As you get older, your face cream needs to do more work to keep you looking your best. In addition to hydrating your skin, face creams for mature skin may need to even out skin tone, firm up wrinkle-prone areas and repair skin damage. Choosing the right face cream can help keep your skin looking more youthful and healthy as you age.
Face Creams With Dill Extract
Elastin keeps your skin from sagging around your lips and eyes by giving it the ability to bounce back and repair itself, but as you get older, your skin loses its elastin stores and starts to sag, explains "Allure" magazine. To firm up sagging skin, look for a face cream that contains dill extract, an ingredient that replenishes your skin's elastin stores. "Allure" recommends DDF Restoring Night Serum, Olay Pro-X Intensive Firming Treatment or Aveeno Ageless Vitality Night Cream as good options.
Face Creams With Kojic Acid
As you get older, sun damage starts to show up on your skin as dark patches and spots, which can make you look older. To even out your skin tone and roll back the years, Dr. Jennifer Linder, a dermatologist in Scottsdale, Arizona, recommends in "Harper's Bazaar" magazine that you opt for a face cream with kojic acid, a natural skin brightener. Linder recommends La Roche-Posay Mela-D Serum. Keep in mind that sunscreen is a must when you're using any brightening product, since unprotected time in the sun revives blotches caused by sun damage.
Face Creams With Peptides or Retinoids
As you age, your skin loses collagen, causing wrinkles and sagging. Look for a cream that rebuilds collagen to restore your skin's firmness and reduce wrinkles. According to "Allure" magazine, retinoids are the most effective way to stimulate collagen production in your skin. "Allure" recommends Dermadoctor Poetry in Lotion Intensive Retinol 1.0 and Neutrogena Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Cream as good retinol options. Some people experience skin irritation with retinoids. If you're one of them, "Redbook" magazine recommends Esteé Lauder Perfectionist [CP+] Wrinkle Lifting Serum, with collagen-building peptides, as a good alternative.
Face Creams With Muscle Relaxers
GABA, known in scientific circles as γ-aminobutyric acid, argireline and ameliox are muscle relaxants that can help prevent those laugh lines around your eyes and lips from settling into place, explains Dr. Fredric Brandt, a dermatologist with offices in Miami and New York City, in "Redbook" magazine. By relaxing your muscles, they temporarily smooth away fine lines and wrinkles. "Redbook" suggests KaplanMD Perfecting Serum, 24.7 Skincare Smoothing Anti-Aging Moisturizer and Therapy Systems Line Tox for Lips as good options.
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