At what age did you or will you start using anti-aging products? Share!
I know I’ve used anti-aging products as early as 20, but I would say that only in my mid-20s did it seem like, “Well, I should look for a few of the right anti-aging ingredients…”
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I’m 27 and I’ve only just started… Unless you count sunscreen, which I’ve been wearing religiously since my early 20s (and on and off before).
29. Nothing like being a newly minted divorce about to hit the big 3-0 to make you freak out over every line and pore
I’m 23 and I just started using a Retinol Cream, but my usage of it is more for other skin issues. I plan to do more research, see what works for me, and have a preventative routine down within the next year or two.
I just started in the last year. I’m almost 27.
I’m 21 and I started using them this year in the form of daily spf, antioxidants, and chemical exfoliants. The best anti-aging measures are preventative!
This year, at 29 years old. I found out that skin starts aging at 21 and it freaked me out!
I’m almost 24 and I use Philosophy Miracle Worker moisturizer on my face everyday. I don’t use it necessarily because it’s anti-aging though, it’s just a really nice moisturizer and the fact that it’s anti-aging is a bonus lol
Sunscreen is the most effective anti-aging product you can buy over the counter. I wish I had wore it regularly every day of all my twenties. However, I began to apply it every day to my face by age 25. That is also the time that I started to use Olay Total Effects. In regards to prescription anti-aging products, my derm prescribed me Differin in my early 30’s.
I am now 35. I have super young looking skin too! I get carded for buying alcohol all of the time. 🙂
This year, so since 23. Why? I started to notice that my fine lines are somewhat getting deeper and more comfortable on my face. Most of my stuff like BB creams already are anti wrinkle, but I also have a serum, really moisturizing cream, sleeping mask (which helped a lot), I also discovered that if I slather on top of it all a Nivea cream in blue tin, works magically. I think its important not to wait until you have fully developed changes in your face. However, most anti-age stuff doesn’t even work that good to be afraid of them. Strength of ingredients must grow as you age.
I started using anti-aging products around my late 30’s–but only because they were first coming out at the time. I used Avon’s Renew when it was first launched. You probably can’t start too early and be sure to USE SUNSCREEN ON YOUR FACE ! (Sorry for shouting, but that bit of information needs to be practiced if you want to still have good looking skin by the time you are in your 50’s)
I really started not so long ago (just turned 30). I can’t use most rich textures, so it’s mostly been the first sign of aging type of stuff! I’ve always been big on anti-oxidants though. I suppose that has to count as well.
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A good sunscreen is the best anti-ageing product out there. I’ve been using one (currently Neutrogena’s Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch sunscreen) as my facial moisturizer since my early 20s. It’s perfect for oily skin.
In my early twenties I thought I better start.
I have always appreciated the advice of an aesthetician or a dermatologist. As one put it very succinctly: don’t pull out the big guns until you need them. The key difference I was made aware of are products that tighten versus products that plump the skin. Get someone in the know to help you because you could be using the wrong products for the state your skin is currently in. We all age differently. I think the most important products for young ladies are the preventative type and making sure the skin is nourished and healthy. You can never go wrong with an anti-oxidant (I use 15% vit C) at any age. Eat properly, drink water, take fish or krill oil (essential fatty acids) pills and vitamin E. From that perspective, I have been using anti-aging products since my 20’s; actively taking good care of my skin. Now at 50, I’m heading into the bigger guns, but I feel have really great looking skin for my age. It’s never too early to start, but getting the right products is tricky in that vast uncharted sea of skincare claims.
Your skin looks better at 50 than most 25 year olds I know!
Awww..hug for making me feel good 🙂
mid 20’s seems too late for me. I started in my late teens. But I was just reading an article about korean beauty trends and skin care and they start hella younger too so //shrugs// I notice people tend to abuse their skin when they’re kids and then try to repair it later and idk, that just feels like a losing battle.
I started getting serious about it about a year ago I think, so at 25. Too late imo. Wish I had known what I know now at 20.
