Chinese Skincare Is Underrated—Here’s Why You Should Pay Attention | Dr. Jenny Liu Dermatologist
SkinCeuticals$120- “SkinCeuticals has a unique collagen 3 booster and an ampule serum that has been shown to increase skin elasticity, bounce, and firmness”▶ 5:12
- “This is like a lightweight anti-aging essence that's meant to prep the skin, smooth texture, and provides hydration and again ideal for sensitive skin”▶ 7:24
- “It has peptides in there and it really was done in collaboration with one of the pioneers in peptide science, Dr. Carl Litner”▶ 7:36
- “It's got this nice peptide complex that helps to plump the skin, reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, absorbs really quickly without any sort of irritation, greasiness or heaviness”▶ 7:59
- “In addition to peptides also has other plant derived extracts that help to support your skin barrier like rishi mushroom that is a really popular traditional Chinese medicine ingredient that's great antioxidant anti-inflammatory and skin rejuvenation benefits”
- “A creamy yet lightweight moisturizer that helps to nourish your skin without any heaviness”▶ 8:31
- “A really great nourishing cream, but still really not heavy or thick or occlusive that has a combination of retinol, ginseng, and peptides to really kind of comprehensively target and help to rejuvenate your skin, repair your skin barrier”▶ 9:07
- “The texture is really elegant”
- “Aside from those ingredients also has niacinamide and panthenol”
- “This is a really lightweight, almost like a watery light lotion essence, as the name implies that is great to use regularly to calm reactive skin, but also can be used post-procedure depending on the procedure, like a light peel or say like an IPL treatment”▶ 12:05
- “This will be great to kind of calm and soothe and reduce redness”▶ 12:22
- “It's really made for again repairing compromised skin barrier”▶ 12:26
- “Absorbs really quickly, it doesn't have alcohol, fragrances or any harsh preservatives”▶ 12:30
- “It's got centella extract, panthenol, beta-glucan that is really I feel like an underrated ingredient that helps repair skin barrier and reduce post laser redness actually and then other ingredients helps to hydrate the skin”▶ 12:39
- “A little bit creamier, but again nothing comparable to like a thick dense cream like petrolatum”▶ 12:52
- “It's one that's really ideal for more dry and sensitive skin that kind of has this silky cushiony texture that is more nourishing but again still not heavy”
- “It really helps to moisturize, helps to reduce any flaking, dryness, redness”▶ 13:13
- “Free of alcohol, preservatives or fragrances and also suitable for post-procedure use”
- “Very similar to the essence but in addition has squalane, more emollient, panthenol, beta-glucan, ceramides and centella”
- “A broad spectrum SPF 50 and PA4 plus sunscreen with advanced UV filters that we don't have here in the US”▶ 15:27
- “Really lightweight, non-greasy, fast absorbing, great for daily wear or even using it in hot and humid environments”▶ 15:31
- “This is one sunscreen that it feels pretty elegant, not sticky on your face even when it's super hot and humid outside”▶ 15:40
- “Advanced filters, great for oily, combination, or even sensitive skin”▶ 15:49
- “Has ones that we don't have in the US, ones that are actually used quite commonly in Asia and Japan like Tinosorb S and Uvinul A Plus that offers broad spectrum UVB and UVA coverage, niacinamide with that brightening benefit, vitamin E antioxidant and glycerin for hydration”▶ 15:55
- “The moisturizer in particular, it feels really luxe, but it's not super expensive”▶ 16:25
- “It's really meant to help firm and lift and soften the skin with wonderful actives, including ruby extract that's known to really help to strengthen the skin barrier, providing some anti-inflammatory and skin rejuvenation benefits, peptides, hyaluronic acid, and squalane”
- “This cream is more designed for like dry skin or to use in the fall and winter”▶ 17:19
- “I love peptides in moisturizer. It's a great compliment to retinol. So this one can be used alone or pairing with your tretinoin or retinol from drugstores”▶ 17:27
- “Great to use like I would say maybe after a long day in the sun or if you're just looking for some R&R for some good skin benefit or like say during travel to kind of give your skin that instant pick-me-up or like before an event or something”▶ 18:53
- “This is one that is full of antioxidants along with a multipeptide complex that helps to support collagen, improve hydration, firmness along with hydrolyzed collagen to kind of hydrate the skin, squalane and panthenol”▶ 18:29
- “They're one of the first recombinant collagen 3 brands. In fact, they have like over 80 patents and I think it is like the go-to when it comes to like, you know, dermatologists recommending things to put on your skin post procedure”▶ 20:44
- “If you're looking for like a collagen 3 sheet mask to use post-procedure or just wanting to use some on a regular basis, I would say Comfy is the one that you should get”▶ 20:42
- “This is kind of the professional grade that is meant to complement post-procedure, but also again, okay, to use on a regular basis”
- “Fragrance free, alcohol free, great for sensitive skin and helps to promote healing and repair and reduce redness”▶ 22:09
- “It's got recombinant human-like collagen 3 that helps your skin repair along with hyaluronic acid, panthenol, and other soothing and calming ingredients”▶ 22:18
- “They also have a really nice post procedure cream that also contains collagen 3 that can be like a great second step after the sheet mask”▶ 22:25
KANS$13.12- “You could also follow that up with the polypeptide collagen softening cream that again also contains hydrolyzed collagen, multipeptide complex, squalane and panthenol”▶ 24:38
- “This entire line doesn't have retinol in it, but definitely can be used alongside retinol. Or say if you're expecting or just can't tolerate retinol, looking for like an anti-aging alternative, this essence lotion and moisturizer can be a great combination to kind of support your skin rejuvenation goals and concerns”▶ 24:51
KANS$13.52- “Their collagen softening lotion that really preps the skin, helps to deliver actives into the skin”▶ 24:02
- “Combining that multipeptide complex along with niacinamide, squalane, panthenol, wonderful ingredients to brighten the skin, support the skin barrier, support collagen, reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles”▶ 24:10
- “This one is really nice because it also hydrates but without feeling greasy or heavy”▶ 24:23
- “It's a little rich but definitely not super sticky and it's also not watery at the same time. So really suitable for all skin types but in particular combination normal to dry skin”▶ 24:26
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