Is there any counterattack to anti-aging skin care?

Of course there is, but it is by no means the fantasy and refreshing counterattack like the "40 years old and 20 years old" promoted by marketing, but a "realistic version of counterattack" that finds the right way to persevere for half a year to a year and is 3-8 years younger than the original state and 3-8 years younger than peers of the same age. I have actually seen several of them around me.

Last year, I helped my 38-year-old cousin adjust her skin care regimen. In the past few years, she stayed up until one or two o'clock every day to take care of her baby. She didn't even bother to put on sunscreen when she went out. Her apples were obviously slumped, and her tear troughs and nasolabial folds were so deep that she could get stuck in pink. Neighbors in the neighborhood thought she was almost 45. I asked her to weld sunscreen on her face first, choose low-irritation prototype VC and retinol essence in the morning, C, and night, and use a home radiofrequency device twice a week. I also took time to go to a regular institution for photorejuvenation once a month. I even asked her to reduce the milk tea from one cup a day to two cups a week. Half a year later, she went to a class reunion. When the party was over, several old classmates pulled her over and asked her if she had secretly had a facelift. Now that she was 32 years old, no one really doubted her. This was definitely a counterattack for her.

Of course, many people say that anti-aging skin care is all about IQ tax. This is actually true. It depends on what expectations you have. If you stay up late every day, hold on to milk tea, don't even bother to apply sunscreen, and expect to buy two bottles of anti-aging essence worth thousands of dollars and apply it for half a month to pull up the saggy apples of your skin and smooth out the nasolabial folds that are deep enough to hold toothpicks, then you are really paying IQ tax. After all, ordinary skin care products can only affect the shallower layers of the dermis. The fat pads that have moved down and the broken collagen fibers cannot be pulled back by just applying them.

Then again, don’t think that you have to spend six figures to do medical aesthetics if you want to counterattack. I met a 27-year-old girl before. She saved three months’ salary to get a genuine Thermage. After the treatment, she stayed up all night and danced every day. She didn’t even take the doctor’s instructions on moisturizing and sunscreen after surgery. She spent less than three months. The moon-faced face has returned to its original shape, and everyone calls Thermage a scam. In fact, I simply don’t understand it: anti-aging is never a one-time deal, it is more like saving a pension for the skin. Only by saving in advance and continuing to save can you still have food in hand and maintain a stable condition when others start to lose face.

Oh, by the way, don’t compare with those who are genetically selected. I have a distant aunt who is 52 this year. She never uses skin care products that cost more than 100 yuan. She goes for a walk every day without applying sunscreen. There are only a few wrinkles on her face. The probability of this kind of genetic lottery is lower than winning the fifth prize. When we ordinary people talk about counterattack, it is to compare with our past selves. If you really want to give it a try, first do the three basic things of sun protection, quitting sugar, and staying up late less, and then gradually add anti-aging ingredients or light medical beauty treatments that suit you. If you persist for more than half a year and then look in the mirror, you may be shocked.