From Sunscreen to Retinol: The Ultimate Wrinkle Prevention Guide

How to Prevent Wrinkles?

It is never too early to prevent wrinkles on the face. I tell my patients to begin an aging prevention plan in their 30s if they do not get a lot of sun and in their 20s or younger if they have sun exposure often. You can find out if you are a wrinkle-prone skin type and need to take steps to prevent wrinkles by taking our skin type quiz.There are 16 Baumann Skin Types and 8 of them are wrinkle-prone and need to be on a wrinkle prevention strategy.

Prevent Wrinkles on Face

The face is usually the first part of the skin to wrinkle because it gets the most sun exposure. Even women in Muslim cultures who cover their face can get wrinkles on the face from the heat- especially if the head covering is black and more likely to absorb infrared radiation. So everyone should use treatments to prevent skin aging- even in your teens, 20s and 30s. Men and women and all ethnicities should prevent skin aging. Darker skin types tens to get sagging of the skin rather than wrinkles, but black skin types should also ty and prevent this skin aging and sagging by using skincare products to prevent wrinkles, sagging, skin thinning , and uneven skin pigmentation.

This blog will discuss strategies to prevent forehead wrinkles, crow’s feet, wrinkles under the eyes, and wrinkles on the chest, neck and body.

What Age To Prevent Wrinkles

Most people wait to late too prevent wrinkles!

If you are unsure if it is time for you to begin aging prevention skincare, find out your Baumann Skin Type to learn if you are at a high risk of getting skin wrinkles. Click the link below or read more here about what age to begin antiaging skincare.

Best Products to Prevent Wrinkles

You can see that there are many good products to prevent wrinkles on the face. Which to choose depends upon your Baumann Skin Type and which barriers to skin health you have, but in general- these are the 5 best products to prevent skin aging:

Alastin Restorative Skin Complex with TriHex Technology

Essopi 3x Retinol Serum

Plated Skinscience Intense Serum

Skinceuticals CE Ferulic

SkinMedica TNS Advanced + Serum

Of course, daily sunscreen is paramount! These all work must better when combined in a custom skincare routine with sunscreen.

There are many antiaging skincare ingredients and products but they do not all prevent wrinkles. There are 10 strategies that your aging prevention skincare products should use to block the causes of wrinkles:

Prevent inflammation

Neutralize free radicals

Protect skin proteins like collagen

Increase collagen production

Prevent skin elastin breakdown

Protect the extracellular matrix like glycosaminoglycans

Reduce senescent cells

Increase autophagy

Protect skin from glycation

Prevent DNA mutation

You can learn more about the best anti-wrinkle serums in these blogs or in the following video.

Anti-wrinkle serums

Menopause skin care for women

Antiaging skincare for men

Best Daily Sunscreens to Prevent Wrinkles

These are the best sunscreens to prevent wrinkles:

ISDIN Eryfotona Actinica Daily Lightweight Mineral SPF 50+ Sunscreen- this sunscreen has DNA repair enzymes that correct mutations caused by the sun before permanent damage to your cellular DNA occurs.

Pavise Dynamic Age Defense SPF-

This mineral vegan sunscreen contains diamonds which help direct light away from the skin. It also has antioxidants to neutralize any free radicals caused by the sun.

Why Prevent Wrinkles in Your Teens and 20s?

There are many structural proteins and components to the skin that are slowly lost which leads to skin aging. The components most discussed are the glycosaminoglycans in the extracellular matrix like hyaluronic acid and heparan sulfate, and structural elastin and collagen.

Loss of collagen thins skin and causes wrinkles.

Loss of hyaluronic acid (HA) leads to a loss of skin plumpness (or jello skin).

Loss of elastin leads to skin sagging.

Although you can bring back collagen and HA with skincare products, elastin is lost forever so you cannot reverse sagging. You are much better off preventing aging then waiting until you have it! Our skin type quiz can tell you when to start using antiaging skincare product and which products to use.

To learn more about antiaging skincare routines in your 20s, visit this blog.

Here are products to use in your 20s to prevent aging:

How to Prevent Wrinkles

Preventing wrinkles is possible. There are many “prejuvenation treatments” to help keep the skin young. These are the strategies that help prevent wrinkles on the face:

Protect skin from sun

Protect skin from free radicals with antioxidants

Reduce movement with botulinum toxins

Encourage collagen production with retinoids and vitamin C

I will discuss each area of the face and how to prevent wrinkles- but to avoid repetition, I will not discuss sunscreen each time even though sunscreen is the best way to prevent skin aging.

Treatments to Prevent Wrinkles

The following sections will discuss treatments that have been proven with evidence-based data to prevent or slow skin aging. These are the treatments used by dermatologists to prevent wrinkles:

Botulinum Toxin Type A

Hyaluronic acid Dermal Fillers

Retinoid acid peels

Oral retinoids like Accutane

Vitamin C masks and supplements

Note that while lights, lasers, and peels are used to treat skin aging- they do not prevent wrinkles.

