Best Skin Care Products for Regenerating Skin
For many of my patients, having radiant, youthful skin is an absolute beauty dream. A glowing complexion exudes confidence and charisma.
Luckily, achieving a renewed, radiant complexion is easy at home with a personalized skin care routine.
What are some of the causes of rough skin?
Pale skin does not reflect light. So, to rejuvenate your skin and get a healthy glow, you first need to combat the accumulation of aged, dead skin cells on the surface of your skin.
Approximately every 30-45 days, your skin sheds its outer layer so that new skin cells can grow underneath.
However, these rough, dull skin cells don’t always fall off on their own and instead cling to the surface of your skin.
This can make the surface of your skin appear uneven, dull, pale, and not reflect light.
Smooth, reflective skin is essential for radiant skin.
You can rejuvenate your skin by using retinoids, growth factors, and hydroxy acids to activate skin stem cells and remove dead and aged skin cells from the surface of your skin.
By activating the skin’s stem cells and causing them to divide faster, new cells form faster and rise to the surface of the skin, resulting in a youthful glow.
Additionally, the surface cells are denser and reflect light better.
It’s important to note that applying stem cells to the skin does not renew the skin, but using ingredients to activate stem cells in the skin does.
Read on to find out my top recommendations for the best skincare products to give your skin a renewed, youthful glow.
These product recommendations are best used as part of a personalized skincare routine tailored to your skin type – take a skin type test to find your skin type.
Best Cleansers to Promote Skin Renewal
To achieve a renewed, healthy-looking skin, it’s important to use a skin resurfacing cleanser or scrub as part of your skincare routine.
Facial exfoliation, whether mechanical with exfoliating beads or chemical with hydroxy acids, gently removes dead skin cells from the skin’s surface.
This smooths the skin’s surface and causes it to better reflect light. The result is a radiant, glowing appearance.
Hydroxy acids, like glycolic and lactic acid, not only exfoliate the skin, but they also brighten the complexion, stimulate collagen production (keeping the skin smooth), even out skin tone, and have anti-aging benefits.
They also ensure that the products used in the next step of your skincare routine penetrate the skin better and work better.
Essopi Glycolic 10% Cleanser contains glycolic acid to gently exfoliate the skin and remove dead skin cells.
It’s even gentler than the best scrubs, making it one of the best cleansing products for dry skin.
This Renew cleanser contains antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E, green tea extract, and coenzyme Q10. This low pH cleanser is combined with glycolic acid to leave skin feeling smooth and glowy.
For dry, acne-prone skin, we recommend SkinCeuticals LHA Cleansing Gel, a non-comedogenic cleanser that combines salicylic acid, glycolic acid, and glycerin.
Salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid that cleanses pores and perfectly complements the exfoliation of glycolic acid.
Glycerin is a natural humectant that moisturizes and smoothes the skin for a radiant complexion.
For more sensitive skin types who are easily irritated when using hydroxy acid cleansers, we recommend PCA Skin Cleanser, an ultra-gentle cleanser with hydroxy acids.
This Renew Cleanser contains lactic acid, a gentle relative of glycolic acid, which provides additional hydration benefits to the skin. Aloe vera also softens and soothes the skin.
For combination skin, I recommend SkinMedica AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser.
However, this renewing cleanser should only be used under the supervision of a medical professional trained by Skin Type Solutions.
The combination of lactic, glycolic, and salicylic acids removes dead skin cells from the surface of the skin, revealing dull skin that instantly becomes radiant.
If you also use a retinoid product in your skincare routine, we recommend using SkinMedica AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser with caution. Please contact one of our experts for more information.
Best Skin Renewal Serum
After a thorough cleansing, we recommend applying the Renew Serum for a youthful glow.
The best renewing serum is the Defenage 8 in 1 BioSerum. This Renew Serum is a little more expensive, but it’s worth it as it’s the only skincare product that contains defensins.
Defensins are peptides that stimulate the formation of new skin cells, thus ensuring a youthful glow and a more even, hydrated complexion.
One study even found that defensin peptides thickened the epidermis with no signs of inflammation compared to a placebo control group of patients.
In addition to defensins, the Defenage 8 in 1 BioSerum contains niacinamide to brighten, hyaluronic acid to moisturize, and a blend of skin-soothing and soothing antioxidants for a radiant complexion.
