Night Creams | How to choose a Retinol
Nighttime is the best opportunity to help your skin repair itself from the damage it sees during the day from UV rays and free radicals and renew itself. Read more...
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Why does the night matter for skincare?
Nighttime is the best opportunity to help your skin repair itself from the damage it sees during the day from UV rays and free radicals and renew itself.
Which ingredient should I consider integrating into my nighttime routine for my skin?
Retinol is a great ingredient to seek for this purpose but can be challenging to find the one that suits your skin without irritating or inflaming it! If retinol is too harsh for your skin, there are several options to consider...
Which retinol is best for dry skin?
For my patients with dry skin, I tend to favor the Cerave line of products. The Cerave Skin Renewing Cream Serum is an excellent combination of retinol for anti-aging with ceramides to hydrate the skin. It’s a nice balance to strike when you want to have the benefits of retinol for anti-aging but struggle with excess dryness these products can cause.
Which retinol is best for oily skin?
Roc Deep Wrinkle Serum works so well with oily skin that I sometimes switch my younger acne patients to this product when they are looking to maintain skin clearance without prescription products.
Which retinol is best for combination skin?
Philosophy Ultimate Miracle Worker multi-rejuvenating retinol and superfood oil and pads is a great product for combination skin because of the pads used as a delivery method to the skin. This retinol product is applied to the face evenly with the pads but can also be applied selectively if you so choose.
Which retinol is best for sensitive skin?
Olehenriksen Goodnight Glow Retin-alt Sleeping Crème uses bakuchiol. This is a retinol alternative. It’s a functional analog of retinol meaning it actually has the exact same effect as retinol topically in studies with one huge advantage- it’s less irritating because it’s also an anti-inflammatory agent. This is an excellent option for our sensitive skin patients.
Which retinol is good for acne-prone skin?
Oil of Olay Total Effects 7 in 1 has the benefit of anti-aging and being lightweight enough to avoid triggering acne. If you are looking for an option but do not want to risk breakouts, this is a nice option to try.
Which retinol is best for mature skin?
Anti-aging, thinning of the skin, discoloration, tissue paper-like wrinkling of the skin—there are so many factors to address that choosing the right product to multitask as much as possible is important. For mature skin, an evolution by a Dermatologist and consideration for a prescription retinoid may be best.
