When Should I Start Using Anti-Aging Skincare Products?

SKINCARE

As we get older, our skin isn’t as good at keeping itself hydrated, nourished and protected. Our skin cell renewal tends to slow down, meaning our skin can lose its firmness and the first signs of ageing can appear. While we can’t stop the ageing process, applying the right anti-ageing products as early as our twenties can help reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and age spots.

Skincare In Your 20’s +

While good skincare might not be your biggest priority in your twenties, it’s at this age that you start to lose the integrity of collagen in your skin, which can have an effect on its firmness. Just because your skin might look great now doesn’t mean you should skip essential steps in your routine. Keeping your skin hydrated and moisturised is key to helping it maintain its barrier function and staying healthy looking.

Skincare In Your 30’s +

This decade can be pivotal to your skin’s health. Just as hangovers may feel harder to recover from, environmental aggressors such as UV rays and pollution can also take their toll on your skin’s appearance. Your skin cell turnover may be affected which can mean dead cells can accumulate on the surface and leave your skin looking dull and tired. The levels of hyaluronic acid in your skin also naturally decreases, especially in the epidermis layer (the outer layer of skin), meaning that your skin loses its natural ability to maintain a good level of hydration and dry skin can appear.

Skincare In Your 40’s +

When wrinkles can set in permanently as your cells can’t recover as well from damage caused by external aggressors. Your body's production of hyaluronic acid, elastin and collagen has slowed down, so your skin needs to boost its natural collagen production. Skin also tends to be less hydrated in our forties and, depending on your skin type, this can be a good time to incorporate more hydrating creams with actives into your daily routine to keep your skin strong and radiant. 

Skincare In Your 50’s +

The youthful skin of your thirties and forties can become thinner, dryer and less taut as you get older. Not only can lines deepen on your face, neck and décolletage, but your skin may lose volume. The menopause can also have a serious effect on glowing complexions as your skin will lose a significant amount of its collagen and moisture. Applying hydrating serums, day creams and night creams can help target a number of signs of ageing, but the best thing is to build a skincare routine and be consistent with it.

So, When Is The Best Time To Start Using Those Anti-Wrinkle Creams?

In short, now. It’s never too late to reach for good skincare. A supportive skin care routine that suits your skin type whether that is sensitive skin, dry skin or combination skin will help to fight the visible signs of ageing. Choose active ingredients such as vitamin C and retinol and no matter your age you can help your skin. 

Always gently cleanse the skin as a first step in the morning and evening and follow with an anti-ageing serum such as Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate. It contains vitamin C and hyaluronic acid to help boost skin’s radiant look whilst visibly reducing the appearance of wrinkles. if you're keen to tackle uneven skin tone, acne scars or dark spots then reach for our Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Correcting Serum. 

As the delicate area around your eyes is usually the first to show signs of ageing, if you find the best anti-wrinkle eye cream for you, you won’t regret it. Our Super Multi-Corrective Anti-Aging Eye Cream is formulated to treat all four eye zones. The anti-ageing eye cream visibly lifts the brow bone area, smooths the eyelid, firms the outer corner, minimises crow’s feet, and reduces under-eye puffiness.

A nourishing daytime moisturiser like our Super Multi-Corrective Anti-Aging Cream For Face And Neck offers a multi-targeted approach to diminishing 7 key visible signs of ageing incuding fine lines and wrinkles, loss of elasticity and uneven tone and texture. In the evening, our silky Midnight Recovery Concentrate Moisturizing Face Oil helps visibly restore skin overnight to be smooth, radiant, and nourished looking by morning.

However, there’s no point applying the best anti-ageing cream and the best anti-ageing serum if you don’t also apply SPF, due to the damage the sun can cause the skin. Fortunately, our sunscreens and sun creams and UV Defense are specially designed for everyday use to help protect your skin against the early signs of ageing caused by the sun. Try our lightweight sunscreen for oily skin or our Ultra Light Daily UV Defense SPF 50 PA++++.

Additional Reading 

Discover our recommended anti-ageing routine here with all the recommended steps you need morning and evening. Skin can change significantly during the menopause, but we've got you covered with How To Get Glowing Skin During The Menopause. Want to know more about why mature skin shows visible signs of ageing? We have the answers with What Causes The Skin To Age and What Can We Do About it?