At what age should I start anti-aging skincare?
Answered by the AskDoc Medical Team · Medically reviewed under our Medical Director, MBBS
The honest hierarchy: daily sunscreen from as young as you like, since sun causes most visible aging; a retinoid from the late twenties or whenever you decide you care, as the best-proven active; moisturizer at any age.
Everything else, serums, ampoules, devices, sits far behind those three in evidence per dollar.
Starting late still works; retinoids improve skin whenever begun, just gradually, with a low dose and patience through early dryness. What no start date fixes is smoking and sun, the two fastest agers on record.
The one skin product doctors push
Broad-spectrum SPF 50, worn daily, does more against skin aging and skin cancer risk than any cream sold above it. The best sunscreen is the one you will actually wear every morning.
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