How often should you do anti-aging skin care?

There is no universal standard answer to the frequency of anti-aging skin care. It ranges from daily application of functional skin care products to once a month, 3 months or even half a year or once a year for hospital-based programs. The core depends on the anti-aging method you choose, your own skin tolerance and the actual degree of aging.

Take the home anti-aging skin care products we usually use such as alcohol, bosine, and peptides. Many ingredient parties recommend that they can be used every day as long as the skin tolerates it. However, some dermatologists remind that sensitive skin and dry skin have a thin barrier. High-frequency use of powerful anti-aging ingredients can easily damage the barrier. The natural person around me My best friend with dry and sensitive skin has been in trouble before. She followed the trend of healthy skin and applied 0.3% alcohol A every day. Within a week, her face became red and irritated. It took more than half a month to recover. Later, she changed it to twice a week and slowly built up tolerance. After persisting for more than half a year, the dry lines around the eyes and dullness at the corners of the mouth have faded a lot, and she no longer has any sensitivity problems.

If you are talking about a theater-type anti-aging project, there are more factors to consider. For example, the most common type of photorejuvenation, all online said that it is effective only once a month, but the public dermatologist I interviewed before said that if your skin is in good condition, you only need to do daily anti-aging and maintain stability, and use low-energy, fully sufficient treatment once every 2-3 months. Enough, that’s what my male colleague who doesn’t like to bother did. He used to have light forehead wrinkles that only appeared when he frowned. He took the photon treatment every two to three months and persisted for more than a year. Now he can barely see the wrinkles when he frowns, and he doesn’t have the problem of skin thinning reported online.

As for deep anti-aging projects such as Thermage and Ultrasound Cannon, the current mainstream propaganda is to do it once a year. However, many doctors have suggested that people with high skin tightness and thin soft tissues can do it once every 1.5 to 2 years. Otherwise, excessive tightening will be easy. I had a problem with sunken cheeks. Last month I accompanied my friend to an ultrasound consultation. The doctor saw that she was only 27 years old and that her apple muscles were only slightly moved downwards. He directly said that after this treatment, it can be treated for at least a year and a half. There is no need to stick to the trend of a year and follow the trend. Spending money in vain may have counter-effects.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it's a bit like charging a mobile phone. If you stay up late every day and expose your skin to the sun, just like you use your mobile phone heavily to watch videos and play games, then the frequency of charging (for anti-aging) will naturally be higher.； As long as you have a regular daily schedule and good sun protection, just like a mobile phone that is only used to make and receive calls, charging it once every two or three days is enough. If you follow other people's schedules, you may damage the "battery" or skin barrier.

In the past two years, I have been messing around with online strategies. Either the frequency is too high and my face is sensitive, or the interval is too long and I can't see the effect. After struggling for so long, I have come up with the most practical standard: as long as the skin has no uncomfortable reactions and can see a gradual improvement, then this frequency is suitable for you. If you are really unsure, find a reliable dermatologist for an interview, which is more effective than reading ten Internet celebrity strategies.