What age should you start using retinoids?

No amount of muscle relaxing toxins will prevent the skin from being damaged by the sun. And with this damage, while your furrowed brow might give you a happy appearance, the skin still needs nutrition to keep it glowing with good health. And, well, amazing!!

In your 50s.

Most women will begin to see more significant changes to the skin in their 50s. 

If you came late to the idea of staying out of the sun, it’s in your 50s where the years of sun damage will begin to emerge. For some, it can come earlier, depending on the level of exposure and damage and genetics.

It’s also a time of hormonal changes where the reproductive hormones that kept us youthful begin to diminish, and lines, wrinkles and uneven pigmentation seem to appear overnight. 

If like many, your skincare’s been a bit hit or miss up until now, you may decide it’s time to step up your skincare game.

If this is the case and medical-grade skincare is new to you, then no matter your age, you will need to begin gradually working your way through the levels of vitamin A concentration.

But don’t worry, you’ll get to where you want to be even if it does take a little longer. Your skin will begin to improve. 

If you’ve been stepping up through the system, it’s time to step from Skin EssentiA Moisturiser AVST #4 to Moisturiser AVST #5. If your skin is sun-damaged and you can tolerate it, you could move on to Environ’s Youth+ Concentrated Retinol Serum #2 but go slowly as irritated skin doesn’t necessarily mean you’re getting a better result. 

Skin EssentiA Moisturiser AVST #5 and Youth+ Concentrated Retinol Serum #2 is a very potent combination of Vitamin A. If you jump to this level without the gradual progression because you can’t wait, then you’re likely to suffer a retinoid reaction. 

You might no care if your skin becomes overly irritated. You might even think that’s how you know it’s working? I used to think that too. But, actually? No. It just means you’ve flooded your skin with too much vitamin A and it’s sitting outside the cell waiting in the queue to get in. While outide the cell, vitamin A isn’t really having much of an impact of helping, in fact, it’s being wasted. And, if you’ve ever waited in a queue anywhere, then you know, it’s frustrating and, yep, irritating! Don’t do that to your skin.  

Of course, it’s tempting to rush this, especially when the years seem to have suddenly appeared on your face and neck. But, unless you want to suffer from what’s known as a retinoid reaction, then you must start slowly. Allow your skin the time it needs to adjust. 

Think of it the same way you would approach going to the gym after years of doing minimal exercise. You wouldn’t start boot camp tomorrow, would you? View the introduction to vitamin A in the same way. 

Reversing sun damage with Environ.