When you start to feel the signs of aging take hold, the firming serum can quickly become essential. To counter the loss of density and firmness, it must act on several fronts.
At what age to adopt it?
The skin begins to lose its firmness around the age of 40. We can then choose a serum rich in restructuring active ingredients. But, from the age of 30, it is possible to act in prevention by using a serum rich in antioxidants and detoxifying active ingredients that limit the effects of attacks.
How to choose it?
Beware of retinol, if you have sensitive skin! A serum containing hyaluronic acid, antioxidants and a redensifying active ingredient is the right solution from 35-40 years old.
It improves elasticity
Whatever the active ingredient it contains: retinol, resveratrol, plant or algae extract, it stimulates the production of collagen in the dermis, and if possible of elastin, to restore density.
It redefines the contours of the face, with a “lifting” effect.
It moisturizes and repairs
Thanks to the presence of hyaluronic acid, of high or low molecular weight.
The first moisturizes on the surface and helps “plump” the epidermis, thus reducing wrinkles. The second acts at the level of the dermis, where it will boost the production of hyaluronic acid by the skin, to redensify it from the inside, restore volume and plump it.
It acts in depth Its concentration, its ultra-fluid texture, as well as vectors such as phospholipids and sometimes alcohol, promote the penetration of active ingredients, and allow them to be delivered where the skin needs them. It is an effective and targeted action, while a cream has a more surface action, protection above all.
It “lifts” and gives shine
The serum often contains ingredients that give an instant result.
Some of them, like wheat proteins, have a tightening effect. Others generate a slight surface exfoliation (salicylic acid, AHA, retinol), which restores radiance to the skin and promotes the penetration of active ingredients. Others, finally, are blurs and nacres to smooth the epidermis by optical effect.
To know
Some ultra-fluid serums require the addition of a moisturizer. Others, closer to an emulsion, can be used alone by normal to combination skin.
