Which ingredients can fight against aging? You no longer have to pay the IQ tax for anti-aging products.

Modern women pay more and more attention to skin care. Obviously, women who take care of their skin will look younger than women of the same age. This is thanks to the anti-aging ingredients in skin care products. So do you know which ingredients can really fight aging?

Anti-aging ingredients in skin care products

1. Antioxidant ingredients

(1) Vitamin C

The anti-aging effect of original VC is not only reflected in its antioxidant effect, but also stimulates the synthesis of collagen at high concentrations, thus producing anti-aging effects. However, new VC derivatives, such as AT2H (tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate), have the effect of promoting collagen synthesis and promoting fibroblast regeneration at low concentrations. It also avoids the unpleasant odor (barbecue or burning paper) and irritation that may occur with high concentrations of VC.

(2) EUK-134 (ethylbisiminomethylguaiacol manganese chloride)

EUK-134 is a popular ingredient nowadays. The first product I tried with this ingredient was from Estee Lauder, and then some products that focused on cost-effectiveness appeared. However, it is not recommended to use EUK-134 with salicylic acid, fruit acid or high-concentration VC. After all, this ingredient itself will become ineffective in an acidic environment.

(3) Resveratrol

A patent of Estee Lauder (using Polygonum cuspidatum extract, which mainly contains resveratrol) believes that this ingredient can activate the currently popular Sirt gene, thereby extending cell lifespan and producing anti-aging effects. Caudalie uses its own patented ingredient, grape vine verniformis, and polymers of resveratrol to maintain activity.

2. Peptide ingredients

Peptide, basically what people know more about is botulinum toxin, which is a polypeptide ingredient. Do you remember that in high school biology, the teacher always said: Amino acid molecules, acid dehydroxylation, ammonia dehydrogenation, dehydration condensation to form peptide chains? The first ones that came into everyone's attention were probably pentapeptides and hexapeptides.

Of course, the role of peptides is not just anti-aging. Peptides with different structures may also have whitening effects or activate special receptors, guide skin repair, etc. But it must be said that in terms of mildness, peptides are relatively milder. But there is a group of people who I recommend to choose carefully, that is, people whose skin is already sensitive or has obvious tingling pain, in order to prevent the use of peptides from aggravating the symptoms of allergies (the problem may be that the barrier is damaged, the permeability of the skin is increased, and the irritation or rejection reaction after the penetration of small molecule peptides leads to aggravated allergies).

3. Niacinamide

It seems that whether it is whitening, anti-aging or suppressing acne, this panacea ingredient is indispensable. A gratifying fact is that now if you want to buy niacinamide products, you don’t have to choose only from Procter & Gamble products. More and more groups have joined the niacinamide camp.

Niacinamide has anti-aging effects. When niacinamide is formulated into skin care products, it promotes barrier repair. There is improvement in redness and irritation of the skin.

Niacinamide can also increase the collagen content in the dermis, thereby playing another anti-aging role. Niacinamide can be effective at a concentration of 3%, rather than 5% or 8% (there are products with 8% or higher concentrations abroad). The higher the concentration, the greater the potential risk of irritation. It is recommended that you choose the concentration that suits you.

4. Other plant extracts or compound ingredients

The main complex ingredient of Shiseido's Viagra line, VP8, is a combination of multiple plant-based ingredients that take into account multiple effects such as anti-aging and whitening. Another brand that loves to use plant-derived ingredients is Clarins. Taking the double essence as an example, extracts of mirabilis, wolfberry, and knotweed are used to achieve anti-aging effects, while turmeric root extract is used to increase the product's antioxidant capacity.

Shiseido Viagra Eye Cream

Clarins Double Serum

Although the market for plant extract products seems confusing, useful plant extracts do exist. It may not bring a quick response in the short term, but anti-aging work has never been a short-term job.