CORONA LOGO EXTRA SKIN
Retinol is trying to get rid of sun-damaged cells for you (80-90% of skin ageing is due to UV radiation), so why would you instantly do the same harm to their plump substitutes? It’s a coals-to-Newcastle situation that simply doesn’t make sense.įor great retinoids – where to start? Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream-Serum, £32, is the latest night serum featuring retinal, retinol’s powerful but less-irritating brother. Would you expose your translucently-skinned baby to the sun without protection? Thought not, so do extend the same courtesy to your newly-fresh face. Should you apply them by day without whacking a good half teaspoon of broad-spectrum SPF50 on top is akin to rendering them useless.Īnother reason is that one of retinol’s functions is to help bring pristine, virgin skin cells to the surface. The latest generation of retinoids, says skincare expert and cosmetic physician Dr Dev Patel, stand up better against deterioration, but it’s still advisable to use retinol and its brethren at night. First of all, retinoids are unstable molecules that oxidise - whither - in the presence of UV light (including UVA, which is present even when the sun isn’t out).
The two should be like tea and toast, Marmite and soldiers – they simply must be a tag team. That sidekick is sunscreen, and now that the interminable dreariness of the Spring of ’23 has finally made way for ‘HEATWAVE!’headlines, you need to take the stuff seriously. Good news for our skin – up to a point.īecause retinol has a sidekick, or ought to have – and without it, you may be in for a nasty surprise in the shape of worsening signs of ageing as opposed to vanishing ones. That, and the fact that there are now hundreds of retinol-spiked potions to choose from, has contributed to their enthusiastic uptake. It means we’re better able to minimise or sidestep the dreaded irritation and flakiness that comes as the skin adjusts to these powerful ingredients. What’s more, over the past few years, retinoids and the way they are formulated in serums and creams have become increasingly sophisticated.
Reliably effective at normalising healthy skin function, generating oodles of bouncy collagen and stretchy elastin, and helping along the process whereby fresh, youthful surface cells replace decrepit ones, few ingredients offer more of a guarantee of plumped-out wrinkles, fading age spots, fewer breakouts and visible pores, and a lovely perma-glow. Endorsed by pretty much every dermatologist on the planet, retinol and its retinoid siblings (all forms of vitamin A) have become a stalwart of many a skincare routine: if you haven’t tried it yet, chances are you’re thinking about it.
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