Anti-Aging Skin Care Products

Anti-aging skin care products are by no means an IQ tax, but how effective they can be depends 80% on whether you choose the right ones to match your skin type and anti-aging needs. The remaining 20% ​​depends on whether you can insist on using them regularly enough and have a good skin care and rest routine. At least 70% of people on the market feel that anti-aging products are useless, and they are essentially falling into the trap of "buying following the trend and using them incorrectly".

I have been a skin care consultant for almost 6 years. I helped three fans organize their dressing tables a while ago, and I happened to come across three typical negative examples: a 27-year-old oil-skinned girl saved two months’ salary to buy a bottle of thick lady cream containing Bose, and she was so bored every day that she said the product was useless.； A 34-year-old sister with dry and sensitive skin followed the trend and used retinol with a concentration of 0.5%. After half a month, her face was ruined and everyone said that retinol is an IQ tax. ； There is also a 42-year-old sister who bought a bunch of anti-aging essences, but she only applied sunscreen in the summer. She stayed up late and was more aggressive than young people. No matter how much she applied, she couldn't see the effect.

Speaking of which, the controversy over anti-aging products in the industry has actually never stopped. In the early years when the ingredient party emerged, everyone was obsessed with the concentration of the ingredient list. They felt that the three core ingredients of retinol, Bose, and peptides would be useful if they were concentrated enough, and the rest were just marketing gimmicks. I myself followed this trend two years ago and used 0.3% retinol essence. In the first two weeks, my skin faded to the point where even my foundation stuck. Later, I gradually built up a tolerance. After two months of use, the dry lines that popped up at the corner of my mouth when I smiled were mostly smoothed, and even the pores became smaller. But my best friend with dry and sensitive skin gets red when the seasons change, and her skin became swollen like a pig’s head after just one use. She still regards A-ol as a scourge.

On the other hand, my friends who are doing skin care in the hospital always complain to me, saying that the concentration of anti-aging products at home is stuck in the safety line, and the best effect is to maintain it. If you want to really fight against aging, you have to rely on medical beauty. Does this make sense? Yes, there is a 38-year-old sister next to me. Her nasolabial folds were not improved after applying anti-aging serum for three years. She had two fillings with heated Maggi and the wrinkles were lifted immediately. But there are also negative examples. My colleague saved money to have Thermage last year. After the treatment, she didn’t use any repair products. She stayed up late every day to watch TV series. In less than three months, her face became more obvious than before the treatment. Doctors said that she had spent tens of thousands of dollars in vain.

As for whether "Morning C and Late A", which has become so popular in the past two years, is the standard anti-aging product, there is even more controversy. Some people say that they have been using it for three years and they look five years younger than their peers. Others say that their faces are ruined after just one use. This is purely a harmful marketing concept. In fact, is there any standard answer? If you have tolerant or oily skin, you can use it every day. If you have dry or sensitive skin, you can use it two or three times a week. Switching to mild peptides or Bose will also have the same effect. If you have to stick to the formula, it will be weird if your face doesn't look bad.

My own experience over the years is that there is really no need to chase expensive anti-aging products or follow the trend. It is more important to understand your own needs first than anything else. If you are only in your early 20s, but your face becomes slumped after staying up late and you have fake dry lines, it is enough to choose a basic peptide essence. There is no need to buy thousands of dollars of noble lady cream. ； If you are 30+ and have light static lines, choose retinol for tolerant skin and Bose for sensitive skin. If you insist on using it for half a year, you will definitely see changes. ； If you already have deep real wrinkles and severe sagging, don’t spend money on skin care products. It’s more reliable to go directly to a regular medical beauty institution.

By the way, there is another point that many people get wrong: anti-aging is not about waiting for wrinkles to appear before starting. I have seen many 25-year-old girls who feel that they are still young and do not need anti-aging. They wait until they are 30 years old and wrinkles appear, and then they rush to buy a lot of expensive products. At that time, skin care products can only help you prevent wrinkles from deepening, and it is impossible to eliminate them.

Anyway, when I recommend anti-aging products to people, the first thing I ask is never the budget, but whether you wear sunscreen or not, and whether you have an irregular schedule. If you are too lazy to apply sunscreen and stay up until two or three o'clock every day, I advise you not to waste that money. After all, anti-aging is never something that can be achieved by relying on a bottle of skin care products. How much you care about your face will give you feedback. If you encounter a salesperson who tells you that his product can erase ten years of wrinkles, don’t hesitate, just turn around and leave.