If you’ve ever searched the words skin ageing, the results are grim. Words like thin skin, lines and wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, and dehydration pop up. Thankfully skincare ingredients and technology can delay and blur most of those symptoms. Editor Trudi Brewer shares a new face cream, a powerhouse of active, targeted ingredients, that also has a 3D effect on results. Read on to learn more.
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Ageing can be cruel to your complexion, but there is hope with skincare ingredients and innovative technology at our fingertips. According to Dr Des Fernandes, Environ's founder and scientific director, "As we age, it's natural for the skin to lose fat in the dermis and hyaluronic acid (HA). What many people need is to improve the cushion of fat in the skin and boost the hyaluronic acid status to make it look like the skin has been re-inflated". The R&D team at Environ's R&D set out to create a cream that will not only improve the look of your skin immediately, but it would also help reverse the look of tired, ageing skin and fine lines, as well as help to keep your skin looking firm and well-cushioned for years to come. According to Fernades, this cream works to plump the skin while replacing the cushion we all lose as we age. “Traditional dermal fillers are made with varying types of hyaluronic acid which do not act as natural hyaluronic acid that is found in the skin, which has a high turnover and we lose about a third of our natural stores every day. Hyaluronic acid fillers last much longer. Dermal fat fillers are used to replace lost volume but that requires surgical intervention. Obviously, a cosmetic cannot become a structure in the skin as a filler does, but this formulation isn’t designed to replace fillers, instead, it offers both hydro and lipidic benefits.’
Environ Focus Care Youth+ 3DSynergè Filler Crème $151.
What's in it?
First up, the secret to a hydrated complexion is hyaluronic acid. This cream contains Optim-Hyal™, which helps stimulate your natural synthesis of hyaluronic acid. As well as, HyaCare®50, which has a molecular weight of 50 KDaltons in size, penetrates quickly and deeply. Next, a potent Phyto-antioxidant named Mĕiritage™. Made with a unique blend of extracts from three Chinese roots used in ancient Chinese medicine. This ingredient helps protect the skin from oxidative stress known to cause ageing. Along with smart peptide technology named Adifyline™. This molecule helps boost the appearance of volume to firm the skin. Finally, another intelligent peptide previously only found in the salon-only Dual Effect Filler Serum is Reproage®, included to boost radiance. Inspired by cosmetic medicine, dermal fillers to target the three dimensions of youth, there isn't one ingredient missing in this cream that an ageing skin won’t love.
Why do I like it?
All Environ skincare is active and targeted. If you have ageing concerns like mine, wrinkles, thinning skin, and sun damage, this cream will help correct and hydrate those concerns. It's a great alternative to dermal fillers (if cosmetic medicine is not your thing) because of the potent firming and smoothing ingredients. This new cream profoundly hydrates the skin, which you see after one application, but for a tech-geek like myself, the ingredients stack up to prevent and correct those signs of ageing by offering a 3D-like effect to plump and reshape the face. When a top-notch doctor of this calibre, a global pioneer in vitamin and medical-grade skincare, who uses the creams himself, puts his time and energy into creating a new filler-like face cream like this, it's going to be a valuable addition to my daily routine.
How to use it
After cleansing and toning the skin apply the Environ 3DSynergé Filler Crème, and massage it into the skin both morning and evening, then apply night cream or an SPF for daytime wear. This product was designed as a take-home product to complement the Environ Focus on Filler in-salon treatment, but can also be used as part of your general regime.
Hard on the heels of this new innovative filler face cream, Environ has just won Top Medical Skin Care for the fifth consecutive year. Along with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Skin Care at the Aesthetic Everything 2022 Aesthetic and Cosmetic Medicine Awards. Dr Des Fernandes said. “Environ has focused on the cosmetic aspects of medical skin science from the very beginning. This incredible worldwide recognition symbolises our vision of creating “a beautiful skin for a lifetime”. Environ will continue to innovate and develop best-in-class products that make a real difference to people’s lives, within the realm of scientific beauty.”
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