Best Tip: Stop Using Your Night Cream If It Doesn't Contain This One Ingredient

This ingredient may just change your face.

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October 25, 2017 BEST TIP BEST LOOKS BEST YOU BEST EATS CONTESTS & GAMES FLYERS SUBSCRIBE     How exactly does retinol work? Prescription creams containing retinoic acid (a.k.a. retinol), a potent derivative of vitamin A, began life about 40 years ago as a topical treatment for patients with severe acne. Then dermatologists noticed that acne wasn't the only thing retinol cream banished: Sun-induced age spots and wrinkles also faded. That's because, as studies show, retinoic acid plumps wrinkles and kick-starts the release of collagen, which adds youthful volume to your face. Then it safeguards skin from collagenase, an enzyme triggered by sunlight that breaks down collagen. Read more: The Ingredient That Will Forever Change Your Nightly Facial Routine What Is Cindy Crawford's Secret For Not Aging? 8 Nighttime Habits of People With Great Skin   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS SIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERS     If you would like to subscribe to our other newsletters, please click here. © 2017 Reader's Digest Magazines Canada Limited, 1100 boul. René-Lévesque W., Montréal, Québec H3B 5H5 You have received this e-mail because you are a friend of Reader's Digest Canada. We hope you have enjoyed receiving it. However, if you would rather not receive future messages of this sort from us, simply click on the following link: click here to unsubscribe. Privacy Policy | Contact us