Building Your Skincare Routine: A Pyramid Approach

Cleanse your skin at least once a day, especially in the evening to remove impurities. Reinforces the habit of nightly cleansing.

“At the very least cleanse once a day and the most important cleanse is in the evening or before you sleep.”

Moisturize your skin after every cleanse or when your skin is wet. Apply moisturizer immediately after washing face.

“Cleansing without moisturizing can lead to further dehydrated and dry skin so moisturizing should follow cleansing.”

Apply sunscreen daily, reapplying every two hours if active in the sun. Sunscreen protects skin from UV damage.

“We know that when it comes to skin damage and skin aging environmental aggressors in particular uv radiation is the skin biggest enemy.”

Incorporate retinoids and alpha hydroxy acids into your routine to combat fine lines and wrinkles. Use at night.

“The two biggest ingredients that you should have in your routine are topical retinoids and alpha hydroxy acid and mainly here glycolic acid.”

Add topical retinoids (adapalene or prescription) and benzoyl peroxide to your routine. Consult with a dermatologist.

“This is where you i recommend adding in a topical retinoid and here i recommend a dappling or prescription retinoid and then potentially like a benzoyl peroxide product.”

Be diligent with sunscreen and skin barrier health, and incorporate retinoids and alpha hydroxy acids. Protect skin from sun exposure.

“When it comes to hyperpigmentation it's even more important that you are diligent with sunscreen and even more important that you are super diligent with your skin barrier health.”

Add a peptide serum to potentially stimulate collagen and improve fine lines.

“Growth factor and peptides do have some good pulmonary study in helping stimulate collagen and improving the appearance of fine lines or wrinkles”

Apply eye cream to target fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes.

“Eye cream peptides growth factors these are kind of really the icing on the cake that will take your anti-aging regimen up to the next level”

Use a growth factor serum to stimulate collagen production.

“Whether it's neck cream eye cream peptides growth factors these are kind of really the icing on the cake that will take your anti-aging regimen up to the next level”

Use no more than two actives per routine.

“Minimize the number of products you're using for various reasons.”

Test new products on a small area before applying to the entire face.

“Make sure to test on a certain area of your body whether it's your an arm or along your jawline for a few days to make sure that you don't react to the product”

Give each product at least two to three months of consistent use before evaluating its effectiveness.

“Give it at least two to three months of consistent use.”