I’m thinking in the next year or two. I’m 24 at the moment and don’t really have any imperfections but I’d like to start working on preventative care. I hear it’s better to start young so I don’t want to wait too late
I have started to use the Estee Lauder Advanced Night year since last year and love it! That was more for repairing my skin than anti aging, I guess Ill stick to it till I touch 30, then we’ll see if I need any additional care! So yes, by 30 ill get serious about anti-aging! 🙂
I am 25 and I started using it last year.. Though I am not religious.. But I am planning to be from this year!
At 26 (my current age) – just some eye cream at night and during the day. I’m not good about it though and only do it once a week!
I think I was 13 or 14? My mum and and my grandma, and great-grandma all started very young and they all look much younger than they really are. Everyone thinks my grandma is my mum, and my mum is my sister!
I think I started around 25-26. The only anti-aging product I always wore was sunscreen, but more because I didn’t want to tan haha.
Oh, man — SO EARLY. I don’t plan to start using anti-ageing products with intent until much later in my life, but I probably used my first anti-ageing product in my mid to late teens. That wrinkle-reducing hydration is often really good at reducing flakey skin, too 😛
I think I was about… thirteen? It wasn’t really used with anti-aging intent, but I did use an anti-wrinkle moisturizer from a brand I liked. It was basically just super-hydrating, so I tried it as my Winter moisturizer. There are also certain Dermalogica products that I’m thinking of trying that are marketed as anti-aging, but are really just exfoliants…
I’m 43 and I have never used anti-aging products. I simply wash my face with cleanser and apply moisturizer and sunscreen under my make up in the morning. In the evening I remove my makeup, cleanse my skin, apply toner, then moisturize. Other than a few pores around my cheeks and occasional dry spots on my combination skin, I haven’t had any issues.
I’ve used moisturizer off and on since 16. I am sure there were days or probably even weeks where I skipped. Now, I use it every day religiously probably since like maybe 21-22 at the latest. I have been using moisturizers for so long its hard to remember.
I have used Philosophy Hope in a Jar since I was 23, but mostly because it was a good moisturizer. I started using eye cream when i was 26. I didn’t even notice any fine lines until I was 29, which was last year, I turned 30 this year, and I have kicked it up big time. I think it’s not only because I have seen fine lines around my eyes, but an older man (48) who has been hitting on me at work pointed out my “crow’s feet” and lines, which prompted to scare the living daylights out of me!
I have been using Vitamin C serum (from Kiehl’s, skinceuticals retinol, Philosophy Miracle worker eye cream, exfoliating with the clarisonic and using oils at night to keep things moist. I actually have seen results, my fine lines are much less visible and I feel better in my own skin now.
I’m not a big believer in “anti-aging” skincare products; once the damage is done,*nothing* can actually reverse it. The key is taking preventive steps, such as SPF & hydration. I also religiously wear sunglasses, and have been doing so (along with SPF) since I was about 10-11. At 40, I have no fine lines or wrinkles, and taut skin, although the area around my eyes is naturally dry, and not even a hint of crepiness. I do have genetically larger pores, but since I’ve limited myself to only using actual foundation to special occasions, as well as other products containing mineral oils, my pore size has decreased dramatically.
20. I started using anti-aging products to prevent my skin from aging. I didn’t want to wait until I noticed signs of aging, then it would be too late.
I started using eye creams by 20 and facial products by 30. I did change my skincare routine too.. like I choose more hydrating skincare, masks etc. now.
Just sunblock. I take really good care of my skin, stay out of the sun, and I naturally look much younger than I am (so does my mom, people think she’s in her 40s and she’s 60), so I don’t feel the need to use anything anti-aging yet. I’m 31, maybe later in my 30s.
I’ve always used sun screen especially on my face and like to use eye cream and serum containing anti oxidants which I see as preventative. When I turn 25 I think i’ll start using more but I’m only 21 now.
I’m in my mid-20s and I’ve started to take my skincare routine a lot more seriously, but I don’t necessarily look for ‘anti-aging’ features in my products. I look for things that help target issues like fine lines or dark circles. The term ‘anti-aging’ is so broad and sounds kind of gimmicky to me. :/
I agree about the term. There is nothing that stops aging, but I think there are products to slow the “appearance” of what happens when we age.
