Anti-Ageing Products for a Sensitive Skin

Many traditional anti-ageing products have been designed to address advanced signs of ageing (wrinkles, sun spots, rough texture, loss of collagen) with higher concentrations of active ingredients. This means those with sensitive skin often struggle to use them and could develop irritant contact dermatitis.

Fortunately, newer-age products contain more gentle and better-tolerated ingredients that do not irritate sensitive skin but still have excellent anti-ageing properties.

Treatment tips that can help with sensitive and ageing skin

• Use mild, gentle cleansers
• Avoid high concentrations of acids or retinoids
• Protect your skin from sun damage
• Use a barrier cream and/or target treatment to help control sensitivity

Anti-ageing ingredients suitable for sensitive skin

• Gluconolactone
• Lactobionic Acid
• NeoGlucosamine
• Niacinamide
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Peptides
• Growth Factors
• Bakuchiol
• Purslane

Skincare products that can help with sensitive ageing skin

Gentle cleansers are essential as you don’t want to further aggravate the skin with harsh soaps with an incorrect pH. Dr Webster recommends:

Early ageing:

• Endocare Aquafoam
• pHformula EXFO Cleanse

Mature ageing:

• Lamelle Serra Cleansing Gel
• SkinCeuticals Gentle Cleanser Cream

Targeted serums that specifically help treat sensitive and ageing skin. Dr Webster recommends:

Early ageing:

• Beaut Wrinkle Shminkle
• SkinCeuticals Serum 10

Mature ageing:

• Lamelle Vita-C Lipid Serum
• Endocare Renewal Retinol Serum

Targeted moisturisers that specifically help treat sensitive and ageing skin. Dr Webster recommends:

Early ageing:

• NeoStrata® Ultra Moisturising Face Cream
• SkinCeuticals Metacell Renewal B3

Mature ageing:

• Endocare Tensage Nourishing Cream
• MartiDerm GF Vital Age Cream