At what age should you start using anti-aging skin care products

There is no unified "starting age" for anti-aging skin care products. The current industry consensus of 25 is just a reference line. It is normal for it to fluctuate up to three to five years or even longer.

There have always been two different opinions on this issue. Conservative dermatologists recommend "intervening only if symptoms arise." After all, the commonly used ingredients in anti-aging products, such as retinol and Bose, have a certain risk of irritation. If your skin is in good enough condition, basic moisturizing and sunscreen can already maintain it, so there is no need to put additional burden on your skin. Most veteran players who have been playing with ingredients for five or six years feel that "intervening in advance saves effort." Waiting for static lines to really grow and then relying on skin care products to eliminate them is much more difficult than prevention.

A while ago I met a post-2000 girl who just joined the company. She was only 21 years old and stayed up until two or three o'clock every day working on projects. Last time she took off her makeup and complained to me that the lines on the apples of her cheeks could still be seen after half a minute when she smiled. Last year, I tried a retinol essence with a concentration of 0.1%. After building up a tolerance, I used it for half a year. Now those dry lines are basically invisible. Do you think she is using anti-aging at the age of 21? Is it too early? It definitely doesn't count, her skin has already sent out a signal of need. I also have a 31-year-old senior who has a terrifyingly regular lifestyle. She doesn’t stay up late or drink. She uses sunscreen and physical cover all year round. Her skin condition is better than that of many 25-year-old girls without makeup. Until now, she only uses moisturizing essence and sunscreen, and there are no obvious lines. You said she hasn’t started using anti-aging at the age of 31. Is it too late? Not at all.

Oh, by the way, there are still many people who worry that "using anti-aging too early will be useless when you get older." This controversy has been going on for a long time. Some doctors think that as long as they don't pile on high-concentration strong drugs right from the beginning, and gradually adjust the concentration according to their skin condition, there is no so-called "tolerance threshold". Just like if you take vitamin C every day, you won't stop taking it when you are 20 years old and you will lose antioxidants when you are 30 years old, right? Of course, some more cautious doctors believe that the skin itself has its own repair rhythm, and there is no need to use functional ingredients to disrupt its balance in advance. On the contrary, it is easy to cause sensitive skin.

I myself have been in trouble a few years ago. When I was 22 years old, I read on the Internet that anti-aging should be done as early as possible. I was so excited that I took a 0.5% concentration of alcohol A. After three days of applying it, my acne broke out and became red. It took me less than half a month to heal. Later I realized that age is really meaningless. You might as well After washing your face, look in the mirror for two minutes. If your face feels tight after makeup removal, if it takes several seconds for the wrinkles around your eyes and nasolabial folds to disappear after smiling, or if your jaundice will not go away after staying up late for two or three days, no matter you are 20 or 28 years old, you can use gentle anti-aging products. If you sleep eight hours a day and are asked if you are still in college when you go out without makeup, then you don’t have to rush to put all kinds of functional ingredients on your face even if you are 30 years old.