Forehead Wrinkles

Forehead wrinkles are caused my the natural movement of the frontalis muscle that occurs with facial expression. While using retinoids, an, ascorbic acid and antioxidants can help prevent aging, you really need to limit the movement of this area by relaxing the muscles with botulinum toxins. Preventing movement helps stop the formation of forehead wrinkles.

There are many types of botulinum toxin Type A on the market and they all work to prevent forehead wrinkles. The brand names are:

Botox®

Daxxify®

Dysport®

Jeuveau®

Xeomin®

Crow’s Feet

The best ways to prevent crow’s feet wrinkles are:

Botulinum toxin injections

Wearing sunglasses to stop squinting

SPF

Retinol

Here are some good eye serums with retinol to help prevent crows feet:

Under the Eyes

It is not as easy to prevent wrinkles under the eyes because the botulinum toxins like Botox do not really prevent under eye wrinkles that are formed from the cheek pushing up. Your best bet to prevent these under eye wrinkles is a retinol serum and sunscreen and keeping the area hydrated. Sun glasses are always a good idea to protect the area from sun exposure and from squinting. (24,25)

Neck Wrinkles

My patients in their 20s and 30s are already beginning to develop neck wrinkles from looking down at their phone. So I am commonly asked what to do abut neck wrinkles. The best way to prevent neck wrinkles is with retinoids and Vitamin C. Also, hold your phone up so you are not creasing the skin in your neck when you look at your phone screen.

Here are some neck creams to help prevent wrinkles on the neck.

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Décolleté Wrinkles

The decolletage area is the skin on yur chest above and between your breasts. In women, this area tends to wrinkle due to the way the breasts are pushed together while sleeping or in a bra. The skin should be treated with retinoid to prevent aging, but this area is extremely delicate so you need a very low strength retinol. You probably will not be able to use both retinol and ascorbic acid together in the décolleté area until you adjust to the retinol- so start it first every third night and alternate with an antiaging hydrating moisturizer like Zerafite Wrinkle Defense Cream. This area tends to be wrinkled in the morning because it gets creased at night and the water is pushed out of t e skin. Using a humectant and occlusive ingredients together in a moisturizer can help the skin look smoother in the morning.

These antiaging creams are some options for the décolleté area. Many have peptides that help temporarily firm the skin and plump up the fine lines. But peptides don’t prevent future wrinkles on the chest the way that retinoids and Vitamin C do.

Prevent Wrinkles in Men

Preventing wrinkles in men is the same as in women except you should avoid estrogen containing creams or ingredients that bind estrogen receptors. The 3 best products to prevent skin aging in men is with:

Retinoids

Vitamin C

Sunscreen

Prevent Wrinkles in Menopause

If you are perimenopausal, then you may want to consider using products that have some estrogenic effects. Do not use this if you have a history of breast or uterine or ovarian cancer in your family. Discuss with your doctor before you use these. You can learn more about skincare during menopause at this blog.

Prevent Wrinkles Naturally

Wondering how to prevent wrinkles naturally? The number one way is daily sunscreen and sun avoidance. The sun is responsible for at least 70% of skin aging.

You can considering using natural oils with antioxidants at night to help the skin repair itself. Also eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables. Drink green tea. Make sure you have antioxidants like blueberries, strawberries and cranberries in your diet. Also- moisturizer your skin every day at least once. Dry skin types should moisturize at least twice a day.

There are many treatments to prevent skin aging like microneedling, laser and peels that are unnecessary if you use the right skin care routine for your Bauman Ski Type. Consistent skincare is more important than getting cosmetic treatments when it comes to preventing aging. Botulinum toxin treatments are the best way to prevent wrinkles caused by motion such as forehead wrinkles and crow’s feet.

