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Cream with hyaluronic acid will be useful for your skin at any age and will faithfully and faithfully serve it, moisturizing, smoothing wrinkles, evening out the tone of the face. Want to know where hyaluronic acid has such superpowers?
What is Hyaluronic Acid
Feeling tight, dehydrated and dry are the top three signs that your skin is lacking moisture. And a trouble-free assistant in the fight against all these problems is a cream with hyaluronic acid. That is why hyaluronic acid is found in almost every moisturizer for any age.
We agree that “acid” is probably the last thing that I would like to put on my face. However, HA has nothing to do with acids, which uncompromisingly, and sometimes even aggressively, rid the skin of dead skin particles. This property is possessed by alpha and beta hydroxy acids, which are added to home exfoliation products and professional peels.
Perhaps you will be reassured by the fact that hyaluronic acid is produced by our own cells: it is present in connective and epithelial tissues, as well as in the tissues of the nervous system. The size of the molecule can be different and the properties of hyaluronic acid depend on it.
It is hyaluronic acid that provides smoothness and radiance to the skin.
Useful Properties
humidification
Hyaluronic acid is produced in the epidermis by keratinocytes, and in the dermis by fibroblasts, that is, the same cells that are responsible for the active production of collagen. This is a key component responsible for hydration: one molecule of hyaluronic acid can attract up to a thousand water molecules.
Elasticity
In fact, HA acts as a sponge that absorbs liquid and retains it at different levels of the skin (epidermis, dermis). The higher the concentration of this substance, the higher the elasticity, smoothness, density. This means that the risk of wrinkles and ptosis (sagging) of tissues is lower.
Hyaluronic acid in cosmetics can be high or low molecular weight.
We list the functions of hyaluronic acid in facial skin care products:
moisturizes;
replenishes volume;
provides firmness and elasticity;
smoothes fine lines of wrinkles;
gives shine;
soothes;
protects against free radicals;
restores after cosmetic procedures.
Over the years, the body’s own production of hyaluronic acid decreases. In addition, its destruction is provoked by stress and inflammatory processes. Therefore, HA is included in face creams: if you apply such a product to the skin, the effect will be noticeable immediately.
In addition to biological aging and inflammation, one of the reasons for the decrease in the amount of hyaluronic acid in the skin is ultraviolet radiation. In the spring-summer period, HA is actively used by the skin as an antioxidant, but due to the damaging effects of UV rays, dryness and a decrease in turgor appear.
Effect at different ages
After 30 years
Outwardly, this may not be noticeable, but after 30 skin renewal processes slow down, dull complexion and tightness after washing with water may disturb. A cream containing low molecular weight hyaluronic acid is able to penetrate deeper than the upper layer of the skin and spur metabolic processes in cells. As a result, the face is guaranteed freshness and a healthy glow.
After 40 years
At this age, the skin needs help on a regular basis. It is easier to prevent the appearance of age-related signs than to deal with them later in the cosmetologist’s office using hardware or injection procedures.
After 50 years
During menopause, women’s skin feels no more confident than during puberty. She can react to jumps in hormone levels in the most unexpected way: noticeable withering, the appearance of rashes, irritation. A face cream with hyaluronic acid in such a situation is not a panacea, but it will maintain an optimal level of moisture and correct the texture of the skin. Well, if it is a cream from the anti-age category. In anti-aging formulas, hyaluronic acid works in combination with other active ingredients.
Recently, hyaluronic acid has been actively used in anti-aging creams and preparations that restore the skin after cosmetic or surgical intervention. Formulas with low and high molecular weight HA carry out restoration work both on the surface of the epidermis and in the deeper layers of the skin.
Cream with hyaluronic acid is useful for skin at any age.
Application rules
The use of creams based on hyaluronic acid is practically no different from the use of other cosmetic skin care products.
Choose multi-active tools
When buying a cream, read the composition and choose formulas that contain several forms of hyaluronic acid – such products are the most versatile and solve several problems at once.
Give it time
To ensure comfortable working conditions for the cream with HA, apply it about half an hour before makeup.
Monitor humidity levels
In conditions of low air humidity (less than 40%), the skin may experience discomfort and tightness. In this case, the cream with hyaluronic acid should be “sealed” with a nutrient.
Review of cosmetics with hyaluronic acid
Face creams
Skin hydration can be ensured for the whole day using a day cream with hyaluronic acid, for example, “Hyaluron Expert SPF 20”, L’Oréal Paris и foundation of the same brand Alliance Perfect, also enriched with hyaluronic acid.
The choice of “hyaluronic cosmetics” today is huge, for each there is a tool that will please both in effect and in texture.
Anti-aging care Revitalift Filler, L’Oréal Paris
Promotes the renewal of skin cells, fills wrinkles from the inside, smoothes the skin and gives it elasticity.
Hyaluronic gel-cream with rose water Skin Naturals, Garnier
Formulated with 96% natural ingredients, it provides 48-hour hydration, softens with glycerin, and protects against free radicals with an antioxidant.
Gel-concentrate “Hyaluron Expert”, L’Oréal Paris
Includes two types of hyaluronic acid. High molecular weight smoothes the surface of the skin. Low molecular weight – penetrates into the deep layers of the epidermis, saturating them with moisture. Helps tighten the oval of the face, fills fine wrinkles, makes the skin more dense.
Rich cream Aqualia Thermal, Vichy
Removes the feeling of tightness, moisturizes the skin and relieves it of peeling. Improves complexion. Retains moisture in the skin.
Special Tools
Corrective serum to increase the level of hyaluronic acid in the skin HA Intensifier, SkinCeuticals
Reduces the appearance of nasolabial folds and fine wrinkles around the eyes. Moisturizes, helps to restore the clarity of the oval of the face, density and elasticity of the skin.
Hyaluronic serum-filler of prolonged action Liftactiv, Vichy
Corrects wrinkles (including vertical ones) in an average of 1 month. Smoothes the surface of the skin, provides intense hydration.
Triple serum for face and neck Rénergie HCF Triple Serum, Lancôme
In addition to hyaluronic acid, it contains vitamin C2 and niacinamide, which fight age spots, and ferulic acid, which has powerful antioxidant properties. Provides a wow-effect of smoothed skin. Prevents the appearance of new wrinkles.