First lines: what can you do yourself?

The strongest research we found is about sun protection. In an Australian study (Hughes 2013), people who applied sunscreen daily showed no measurable increase in skin ageing after 4.5 years. Daily SPF is therefore the step that does the most, with a night cream containing ceramides and a peptide in the evening.

What your routine does

Two things you can do every day: protect and moisturise. The Day Cream has SPF 30, measured on the cream itself: 30.5 on average with ten test subjects (ISO 24444), with protection against UVA and UVB. In the evening the Night Cream with ceramides and a peptide.

The Night Cream contains Synchrolife. In a study by the manufacturer, two months against placebo, the surface area of deep wrinkles decreased by 27.7% on average. That is research into the ingredient, not into our cream.

What you notice

  • Lines on your forehead that stay when you relax your face.
  • Lines beside your eyes when you smile, that stay visible longer than they used to.
  • Skin that looks less firm than it did a few years ago.

Where it can come from

These are possible explanations, not a diagnosis.

  • Age. Lines come with getting older. There is nothing wrong with that.
  • Sun. Researchers followed 903 adults under 55 in Nambour, Australia. The group that applied sunscreen every day showed 24% less skin ageing after 4.5 years than the group that applied it whenever they chose (Hughes 2013). Queensland has far more sun than the Netherlands, so the effect may be smaller here.

More about applying daily, and the dermatologists who disagree with it, is on the page about daily SPF.

A cream does not iron out lines. The research into peptides is about that ingredient, not about our night cream.

The routine

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Bronnen

  • Hughes et al., Ann Intern Med 2013: sunscreen and skin ageing (source)
  • Robinson et al., Int J Cosmet Sci 2005: peptide in a cream (source)
  • Schagen, Cosmetics 2017: review of peptides in personal care (source)
  • Thuisarts: I have rosacea — Dutch-language source (source)
  • Thuisarts: A spot on your skin — Dutch-language source(source)

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