At what age should I start anti-aging skincare?
There is no single starting age for anti-aging skincare, and the order matters more. 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.
Source: American Academy of Dermatology, how to select anti aging skin care products
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