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Loss of collagen at menopause can accelerate skin aging and increase fine lines. Retinol is a common ingredient in a vast majority of anti-aging skin creams and serums. But some of us, including me, are sensitive to it. Find out what our next best alternative is from the Melanin Docs, Dr. Abhijit and Dr. Gauri Desai. You can choose from watching the video or reading the transcript!
TRANSCRIPT
Question MenopauseWize:
But if not retinol, then what? Like for someone like me now who has thrown that tube away, what am I going? And I and I'm bothered, I'm bothered by the lines. You know, they're they're ramping up so quickly around my eye. What am I going to do about it?
Answer MelaninDocs:
So I think you know what fine lines are also seen because as you rightly mentioned, during menopause and things like that, the skin gets overtly dry. Dry skin or parched skin always shows unwanted fine lines, correct? It needs good moisturization. Now when we say moisturization, there are a lot of moisturizers these days available with ceramides, peptides, and hyaluronic acid. Or you can use these products containing peptides, hyaluronic acid, and ceramides. They will trap the moisture even better. Once the skin is hydrated, well nourished, well moisturized, well you will notice those fine lines are not visible. So you could manage the same things without undergoing any redness, irritation, or burning and you're you're good to go. And then after a while, if you want to still try a cream, you know an under-eye cream with some retinol in it, again you could try to give it some time till it heals completely and settles down. After that, you could try it, but like I said, you know, then you could start with once a week. Just three or four hours one night, then maybe you know do that for a month or two. Then you go twice a week and ease yourself into it and then you might not find all these issues with redness and stuff And the important thing which we see in menopause during that time is that severe dryness the barrier gets disturbed. So using these moisturizers will repair that barrier. If that barrier is repaired your skin starts looking healthy. A healthy looking skin glows. And people say no, I want glowing skin. You have to first look at making it healthy. And of course, I should mention that you can use retinol but with guidance after understanding the product way more from the experts, and then you can use that.
Question MenopauseWize: So I'm still going to go back to choosing my products in the market. I see something for like $ and then I see something or like ₹ and then another $ or like ₹. And I'm thinking of spending more. Does it mean my skin is going to glow more? Or just a generic product is OK? Or should I go for something in between? To you know balance out the cost versus because it's it's a long-term recurrent cost. I'm going to use it every day for years and years and years and then you know how how am I going to balance this cost versus efficiency.
Answer MelaninDocs:
Yeah, so it's not like only the most expensive creams or lotions are good. For, you know the gist of the rack, inexpensive stuff can be good as well. It just depends on what you're looking at. To an extent, it is also about what you want to spend on it. You know, once you've looked at the basic ingredient list, to an extent it is what you wish you would spend on it. Having said that, there are some molecules like say vitamin C molecules or even retinols that we were talking about. Some of those molecules, are just the raw material itself. Is expensive. So making a good product using the expensive raw material will kind of, you know, make the rates a little higher for your product. So that is something to kind of be aware of that treatment creams can sometimes be more expensive, regular creams, you know, just kind of moisturizers and stuff. You could look at the ingredients, make sure that you have like this, you know when we're talking about menopausal women or any menopausal women. You're looking for a hyaluronic acid and you're looking for ceramides. So once you have those few things in place. Fine. If you know, if you choose to just pick up something inexpensive that will work. The main thing is again that we were talking some time ago, you know consistency is key. You have to use it every day. As long as you do that, every product will give you results to some extent. And as you rightly mentioned, it's a long-term commitment, so it's a long-term expense. So let's be real about it. If I have to use a product even if I use. You know, I'm not so expensive, something which I can afford, but if I use that product regularly, it will still show results, right? So there's nothing like that. Oh, I can't afford the most expensive one, because if I take that I'll use it very sparingly and use it very sparingly. It's not going to give you results. So might as well be honest, and realistic about your things because skin care is a long-term investment. It's like insurance, OK? You look for the future, you need to secure your future, you need to secure your long-term skin health. That's the way you look at it. And there is something for everybody in the market. There is, there is. It's just about identifying that I guess it's just about identifying that. So nothing like the most expensive is unnecessarily expensive, it's not like that. And just because a nice moisturizer is available at a good price. Well, just because it's cheaper, it may not be that good. No, it's not like that. It's not at all like that. We have prescribed many moisturizers, which are not so expensive.
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