Anti-aging care

In this article I'm going to share with you my advice, the mistakes not to make, because I realize that some people make mistakes that will have considerable consequences in the long term and that's a shame because even if it's never too late to start a good anti-aging beauty routine, you can't make up for lost time.

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Retinol care

The first active ingredient to promote the production of collagenRetinol is a multi-functional anti-aging skin care product. For retinol, the key criterion is concentration. When you're just starting out, I recommend a concentration of 0.2% or 0.3%, as you need to start slowly. You also need to start gradually, as there's a tolerance period, so you need to start using it every other day or every 3rd day.

If you can tolerate a product with 0.3% and need something stronger for your skin, there are also products with 1% retinol.

Beware of pitfalls: Be especially careful, as many products are labelled "retinol", but when you look at the composition, you realize that they are retinol esters, which are much less effective and have no lifting effect.

Note that retinol should not be combined with exfoliants such as fruit acids, glycolic acid, exfoliating scrubs and even vitamin C for the more sensitive during the tolerance period, i.e. until you are perfectly tolerant of retinol. Once the retinol tolerance period is over, you can reintroduce a vitamin C serum in the morning.

Antioxidant care

Antioxidants are very interesting in Anti-Aging, helping to reduce spots and wrinkles, but above all vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that fights the damage created by free radicals all day long. 

Free radicals create oxidative stress and damage the skin's collagen and elastin. The result: visible signs of aging, such as fine lines, wrinkles, sagging and loss of skin firmness, increase.

So vitamin C is a very good asset for preventing ageing, and don't tell me it's too late for me at 70. No, there's no age for prevention, and I'd even say that the older you get, the more important prevention is, because the mechanisms naturally present to fight oxidation and free radicals work less well.

So when it comes to prevention, there's no age limit. It's just as interesting for young skin as it is for mature skin.

Anti-aging peptide treatments:

Another interesting active ingredient is peptides, which have a powerful action on collagen synthesis, which is why they are used in anti-aging. If you're already using retinol, I'd advise you to wait until you're perfectly tolerant of retinol and vitamin C, and then start introducing peptides little by little.

Exfoliating acids

The last anti-aging active ingredient is not a single active ingredient, but a set of acids that exfoliate your skin. Chemical exfoliation is an integral part of a good anti-aging routine, as it helps reduce wrinkles, spots and texture problems.

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Sunscreen: The essential anti-aging product

My second piece of advice is simply to protect yourself from the sun. I see a lot of people who spend a lot of money on cosmetics, or people on whom I regularly carry out botox injections, hyaluronic acid injections or peels, who don't protect themselves enough from the sun.

And what you need to know is that, in the long term, sun protection will have a far greater impact than all the other elements combined. I insist on the role of the sun in skin ageing, because when I consult people, I realize that some patients look 10 to 20 years younger than their age, so I inevitably ask them questions, and most of the time these people tell me that they've always protected themselves from the sun. Of course, there are other factors like genetics, but we can't change our genome.

My advice is to really use sun protection every day, and to do that you need to find a sun cream that suits you, that won't irritate you or give you imperfections, that has a texture you like, that combines well with the rest of your skincare routine, and to sum up, the best sun protection is the one you can use every day.

The one thing I'd like to add is that your sun protection should UVB and UVA protection.

Niacinamide-based skincare products:

Niacinamide is a multi-functional ingredient that also has an anti-aging action by increasing collagen production, and reducing the damage created by UV rays on the skin. Studies show that it is particularly effective on mature skin.

Niacinamide acts as a shield for the skin against the formation of substances that cause collagen destruction when the skin is exposed to UV rays.

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Skin hydration and SPF: Essential steps

Moisturizing the skin is an essential part of anti-aging skin care. Moisturization helps fight the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, so all moisturizers have an anti-aging effect. Beware of misleading names such as filler cream, lift effect or skin perfect.

There are many different moisturizing products: essences, gel creams, day and night creams, balms and moisturizing oils. And don't forget the lips, eye area and neck.

How to keep your skin well moisturized :

1. Cleansing: Gently cleanse your skin barrier with an oil, balm or lotion. cleansing care.

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2) Moisturizing with lotions, serums, creams and masks

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Day and night moisturizers:

For night moisturizers, the choice is made according to your skin type, there are many possible choices I'm going to suggest several, if the cream you currently use suits you and it's not in the list don't change cream, these are suggestions for those who are lost. I've classified moisturizers according to your skin type:

Night cream for dry skin :

I recommend Avène's xéracalm balm with thermal spring water or bioderma's cicabio Restore cream,

Night cream for normal to combination skin :

I can suggest bleu de klairs soothing cream or La roche Posay's tolériane sensitive with thermal spring water.

Night cream for oily skin :

I can suggest IUNIK's soothing gel cream with Centella Asiatica and niacinamide or Uriage's cica daily gel cream with Centella asiatica, hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5, zinc and copper, which is suitable for oily skin with anti-inflammatory agents. This product is also useful for people prone to rosacea.

What causes aging and the appearance of wrinkles?

Among the causes of ageing, there's the genetically programmed internal biological clock, but also other factors that influence ageing, such as exposure to the sun of course, but I'd like to stress the role of tobacco, which is also a major factor in accelerating skin ageing, to which we must add the environment and stress.

