The cosmetic industry has always come up with new innovations and new products to serve the people who want to get rid of the signs of premature ageing such as wrinkles and lines on face. Even though these products were initially targeted at women, men are also increasingly using the anti aging treatments to get rid of the signs of the old age and have a youthful look.
For ages, creams with ingredients effective in reducing the visible effects of aging have been marketed as the best anti aging products on the market. However, it has been found that even though these creams have all the ingredients required in an anti-aging cream, there are other ingredients make the active ingredients less effective. Also, it is very difficult for oily skin to absorb the ingredients in the cream. Therefore, many cosmetic companies have introduced anti-aging serums to complement creams.
Using Creams, Anti Aging Serums Or Both
These serums are water based formulations containing high quantities of ingredients to battle wrinkles and signs of getting older. Since these are water based, they are not greasy at all and are also highly concentrated. They are also comparatively easily absorbed by the facial skin. They penetrate the skin better and have better results. In fact, anti-aging creams need to be applied all over the face, whereas, only one to two drops of anti-aging serum are required to cover the whole face.
As far as the anti-aging creams are concerned, these carry moisture as well as anti-aging ingredients. On application of creams on the face, these keep the moisture inside and also supply the ingredients to the skin and this makes a cream perfect for dry skin.
As far as choosing between an anti-aging cream and a serum is concerned, an anti-aging cream is recommended for dry skin since it helps in restoring the moisture to the skin. It also has heavy texture which helps in sealing the moisture inside the skin. On the other hand, creams do not do a good job of delivering active ingredients on oily skin.
If you have oily skin, it is recommended to use anti-aging serum. In fact, it won’t be wrong to say that anti-ageing serums are suitable for all kinds of skin types and therefore, these can be used as complement to anti-ageing creams.
Application
As far as the application of anti aging serums is concerned, you should clean your face thoroughly and then use the serum on the skin. Once it has been absorbed by the skin, anti aging cream should be applied on the face. In fact, dermatologists also recommend using anti aging serum before applying sunscreen and going out in the sun.
Common Ingredients
Most of the serums available in the market contain vitamin C, retinol, antioxidants and peptides. All of these ingredients are known to be effective in reducing the signs of premature aging. Vitamins C is known to affect the production of collagen in the body. Collagen is the facial tissue responsible for tightness of the skin.
One of the other advantages of anti-aging serums is that these use microencapsulated system for delivery of anti-aging ingredients to the skin. As mentioned above, these serums have high concentration of active ingredients and therefore, these need to be delivered in the right manner to the skin to allow them to work their magic.
For instance, Vitamin C is known to degrade in the bottle. However, a good quality anti-aging serum uses microencapsulation to ensure that the high concentration of Vitamin C in the serum remains stable and is delivered to the skin in the right manner.
There are many different brands available in the market and you should check their reviews and ingredients before deciding to buy one.