How to Build a Skincare Routine

Wrinkles and Anti-Aging

If you have mature skin, you’ll likely want to consider anti-aging and ingredients when you build your skincare routine.

As we age, our skin begins to lose its elasticity and collagen, along with developing wrinkles from sun exposure, facial movement, and other causes.

The keys to addressing these concerns are encouraging skin cell turnover, retaining moisture, and easing the appearance of fine lines.

Anti-aging skincare ingredients include:

• Tretinoin — All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is a retinoid derivative of Vitamin A. As a powerhouse anti-aging ingredient, it encourages cell turnover to help skin look firmer and brighter, along with reducing the appearance of wrinkles. You’ve likely heard of retinol as an antiaging ingredient, and Tretinoin is very similar, but has a stronger effect.
• Azelaic Acid — This ingredient is anti-inflammatory and can brighten the skin and ease redness and swelling.
• Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) — Vitamin C has shown benefit in reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It can also boost collagen production for firmer, more youthful-looking skin.
• Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) — ALA is an antioxidant that combats free radicals and oxidative stress. It can reduce swelling and puffiness, particularly around the eyes, and lead to firmer skin.
• Dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) — DMAE is an antioxidant that can tighten and firm the skin while diminishing sagging and improving elasticity.
• Vitamin E — Topical vitamin E can help shield against free radicals and reverse harm caused by sunlight exposure (one of the main causes of skin aging).

Defy Medical offers a range of anti-aging skincare products with combinations of the ingredients listed above.

Hormone Creams for Anti-Aging

You may have heard of Hormone Replacement Therapy, but did you know hormones can also benefit the skin when added to a skincare cream?

Hormones play a big role in how skin ages, and hormone decreases over time can lead to dry, mature-looking skin. Because of this, Estrogen and Progesterone have anti-aging benefits when applied to the skin. Skincare creams with hormones have a much smaller amount, so application doesn’t affect hormone levels in the blood.

Because hormone skin creams include Estrogen and Progesterone, they have different requirements than other skin products. Learn more about hormone creams for anti-aging.

Treating Hyperpigmentation

Hyperpigmentation occurs when the skin develops spots with too much melanin. These spots may be brown, red, gray, black, or pink. They are typically patchy in appearance and contrast sharply with the skin around them.

Hyperpigmentation, also called melasma, can be caused by acne and other kinds of skin scarring, sun exposure, and aging.

If you experience hyperpigmentation, there are ingredients that can diminish the appearance of these blemishes. These include:

• Hydroquinone — This medication reduces hyperpigmentation by slowing the process of melanin being deposited into the skin. It’s one of the most popular and effective treatments for hyperpigmentation.
• Retinoic Acid — This retinoid can lighten the skin and also encourage skin cell turnover to decrease hyperpigmentation.
• Hydrocortisone — This anti-inflammatory ingredient can help soothe the skin and ease irritation for a more even appearance.
• Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) — This ingredient can reduce the number and severity of dark spots by slowing the process of skin pigmentation.
• Kojic Acid — This acid is naturally derived from fungus and can improve hyperpigmentation by slowing the production of free tyrosinase, which effects the deposit of melatonin into the skin.

If you want to add a hyperpigmentation treatment to your skincare routine, Defy Medical offers access to creams with these potent ingredients.