Many of us spend years trying to crack the code of our skin, so to speak: trying to deduce exactly which products it likes and responds to. Yet oftentimes, normal life transitions affect our skin and alter its needs. In particular, menopause and post-menopause engender a number of hormonal shifts and physical changes, including to one’s skin.
If you’ve gone through menopause, you may have noticed a loss of brightness, moisture, and firmness in your skin — all changes that are totally normal. You may also notice your skin looking duller, with any sun damage you previously incurred appearing more visible. This is due to decreased cellular turnover. These changes make choosing the right skincare during and post-menopause a different bird than in your pre-menopause days. Specifically, your skin may benefit from incorporating hydrating humectants like glycerin and collagen-boosters like retinol into your routine.
Moisturizing cream
Opt for a thick cream for dry skin. With a hydrating formula of ceramides and hyaluronic acid works to replenish your skin barrier while soothing and moisturizing. You can use it as a body and hand cream, too.
Nourishing Skin Food Moisturizer
Choose a moisturizer that is rich, and had a nourishing blend of glycerin, lanolin, and plant oils. You can use it on dehydrated, thirsty skin on your hands, face, and body.
A Prescription-Strength Gel/Cream
A prescription-strength retinol will help speed up cellular turnover to brighten, plump, and firm skin while preventing future breakouts. Just remember to incorporate this into your nighttime routine slowly, as you would with any retinol, and to be diligent about wearing sunscreen during the daytime.
Facial Spray
A facial spray pleasantly hydrates and rejuvenates dry skin especially if it contains a blend of aloe and rose water. Just mist it onto your face (or even your neck and hair) for a quick pick-me-up; it may also help with hot flashes.
Snail Muncin Essence
Snail mucin can help hydrate skin and improve the appearance of fine lines and scars. It also increases you skin's glow and plumpness. Women who've gone through menopause swear by it, too, calling it
"absolutely amazing" and saying their "skin looks so much healthier."
A Moisturizing Serum That also Helps Fade Dark Spots
A serum that is hydrating and brightening for folks going through menopause. Specifically designed for peri- and post-menopause. Look for a serum that combines a blend of proxylane, cassia extract, vitamins b3-C-E, omega fatty acids, and Vichy volcanic water.
Hydrocolloid Acne Patches
Hydrocolloid patches are a desert island item. They effectively suck out gunk from your adult acne and, almost as importantly, keep youe wandering hands off your blemishes. Women who've gone through menopause agree, noting that this helps tremendously with healing menopausal breakouts.
Hydrocolloid Patches For Larger Breakouts
Extra-large pimple patches are a great way to tackle menopausal acne that’s clustered over a wider area, like across the cheekbone, forehead, chest, or back. They work great if infused with tea tree oil, calendula, and cica to help calm inflammation, while the hydrocolloid helps extract pus. If you’ve ever wondered what a hydrocolloid face mask would be like, these are a great answer. Suffice to say, their larger size makes seeing all the gunk they pull out even more satisfying than usual.
Eczema Daily Moisturizing Cream
Find a moisturizing body cream that not only hydrates but also soothes itchy, dry skin using nourishing ceramides.
Occlusive Moisturizer
An occlusive moisturizer should be a permanent mainstay on your nightstand for how well it protects and nourishes the cracked, dry skin onhands, face, lids, and lips. For any areas of dry, cracked skin, it can help to use a thicker cream or petrolatum-containing ointment to provide an occlusive barrier to lock moisture in and protect the skin from external irritants.
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