Diet also plays a major role, and I recommend that you eat organic food, because organic food will provide anti-oxidants that will protect your cells from the free radicals that cause cell damage.

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Hormones play a vital role in the skin and mucous membranes, as our skin cells are highly reactive to these hormones. Unfortunately, over time, two phenomena occur: firstly, our cells become less receptive to hormones, and secondly, hormone production declines.

This hormonal deficiency is then established, leading to the appearance of numerous disorders. Dryness, skin thinning, loss of elasticity, but also androgens can be found in relative excess, leading to skin imperfections and acne. The ideal solution is to use anti-blemish care to care for your skin.

3 anti-aging tips :

My first piece of advice is not to make the mistake of forgetting to protect your neck, décolleté and the back of your hands.. I often see patients who don't look their age and who have really beautiful skin, but you quickly realize that they've neglected these 3 areas, which have aged much faster than their face.

Generally speaking, these are people who have always taken good care of their facial skin and have a good level of skincare, but who have forgotten or not realized that they also need to look after and protect their neck. What I see is that these people are 10 years younger in the face and 10 years older in the neck.

Everything we try to avoid on the face can appear on your neck: wrinkles, pigmentation spots, but also skin cancers. That's why your skin care routine is so important. facial care should also be applied to the neck.

Most of the active ingredients you use on your face can also be used on your neck, such as retinoids, but I recommend starting with the less powerful retinoids (such as l'oréal paris' revitalift or granactive retinol or even filorga's "filler with retinol esters"), You can also use lotions based on hyaluronic acid or products based on niacinamide and, above all, don't forget to use vitamin C. As for the rest, I advise you to start with small concentrations of pure vitamin C or, if you can't tolerate it, to use vitamin C derivatives.

And of course, don't forget to moisturize the skin on the neck. Of course, the skin on the neck is more sensitive, because it's thinner and has fewer sebaceous glands, so you obviously don't want to use the most aggressive active ingredients, but it's an area you need to take care of, a bit like your eyelids. And the most important element in slowing down the ageing of your neck or the back of your hands is sun protection.

As you know, UV rays cause damage to the epidermis, but also to the dermis, which greatly accentuates the sagging of neck skin. This is a particularly difficult area to treat in aesthetic medicine, and when the sagging becomes too severe if you really want a convincing result, surgery is often the only option, so protect your neck and décolleté from the sun.

Another thing to bear in mind is that you need to be careful when applying perfume, as there can be many irritants in perfumes, and I'd advise you to avoid the neck area.

The second tip is to be patient and give your skincare routine time. It's true that as soon as we buy a product or a skincare set with an active ingredient that will perfectly integrate our skin problems, we're super impatient to see the results, and unfortunately it takes time. Whether it's for hyperpigmentation, acne or wrinkles, it generally takes between 2 and 6 months to see full results. The mistake is to give up too soon.

There are certain active ingredients, such as hyaluronic acid or moisturizing creams, for which you can see almost immediate results, and when you find out how to moisturize your skin perfectly, you don't have to wait months to see that you're on the right track.

With exfoliants, results are also relatively rapid, but for anti-aging issues, for example, retinoids can take 3 to 6 months to fully deliver results, and the same goes for pigmentation spots, which often require several months of treatment before seeing results, so be patient and consistent in your skincare routine.

What you can do is take a photo at the start of a new skincare routine or when you start a new active ingredient, and take a new one 2 or 3 months later to better appreciate the changes and have a more objective opinion on the results obtained.

Last but not least, my advice is to always adapt your skincare routine to your age, the seasons and your lifestyle.. Your skin evolves with age, with some changes taking place between the ages of 20 and 30, and others between 50 and 60. Over time, the cellular regeneration cycle diminishes. Young and old or mature skin react differently. There's no single beauty routine for all ages.

In your twenties, you don't necessarily need to exfoliate your skin, as the cellular regeneration cycle is rapid, but over time, you need to adapt your skincare routine and incorporate exfoliation. Start eating organic food in your twenties.

On the other hand, hydration needs tend to increase with age, as the skin produces less ceramides and sebum, so we need to adapt our skincare routine with increasingly powerful moisturizers, even though there may be considerable variations between individuals. We also need to adapt the cleansing and moisturizing phases, often opting for increasingly gentle cleansers as we age.

That's why you need to constantly adapt your skincare routine: in your thirties, you may be bothered by problems of overeating, and in your forties by fine lines, so you need to remove certain active ingredients and replace them with others, giving priority to those that boost collagen production, and adopting an organic diet.

On the other hand, depending on the season, the skin reacts differently: in autumn, we may be prone to imperfections if we've been exposed to the sun during the summer; during winter, the skin may be more dehydrated than the rest of the year; in spring, we may be looking to improve the radiance of our skin after the long winter months. One mistake is to use the same cosmetics in summer and winter.

In winter, use a cleansing oil or balm, and avoid aggressive foaming gels during the cleansing phase. Use moisturizing care masks, night and day creams, because winter tends to irritate your skin.

And in summer, of course, you need to step up your sun protection, but also use anti-oxidants, as several studies have shown that the application of an antioxidant in addition to sun protection increases protection against damage caused by UV rays by 30%, and this additional protection against free radicals greatly reduces in-depth cellular modifications in the skin. So it's important to adapt your skincare routine to your lifestyle, the season and your age. 

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