive. To be honest, if you have a monthly salary of less than 8k, there is really no need to rush into it. Just look for Proya Ruby, which is ranked third on the list. It contains 20% hexapeptide-1 and 1% sustained-release alcohol A. A 28-year-old colleague with mixed oily skin in my company used to have forehead wrinkles that were so heavy that mosquitoes would be trapped in them. After two months of use, the forehead wrinkles were half reduced to just over 200, which is a great value for money.

Oh, by the way, there are also many people who are pursuing the plant-based anti-aging route. They don’t want to touch strong drugs such as alcohol and Bose. The Clarins Double Essence at number eight is definitely the top one in their hearts. I stayed up late for a week in a row on the Double 11 plan, and my face turned yellow like a three-day old orange peel. After applying Double Essence for three days, my complexion has come back straight, and even the dullness at the corners of my mouth has faded a lot. Its anti-aging logic is not to criticize the concentration of ingredients, but to rely on plant-derived ingredients to first fight inflammation and then fight oxidation. It nourishes the skin's foundation and naturally won't break down easily. It's really friendly to people who stay up late and have sensitive skin.

I also want to mention that Neutrogena A Alcohol Night Cream, the fifth on the list, is really fragrant at a price of tens of dollars, but novices must not apply it directly on their faces. I stepped on this trap when I was in college. I thought it was cheap. I applied it for three days in a row, and my face was full of tears.

In fact, this ranking is not fixed. If you have dry desert skin and it dries out no matter what you apply in winter, then Estee Lauder’s Platinum Cream may be better for you than SkinCeuticals.； If you are a student with a limited budget and just need to fight aging, then the Kerun anti-wrinkle cream on the ninth list and the L'Oreal Time Reverse Bottle on the fourth list are your Top 1 products. There is no standard answer to anti-aging. The one that can stabilize your skin and get better the more you use it, is your number one, and it is more effective than any public ranking.