DQH Knowledge drop: In your 20s, your skin cell turnover decreases. (Cell turnover is a key component in keeping your skin youthful.) You know what else slows down? Your collagen production. Starting in your 20s, collagen decreases by about 1 percent per year. Should you want to prevent fine lines and wrinkles, start by eliminating behaviors that contribute to premature aging. “If it’s bad for you, it’s bad for your skin,” says dermatologist Michel Somenek. “Cigarette smoking reduces blood flow to the skin and causes premature wrinkling and a dull skin texture. Making the repeated pursed motion to inhale can also cause smoker’s lines. Alcohol and recreational drugs are toxins for the skin that damage its cellular structure and DNA,” Somenek tells us. “The faster you eliminate vices while you are young, the better chance your skin and body have to recuperate.” Also, adopting an anti-aging routine in your 20s is key. After all, the best offense is a good defense. We spoke to Somenek and experts Joshua Ross and Audrey Kunin to find out more. Keep reading for the best anti-aging products for your 20s, according to skincare professionals. Sunscreen “We all know that the sun is the number one cause of skin aging and starting the prevention in your 20s is very important,” Ross says. “The majority of your sun damage won’t start to appear until you’re in your 30s, so don’t wait until you see it surface or you’ll be behind the curve. Stay ahead of it with a good-quality zinc-based sunscreen worn daily.” Farmacy Green Defense Daily Mineral Sunscreen An invisible sunscreen with SPF 30, plus botanical extracts meant to protect skin with tons of antioxidants. Bonus: It’s clean and fine to use under makeup. Bareminerals Complexion Rescue™ Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Although we recommend you use your SPF and moisturizer separately, we also understand moments when you don’t have time or energy for that extra step. For those times, this bareMinerals moisturizer is a great thing to have on hand. Vitamin C Serum “A great introduction to anti-aging is to start with a vitamin C serum in your morning skincare routine,” Ross says. “It’s a powerful antioxidant that will neutralize free radicals and brighten the skin.” He adds that it’s a great way to counteract the effects of the sun’s harmful rays, which, as previously mentioned, are among the biggest causes of premature aging. Drunk Elephant C-Firma™ Vitamin C Day Serum The Drunk Elephant C-Firma is a lightweight serum that promises to give skin a glow by combining the brightening powers of vitamin C with ferulic acid, l-ascorbic acid, and vitamin E. The included sodium hyaluronate is meant to replace hydration loss, so you shouldn’t have to deal with any irritation. Sunday Riley C.E.O. Rapid Flash Brightening Serum This potent serum is jam-packed with vitamin C (15 percent, to be exact), which means it’s a potential superstar at both brightening skin and dousing it in antioxidants. Peptides Using peptides on your skin has many benefits, says Somenek. “The skin barrier is what defends the body against pollution, UV rays, bacteria, and toxins. It can be damaged by several everyday factors. Using topical peptides aids in building a stronger barrier,” he says. “Peptides comprise elastic fibers, which are a type of protein. These fibers help to make skin appear taut and firm. Peptides can also help repair damaged skin, relieve inflammation, and even out skin tone. Some peptides can kill acne-causing bacteria that is common in 20-somethings.” Kunin agrees, saying, “Peptides are an excellent entry point for supporting collagen.” She recommends looking for face and eye treatments that contain these collagen-boosting powerhouses. Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue Cream This Charlotte Tilbury super-emollient eye cream has a base of coconut oil and shea butter (read: it’s incredibly hydrating). Botanicals plus peptides are meant to help reduce dark circles and boost collagen, respectively. This creamy moisturizer serves up potent collagen-boosting peptides and pycnogenol, and antioxidant-rich vitamin C. “Instead of sitting on top of the skin, peptides penetrate the outer layer so they go deep. The ‘signals’ they send tell the cells to produce elastin and collagen, which are needed for youthful-looking skin,” explains Somenek. At-Home Peel Pads Remember that skin cell turnover fiasco we talked about earlier? One way to help support it is by exfoliating. “Exfoliation is important to help keep skin fresh and luminous,” Kunin says. She recommends using at-home peel pads as an easy and effective way to exfoliate. “The goal in your 20s is to fight the slowing pace of cell turnover. It is wise to use products that gently exfoliate, yet still remove oil and other impurities. Products that have Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA) or Beta Hydroxy Acids (BHA) are a good choice.” According to Somenek, you should only exfoliate two to three times a week. “People of all ages are guilty of over-exfoliating and that can be too much of a good thing,” he says. Dermadoctor Kakadu C Intensive Vitamin C Peel Pad A few swipes of this Derma Doctor powerful peel pad promise to leave your skin glowing and smooth, thanks to the seven (yes, seven) types of chemical exfoliants, including AHA and BHA. It also contains vitamin C via Kakadu plum extract for added brightening and antioxidant protection. KEY INGREDIENTS Kakadu plum extract is sourced from the Kakadu plum, a fruit grown in northern Australia. It contains vitamin C, which restores the skin’s natural barrier, increases collagen production, and soothes irritation. Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel Pads These are the gold standard of peel pads, with a cult following and over 900 five-star reviews on Sephora. They’re easy to use and contain a blend of anti-aging exfoliating acids. Emollient Night Cream “In your 20s, you need to start upping the hydration in your skincare routine. You may have been cautious of over-moisturizing because of acne in your teens, but as you enter your 20s, your skin transitions and becomes drier,” Ross says. “I recommend an emollient night cream added into your evening skincare regimen.” “Twenty-somethings need to make sure that they are not using creams that will clog their pores and cause excess oil production,” says Somenek. Opt for non-comedogenic products. Cerave Skin Renewing Night Cream One great choice is the CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream, which is a non-comedogenic night cream that leaves skin soft and glowy. It combines the moisturizing powers of ceramides and hyaluronic acid. RoC Retinol Correxion Max Hydration Creme “The best night cream ingredients contain retinol, benzoyl peroxide, and/or salicylic acid or hyaluronic acid. The goal is to moisturize, yet remove excess oil,” says Somenek. This Roc Retinol Correxion cream fits the bill as it contains both hyaluronic acid and retinol so it promises to moisturize while also being non-comedogenic.

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