Hyaluronic Acid: The Key Ingredient for Youthful, Radiant Skin
By now, we’ve all heard it; hyaluronic acid is a dream ingredient that you need in your skincare routine. Oftentimes, hyaluronic acid is narrowed down to one benefit for skincare, and that’s how it’s deeply hydrating. Though this is true, there’s so much more that hyaluronic acid does for your skin when featured as an ingredient in a skincare formula.
We want to dive in deeper and share a more focused look on hyaluronic acid around all the different positives it has on your skin. From reducing fine lines and wrinkles to improving skin elasticity and more, we’ll cover it all.
What is Hyaluronic Acid?
Commonly known as HA, it’s a molecule that is found naturally in almost every single part of our body that contains either fluid or tissue. Quite commonly, as you can imagine, in the skin. It’s incredibly important to have our Hyaluronic Acid levels optimal so that our skin stays healthy and moisturized. If it begins depleting, you’ll notice a decrease in elasticity in the skin. Because of all this, it’s become an essential part of countless skincare formulas.
Key Benefits & Importance
Let’s start with the obvious, hydration. Since our bodies naturally produce HA, and because it’s technically pure hydration, it’s obvious that this is one of the biggest positive effects of the powerful ingredient. This is why you see it in so many serums (like our Cellular Rejuvenating Concentrate) and moisturizers (like our Diamond Contour Collagen Boosting Hydration Créme).
One really important thing that hyaluronic acid also does for our skin is help protect the skin barrier. The lipid barrier located in the top layer of our skin is the fatty acids that work to trap toxins and irritants, and surprise… it breaks down as we age.
Hyaluronic acid comes in because it helps strengthen those natural barriers to help lock in the much-needed moisture it needs to continue protecting skin and body. You’ll see it a lot in lip products like our Perfect Pout Lip Balm and in eye products (like the Diamond Contour Ultimate Hydration Firming Eye Serum) since those barriers and layers of skin are much thinner than the rest.
As a natural anti-inflammatory, it also helps to reduce redness. This is needed all year round, since our skin is always exposed to stressors, but especially in the winter season to help keep skin calm.
Hyaluronic acid also contributes to fighting aging by helping to fight fine lines and wrinkles. When our skin gets a quick increase of moisture, for example from hyaluronic acid, skin looks more plump which leads to a reduction in appearance of fine lines.
Getting Your Daily Dose
In case you’re wondering, Dr. Kaplan recommends always getting a daily dose of hyaluronic acid. Thanks to all the benefits, it truly is an essential when it comes to your daily routine, and luckily, it’s found in a lot of his formulas.Diamond Contour Ultimate Hydration Firming Eye Serum
This powerful, 4-in-1 treatment improves hydration by 31% and hyaluronic acid is a big part of this. It also helps improve skin firmness, elasticity and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. With the skin around your eyes being thin and more sensitive, the hydration hit from this eye serum is essential for long-term skin health in the eye area.
Cellular Rejuvenating Concentrate
This transformative concentrate houses 50% concentration high and low molecular weight hyaluronic acid. Basically, that means it gives your skin a deep and long-lasting hydration at both the surface level (your skin’s top layer) and at a cellular level. The result is improved hydration, firmness, elasticity and a smooth finish.Learn more about it.
Diamond Contour Collagen Boosting Hydration Créme
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Night Replenishment Concentrate
This is the nighttime treatment you’ll never want to go to bed without. Why? Because your skin works hard repairing overnight, and it needs that hit of hydration to do it properly. Thanks to hyaluronic acid and other ingredients like the 22 Certified Organic Extracts, this concentrated treatment does just that.Focus on skin repair today.
Perfect Pout Lip Mask
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Perfect Pout Lip Balm
Choose from two shades, and watch your lips become visibly softer and smoother. This balm provides moisture from hyaluronic acid to repair dry, chapped lips. It also has SPF 30 sunburn protection so that you know your lips are protected all day long. Shop the balm or try thePerfect Pout Lip Mask + Lip Balm Duo.
