Seven maintenance myths make women age faster

Myth 1: Anti-aging effects are all about speed, the faster the better

Correct understanding: There are many anti-aging skin care products that claim to "take effect within 3 days" or "smoothe fine lines in 8 hours", which are very attractive. However, some products actually rely on the characteristics of their "dosage form" to temporarily fill in the fine lines on the skin's surface, or add reflective particles into skin care products to reduce the shadows caused by wrinkles on the skin's surface, making the wrinkles "look" smaller. However, this practice will actually accelerate skin aging in the long run. To improve skin aging, it is best to follow the skin's metabolic cycle and make a preliminary review every 14-28 days.

Myth 2: The higher the concentration of ingredients in skin care products, the more effective they are

Correct understanding: High concentrations are not necessarily effective and may cause skin damage and side effects (such as acids, whitening ingredients, essential oils). The skin has a certain absorption capacity for ingredients, so too high a concentration will have no anti-aging effect. The pharmaceutical research laboratory has confirmed and published in the world's most authoritative dermatology journal JID that 5% L-vitamin C can have the greatest effect on stimulating collagen fiber synthesis. The effect produced by concentrations exceeding this concentration is the same as that of 5%). Therefore, we can know that concentration and effect do not necessarily increase in direct proportion!

Myth 3: Anti-aging skin care products are ineffective, only medical cosmetology can improve the fundamental problem of aging

Correct understanding: Anti-aging skin care products are to aging skin what our regular diet is to us. Regularly replenishing nutrients and some essential substances can keep the skin in its current state and prevent more serious aging problems. As long as this maintenance is persisted in for a long time, the effect can still be seen. Medical cosmetic treatments are like miracle drugs or nutritional supplements that can intensively improve some aging problems in a relatively short period of time (3 to 14 days). The two are not contradictory. If you only go for medical beauty treatments, thinking that you have fundamentally solved the aging problem, and do not use anti-aging products to care for your skin, your anti-aging results will be wasted.

Myth 4: Applying a whitening mask every day can reduce dark spots

Correct understanding: In fact, whitening masks are not suitable for daily use, because they generally contain fruit acid ingredients that help keratin metabolism. Daily use will make the stratum corneum thinner, the skin becomes more sensitive, and more prone to aging. Moreover, although whitening masks do have a certain effect on lightening spots, they are not suitable for everyone. Because the causes of spots vary, and internal factors far outweigh external factors. Whitening skin care products can only lighten spots caused by ultraviolet rays, but have little effect on other types of spots, especially those that appear with skin aging.

Myth 5: If you want to restore elasticity to relaxed muscles, just apply a collagen-containing cream

Correct understanding: Collagen is first of all a protein. The protein molecules are very large, so large that not only the skin cannot absorb it at all, but even our stomach and intestines, which rely on nutrients to survive, must first hydrolyze it into amino acids before further absorption. From a biological point of view, only the epidermis of lower invertebrates can absorb substances such as protein.

If you want to restore elasticity to loose skin, you should massage the skin more often. Exercising the skin more often can promote blood circulation, and nutrients will naturally be easily transported to the skin, providing power for the skin's own repair.

Myth 6: Anti-aging products are better absorbed at night, so there is no need to use them during the day

Get it right: Many anti-aging products work better at night, but not all. Any anti-aging product containing vitamin A, peptides, fruit acids and salicylic acid should be used at night as much as possible. That's because when you sleep, the amount of blood on the skin surface increases, the skin's pH value decreases, and the skin's self-protection ability decreases. In this state, the above-mentioned anti-aging ingredients can be well absorbed. However, to achieve good anti-aging effects, in addition to using these products at night, you must also use SPF sunscreen and antioxidant skin care products during the day to consolidate the nighttime anti-aging care and delay skin aging.

Myth 7: Itching, redness, and peeling are common side effects of anti-aging products

Correct understanding: Many people will experience itching and redness of the skin when they first use or change to new aging products. Some people will comfort themselves that this is a common phenomenon and it will be fine after using it a few more times. In fact, these phenomena only mean that you are sensitive to certain ingredients in the product and have allergic reactions. At this time, you should stop using this product and give your skin enough rest, otherwise your skin will get worse. After the skin returns to normal, you can use it one or twice to see if the skin has adapted or accepted it. If allergic symptoms still occur, you should not use it again. If no allergic symptoms occur, it means that the skin has slowly accepted these ingredients.