Well, if you count drinking nothing but water and tea and staying the heck out of the sun for as long as I can remember (minus a few lapses here and there ;-)) and using moisturiser since I was about 14 (can’t help it: dry skin), then I guess I’ve always been doing it. If you only count actual special ‘anti-aging’ products, then I guess it’ll just be random bits here and there that I’ve gotten as samples. As a student, I can’t really afford most of it, and as a scientist, I’m pretty dubious about the claims on a LOT of it, LOL!
I started using them in my teens, and I’m almost 42 now. I think I look all right, but that might be just spin the wheel of genes and also I’m a shut-in so “outside? what is sun?”.
I started using my mother’s prescription Retina-A when I was 24. My skin looks pretty good, I have to say, so I recommend starting early. I’m 47 now with only fine lines on the forehead. I would probably look better if I had worn more sunscreen and not smoked, but que sera….
I am 63. The sun hasn’t seen my bare face since I was 19 years old. I just started getting laugh lines around my eyes a year ago. No, I haven’t used creams or anti-aging products. Maybe it is good genes but I know part of the reason my skin is so smooth is no sun damage. I wash my face and that’s it for all of these years. Remember ladies – don’t ever put your hands on your face during the day.
Wear sunglasses. Don’t squint even if it means wearing reading glasses. Just simple suggestions that have worked for me.
It’s interesting to see us women over 40 commenting that we’ve never used anti aging products and we’re fine. I really feel it’s just marketing, take care of your skin while you’re young and it will take care of you without expensive products.
I’m 53 and just BARELY started looking into them now. Heck I didn’t even using moisturizer/sunscreen until my mid to late 40’s. I thank my parents for great genes everyday.
Um, probably 20? It’s not intentional, per se. After discovering I had been using produckts for the wrong skin type forever, I did a lot of research into what I needed for ultra dry skin. Some of the good anti aging ingredients overlap, and I use different stuff based on everyday concerns or emergency care. I worked a job in a kitchen that dried me out really bad, so I picked up a hyaluronic acid serum that went a long way in preventing moisture loss. It’s by happy accident that it was anti-aging. Preventative care is the best! Oh, sunblock too. Can’t forget that.
Mid-twenties.
I am 38 and have never used them. I’ve been using sunscreen for as long as I can remember and it has definitely paid off because I was recently carded for a Rated R movie. I also believe that how we age also has to do with genes. I was always told that if you don’t need it then hold off putting all of those chemicals on your skin. I use a moisturizer and try not to slap on too many different kinds of makeup. I have friends who are constantly using new products and it reeks havoc on their skin.
Started in my early 20s but started taking it a bit more serious in my mid 20s…ughhh forever young lol
I’m 32 and I still don’t. However, I don’t smoke and I drink litres of water and tea every day and I still get carded on a pretty regular basis so I guess I’m lucky.
I started using anti aging exfoliants since I was 13, but started using more since then. At least twice a week, I use my AHA’s at night. I use retinol treatments at night also. I’ve always moisturized with good ingredients and used SPF all my life. Cosmetically, I have no qualms with using products meant to be anti-aging. Since starting makeup, I’ve always used Olay’s Regenerist Regenerating Serum(fragrance free) every morning and night for the antioxidant boost. I love Paula’s Choice products and own quite a lot of them. My skin is pretty healthy and nice looking right now and I wouldn’t want to wait for it to look bad before I started taking measures. I don’t think anyone should wait. At the very least, people should make sure they’re not damaging their skin with any irritants in their skin care or makeup, like fragrance, alcohol, menthol, methylisothiazolinone(which people should fear more than parabens, which are harmless, really), etc. People worry too much about claims like “oil-free”, “silicone-free”, when other ingredients, even “natural” ones, are making their skin age prematurely.
I have! Retinol baby! And lots of sunscreen – I’m 33 and very fair skinned so no messing around here – I use Clinique 3 step in 2 w/ the eye cream.
Other then prescription retinols for acne, 28 or so.