Antioxidants, including vitamins C and E, protect the skin from further damage while improving the skin’s overall radiance.
Arbutin reduces pigmentation spots and brightens the complexion.
Best Skin Renewal Moisturizers
The best skin renewal moisturizers contain either hydroxy acids or retinol (vitamin A).
These ingredients are popular with dermatologists and patients because they compact the cells in the stratum corneum (outer layer of the skin), making the surface smoother and more reflective to light.
In addition, hydroxy acids and retinols accelerate the cell life cycle, promoting the deposition of young cells on the skin’s surface, giving the skin a youthful glow.
When using hydroxy acids as retinols in your personal skincare routine, it is important to use a broad-spectrum SPF of at least 30 daily.
Best Retinol Skin Renewal Moisturizers
When starting to use a retinol cream, we recommend starting with the lowest possible concentration. High doses of products may cause skin irritation.
Therefore, it is best to slowly increase as your skin tolerates it.
One of our favorite retinol moisturizers for those who are just starting out with vitamin A treatments is the Essopi Retinol Treatment Serum 2X.
This retinol serum is packed with vitamin A and antioxidants to smooth the skin’s surface for a radiant glow.
Start by using a retinol serum once or twice a week, then gradually increase to every other night and eventually every night to build up your skin’s tolerance.
After a few months, when your skin has adjusted to the retinol, you can move on to the next higher concentration.
However, we recommend using the retinol products described in this article only as part of a customized skincare routine prescribed by a dermatologist.
The next most potent retinol renewal serum in the Essopi range is the Essopi Retinol Treatment Serum 5X – the best medium strength retinol for skin renewal, smoothing, and treating fine lines and wrinkles.
The next level up is the Essopi Retinol Treatment Serum 10X, which is particularly effective for acne-prone skin.
However, use of this renewing serum must be done slowly and only under the guidance of a dermatologist. They can advise you on how to best use the high dose of retinol without causing irritation.
Alternative medium-to-high concentration retinol moisturizers are Skinceuticals Retinol 0.5 and Skinceuticals Retinol 1.0.
These are great for a customized skin care routine to renew the skin and are particularly effective for skin renewal on the arms and legs.
To achieve a refreshed, irritation-free skin, it is essential to combine the SkinMedica Retinol Complex with an effective cleanser.
Jan Marini Luminate Face Lotion is another great face lotion that uses a low dose retinol formula combined with alpha-arbutin to combat discoloration and sun spots.
This moisturizer is also best used as part of a personal skin care routine.
Best Hydroxy Acid Moisturizers for Skin Renewal
When choosing a hydroxy acid moisturizer, look for ingredients like glycolic and lactic acid (forms of alpha hydroxy acids) or salicylic acid (beta hydroxy acid).
Hydroxy acids can smooth, firm, and brighten dull skin for a fresh, youthful look.
Jan Marini Bio Glycolic Face Cream combines glycolic and salicylic acids with azelaic acid to open pores and refine the skin’s surface.
This regenerating moisturizer effectively treats acne scars, discoloration, and uneven skin tone for a renewed look while hyaluronic acid hydrates and firms the skin.
Alternatively, there’s SkinCeuticals Glycolic 10 Renew Overnight, a skin-renewing cream with 10% glycolic and phytic acid that brightens and firms the skin. Bring.
Phytic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid that gently unclogs pores, brightens, and improves uneven skin tone.
This moisturizer is best used at night as part of a dermatologist-customized skin care routine.
For particularly sensitive or allergic skin, we recommend VMV Hypoallergenics Illuminants+ Cream: First Brilliance Moisturizer.
This rejuvenating moisturizer contains glycolic and kojic acid to exfoliate and brighten your skin. It specifically targets uneven skin tone and discoloration.
Antioxidants repair sun damage to give your skin a radiant glow.
In Summary
The most effective way to renew your skin is to remove dead, dull skin cells from the surface of your skin. The buildup of skin cells blocks the reflection of light.
Therefore, gentle exfoliation with a facial scrub or cleanser is recommended, and serums and moisturizers containing glycolic acid or retinoids are essential considerations in any skincare routine to maintain a youthful glow.
The best way to achieve radiant skin is to take a skin type test. It can help you find the best skincare routine for your skin type.
One of the dermatologists at Skin Type Solutions will be happy to help you develop a skincare routine that is tailored to your individual skin type.