The right way to anti-aging skin care

The core of anti-aging skin care is not at all the standardized formula uploaded on the Internet of "use anti-aging essence at the age of 20, use A alcohol at the age of 25, and add Bose at the age of 30". The most correct logic is always "prevent damage first, then repair, and finally add functional ingredients/items as needed." There is no universal template. Methods that are suitable for your skin type and can be adhered to for a long time are truly effective.

To be honest, I have seen too many people reverse the order of anti-aging. They spent tens of thousands of dollars, but their faces became more and more shabby. Last week, I met a young girl who had just graduated. She saved three months’ salary to buy a bottle of high-concentration Alcohol A, which is known as the “King of Lightening Lines.” Within a week of applying it, her face became red and flaky. The dry lines at the corners of her eyes did not go away. Instead, several small lines appeared due to the damaged barrier. It was a huge loss.

When it comes to loss prevention, the first thing that cannot be avoided is sun protection. The skin care circle has been arguing about this for several years, but there is no unified conclusion. The ingredients party believes that applying SPF30+PA+++ sunscreen during daily commuting is enough, it is convenient and trouble-free and can block more than 90% of photoaging. ； People with sensitive skin and people with repaired skin after cosmetic surgery prefer hard sunscreen. They wear a three-piece hat, mask and sunshade set welded to their bodies. They dare not show their faces even when going out on a cloudy day. It is said that physical shielding is less irritating than sunscreen and is less prone to acne. ； There are also extreme outdoor enthusiasts who say that as long as the sun protection clothing is thick enough and the UPF value is high enough, they can even save sunscreen. In fact, all of these are correct. If you have oily skin and are afraid of stuffiness, choose refreshing sunscreen. If you have dry skin and are sensitive and afraid of irritation, wear more hats. As long as you can block ultraviolet rays and avoid being exposed to the sun, they are all effective damage prevention - after all, photoaging accounts for 80% of exogenous aging. This is a conclusion that has long been confirmed by academic circles, and there is nothing to argue with.

After laying the foundation for damage prevention, let’s talk about repairs. Many people have a misunderstanding. They think that anti-aging requires strong medicines. The more expensive and concentrated the medicines are, the better the effect will be. They don’t care whether their own barrier can hold up. I once met a 27-year-old blogger who applied three high-concentration anti-aging essences for a month for an anti-aging evaluation. As a result, the barrier collapsed and his face was swollen like a steamed bun. It hurt even to smile. It took him half a year to recover. His originally tight jawline was loosened due to repeated inflammation. There are two different ideas here: Fans of healthy skin and tolerant skin believe that as long as you establish a good tolerance and use collagen-promoting ingredients such as alcohol and fruit acids in advance, you can delay the onset of aging for several years. ； For skin with a thin barrier and prone to redness, it is more recommended to use repair ingredients such as ceramide, squalane, and asiaticoside clearly to repair the skin's brick structure first, otherwise the anti-aging ingredients will not be able to penetrate, and it will in turn stimulate the skin to accelerate aging.

The first two steps have been done solidly, and the last step is to supplement the effects as needed. There is really no need to be kidnapped by age anxiety. I have a 32-year-old sister next to me. She rarely stays up late on her regular schedule. She can’t even find any dry lines on her face. She uses sunscreen and basic moisturizing every day. Her condition is much better than that of many 25-year-old girls who stay up late every day. ； There are also 24-year-old girls who naturally lose collagen quickly and have shallow nasolabial folds just after graduating from college. It is completely fine to use some peptide and Bose-like essences in advance, or even do an entry-level photorejuvenation. This area is even more controversial: Skin care advocates believe that as long as they choose the right ingredients and insist on using it for two or three years, the effect of lightening and tightening lines will be visible to the naked eye, and it is cost-effective and there is no risk. ； The medical aesthetic school believes that the most smear-based ingredients are applied to the epidermis, and the problems of collagen loss and dents in the dermis can only be solved by projects such as Thermage and filling, which can produce faster results. There is no problem with either method. If you are afraid of pain and have a limited budget, just apply effective essence and take it easy. If you have a sufficient budget and want to see changes quickly, it is perfectly fine to find a qualified hospital for light medical beauty treatments. There is no need to look down on each other.

By the way, there are a few pitfalls that are easy for everyone to step into. Don’t believe in the IQ tax of “seven days of lightening lines” and “smear-based filling”. Aging is a cumulative process, and anti-aging cannot be done once and for all. Those products that are touted as amazing either add a lot of silicon to temporarily fill pores, or have excessive hormones, which will ruin your face after being used for a long time. Also, don’t overdo your skin care. I once had a colleague who applied two facial masks a day and exfoliated every week. The skin on her face was thinned by her, and it turned red and hot at every turn. Later, I was advised to streamline my skin care. I washed my face with warm water in the morning and applied sunscreen, and used a repairing essence and cream at night. After struggling for more than half a year, my face became stable, and most of the fine lines that I had previously had disappeared.

I have been struggling with anti-aging for almost five or six years. I have walked through a lot of pits, and now I am becoming more and more Buddhist. When I have dry skin and allergies in spring, I switch to repairing products without any effect. In summer, when I have a lot of oil, I use a low-concentration Bosein lotion. I always wear a wide-brimmed hat when going out, and even wear ice sleeves when driving. To be honest, anti-aging really doesn’t have so many fancy rules. You don’t have to follow the trend and buy the most expensive products, and you don’t have to bite the bullet and use strong drugs that you are intolerant of. As long as your skin is stable and comfortable, and you stick to it for a long time, the effect will be 100 times better than just messing around.