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Hyaluronic Acid at 20s

I wanted to try a the YTTP Superfood Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizer, it has Hyaluronic Acid as its main ingredient and I’m 21. I wanted to ask at what age it is recommended to start to use HA?
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Hyaluronic Acid at 20s

I'm 26 and I love HA, I make sure to always apply a gel moisturizer withHA in it while my skin is still wet from cleansing and applying a toner.I then follow with a cream moisturizer. It really plumps the skin. I have oily/combination skin and nothing worst than dehydrated oily skin.

RE: Hyaluronic Acid at 20s

Hyaluronic acid is amazing. It’s natural and it holds 1000x it’s weight in moisture. It’s not the kind of acid like a glycolic or salicylic that can irritate your skin. It’s appropriate for any age to soothe, plump, and hydrate and it can be used with any other ingredient. I highly, highly recommend it. I’m 25, I’ve been using it for years, and I will use it forever. Give it a try!
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Re: Hyaluronic Acid at 20s

Hi, I'm in my late 20s and I use HA for some time. I use The Ordinary one and I love it. It's not expensive and it feels really nice on the skin. I'm oily to combo and I still like to use this at night as a serum. My face feels hydrated but not oily which is very important to me. I think that it's totally fine for you to start using HA, just find one that works for you šŸ™‚ xo 

Re: Hyaluronic Acid at 20s

@carlygo HA isn't acid, rather binds moisture. More beneficial as a serum layered under moisturizer, since cleansers are washed off rather than staying on the skin.

 

Edit, read your post as their 'cleanser'. Moisturizer is fine.

For some people HA can have a drying affect. It can also...

For some people HA can have a drying affect. It can also make skin more sensitive. It's recommended to start out with small amounts and watch how your skin reacts.

Re: For some people HA can have a drying affect. It can also...

 Depends on the form of HA, like vitamin c, and how it works for you. In a product i tried, sodium hyaluronate was the HA ingredient instead, that product's formulation didn't add moisture to my dehydrated skin (am in a year round arid environment). Other formulations have worked for me.

 

As for more sensitive, haven't experienced that and do have hypersensitive skin. HA can calm sensitive skin. Also HA is naturally occuring in the body.

Re: For some people HA can have a drying affect. It can also...

@creamcrow are you thinking of AHAs? I've never heard of Hyaluronic acid making people dry. Everyone's skin is different, though, so I guess it's possible?

Re: For some people HA can have a drying affect. It can also...

@makeitup305  In skincare, HA acts as a humectant. It pulls moisture from the environment around it to help keep skin moisturized. But it can do the reverse: pull moisture from skin to feed an arid environment. Not everyone has this problem. I don’t; my skin loves HA. But I also don’t live in a dry climate. 

 

I do have that problem with honey, another humectant. Honey leaches so much moisture from my dry combo skin, I end up with lots of flaky dry patches. I also get a bumpy reaction all over my face. I used to think I had a true allergic reaction to topical honey, but it has the same super drying effect on my hair. I can eat honey (thank goodness) but I can’t use it in beauty products. 

Re: For some people HA can have a drying affect. It can also...

@WinglessOne that's good to know! I knew glycerin could act that way but I didn't know that HA did, too. Definitely sealing in the HA with a more occlusive moisturizer with be a good idea. But I don't think it's an ingredient to you have to ā€œease intoā€ using right? Like you would an acid or a retinol? 

Re: For some people HA can have a drying affect. It can also...

@makeitup305  Nope, no reason to ease your skin into HA (unless your dermatologist says otherwise, of course). It’s not a direct acid like an AHA. There are different forms of HA (like sodium hyaluronate or sodium hyaluronate crosspolymer) but they all do the same thing: attract hydration and bind it to your skin. Some forms have smaller sized molecules, so they can penetrate your skin. HA can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water. That makes it a famously super moisturizing ingredient, and it’s why my mostly dry skin will love it forever. 

 

A lot of cream moisturizers contain some form of HA and don’t need an additional layer of something to seal it in. But when using a serum that contains HA, as with any other kind of serum, it’s always good to put a moisturizer over it. šŸ™‚ 

Re: For some people HA can have a drying affect. It can also...

@byme4u  You might be truly allergic or highly sensitive to coconut oil. I try to avoid getting that stuff on my face because it’s infamously pore-clogging, but my hair looooooves it as a key ingredient in shampoos, conditioners, and moisturizers. My scalp hasn’t had a bad reaction to it after decades of use. But a friend of mine developed a scalp sensitivity to coconut oil after longtime use: her scalp became very dry and itchy, and her hair stopped responding well to most of her products. A dermatologist traced her problem to coconut oil. 

 

Interestingly, coconut oil’s not a humectant. It forms one heck of a moisture barrier on skin, but it doesn’t attract moisture to (or draw moisture away from) skin. It seems to cause more problems on the face than the rest of the body. I know plenty of folks who use it on their heels, elbows, knees, soles of feet—basically anywhere skin is thick and/or rough. Many people use lotions/body creams that contain coconut oil all over their body with no issues. (SdJ Bum Bum Cream is one of those products.) It’s interesting to see what ingredients cause bad reactions for different people. 

 

One more quick HA note: I wish I’d started using it when I was in my early 20s. I’ve had mostly dry skin all my life, complete with dry patches on parts of my face. Hyaluronic acid could’ve alleviated some of that. That’s why I have less of an ā€œage appropriateā€ view of skincare these days, and more of a ā€œwhat does your particular skin need, regardless of your ageā€ perspective. I’m no dermatologist, so it’s not like I’m an expert at this stuff. šŸ˜„ But man, when I think of all the things helping my dry zones now that could’ve also helped when I was in my teens, 20s, and even 30s, I wanna kick myself for my previous mindset. 

Re: Hyaluronic Acid at 20s

You can start using HA at any age. šŸ™‚ 
If you live in a dry environment, I highly recommend you use something occlusive afterward (ex: oil, vaseline, etc.) to seal it in & avoid trans-epidermal water loss. 

Let me know if you have any other questions!  

I wouldn't use vasoline or petroleum jelly on my body and...

I wouldn't use vasoline or petroleum jelly on my body and definitely not on my face. It clogs pores and makes it really difficult to clean the skin. Experts also debate about it's safety. It's a by- product of the oil industry. During the refining process carcinogenics are supposedly removed but it's unclear if they are and to what extent.

Re: Hyaluronic Acid at 20s

@carlygo if your skin is dehydrated in your 20s it definitely would be beneficial to start using a hyaluronic acid serum. I use TARTE - Mermaid Skin Hyaluronic H2O SerumTHE ORDINARY - buffet

And alternate them, it helps plump up your skin and rehydrate 

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