It’s not just the cold winter weather that scares our skin. Most of us have started going back to work, thus being more exposed to the sun, commuting with pollutants, and sitting in a freezing centralised AC building all day long—invariably our skin is having to deal with environmental aggressors all over again. It’s time to prepare our skin to hold on to hydration, collagen promoting minerals and protect it against the damage-causing external factors.
Solution: Hyaluronic acid.
This hydrating, skin-plumping, anti-ageing ingredient has taken over the skincare industry and for good reason. We spoke to dermatologist Dr Rickson Pereira, from Dr Rickson’s Dermatherapie Clinic, to know more about this miracle acid, what works best with it and why you should add it to your routine right away.
HA is the main component of what gives your skin structure, and is responsible for that plump and hydrated look. You may have heard the chatter around collagen, but hyaluronic acid is where it’s at.
The key benefit of hyaluronic acid is hydration and that unbelievable ability to retain moisture. To understand how important moisture is for the skin, you have to first know that dehydrated skin — when the top layer of skin doesn’t have enough water — appears dry, rough, and flaky, Marchbein says.
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