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Fine lines, firmness and neck lines. Retinoids, peptides and care around treatments.
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Views over the last 3 weeks, recent ones counting more.- 1Breakouts and dryness at the same time in your 40s: which moisturiser?NEW
- 2In your 60s and want a skin analysis and facial in Seoul, not procedures?NEW
- 3Are Korean creams still worth it in Thailand's heat and humidity?NEW
- 4Retinol purging or a bad reaction? How people usually tell them apartNEW
- 5LED face masks: do they work, and is a £200 mask better than a £50 one?NEW
In your 60s and want a skin analysis and facial in Seoul, not procedures?
A traveller in their 60s posted on the Tripadvisor Seoul forum. They'd be in Seoul for a few days and felt overwhelmed: most clinics they found seemed built around fairly invasive procedures. What they wanted was a skin
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kbeauty.notesQuestionAre Korean creams still worth it in Thailand's heat and humidity?
On Pantip, Thailand's biggest forum, someone in their 40s asked whether Korean creams are still popular in Thailand and which ones to try for wrinkles. They remembered hearing years ago that Korean creams were good and w
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Tretinoin for ageing skin: worth the peeling, or not?
On Mumsnet's Style & Beauty board, someone who had just started prescription tretinoin at 0.05%, twice a week, asked whether it is really worth it. They were already peeling and stinging around the mouth, and the stream
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피부노트QuestionSix weeks before the wedding: should you skip a first-ever skin treatment?
On theqoo's beauty board, someone six weeks out from their wedding was thinking about getting Rejuran (an injectable made from salmon-derived DNA fragments, popular in Korea) about three weeks before the day. Searching t
0 1Japanese or Korean retinol? 128 answers from a Japanese Q&A
In January 2026, a post on the @cosme Q&A board in Japan asked: "Japanese or Korean retinol, which do you use?" The poster wrote that in Korea, products can go to higher retinol concentrations if they pass an official re
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Face starting to sag during fast weight loss: treatments now, or wait?
On theqoo's beauty board, someone losing weight on medical advice said their face was thinning out faster than their body and the skin was starting to feel loose. With quite a lot of weight still to lose, they asked whet
0 0 Rejuran, honestly: "it hurts", "you need several", "results vary"
In late June 2024, a "Has anyone had Rejuran?" thread went up on Girls Channel, a large Japanese women's forum. The poster wanted to hear from people who had actually had it, and the thread passed 60 comments. What the r
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Retinol caused breakouts before: is it OK just around the eyes?
A question on theqoo's beauty board from someone with thin, sensitive skin: a few years ago a retinol serum did not wreck their face but brought out lots of acne-like bumps, so they gave up. Now their under-eye lines hav
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On Clien, someone asked their mother what she wanted for Chuseok, and she said a skincare set. Searching online turned up far too many options and reviews written only by younger people, so they asked for set recommendat
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Is it too early to start anti-aging in your 20s?
“You should use retinol from your 20s” vs. “Just wearing sunscreen properly is enough.” These opinions often clash. In the end, it’s more a question of what to prioritize first.
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First eye cream in your 30s—do you really need a separate one?
The skin around the eyes is thin and dries out easily, so many people take extra care of it. However, many also feel that you don’t necessarily need to buy a separate one if your face cream works for the eye area without
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Starting retinol in your 20s or 30s: the slow-and-steady plan
Retinol is still the most studied ingredient for the look of fine lines and uneven texture. It is also the one people most often quit in week two, because of flaking and stinging. The fix is almost always less, less ofte
0 3 Growth factor serums: can you judge one after two weeks?
A post on r/30PlusSkinCare asked whether the hype around The Ordinary's growth factor (GF) serum is finally over. The poster used it morning and night for two weeks, saw no change, not even extra hydration, and felt the
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Retinol purging or a bad reaction? How people usually tell them apart
Starting a retinoid can bring a few weeks of extra spots in areas where you normally break out. That is often called purging. But irritation and a genuine reaction look different.
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Your face routine is solid. What about your neck and the backs of your hands?
The neck and the backs of the hands get a lot of sun and very little attention, which is why they often look older than the face. The good news: you do not need separate products to start.
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notas.kbeautyTipsAnti-aging for beginners: where to start
Before buying expensive creams, the order matters:
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Getting Started with Anti-Aging: What Should You Start With? A Priority Guide
There are lots of anti-aging products, but starting in order of strongest evidence is a way to save both money and your skin.
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Neck wrinkle care: Can I just apply the same products I use on my face, down my neck?
The skin on your neck is thinner than facial skin and has fewer sebaceous glands, so it can get dry easily. That’s why just extending your facial routine down your neck can help quite a bit. Sunscreen in particular!
0 1 Breakouts and dryness at the same time in your 40s: which moisturiser?
A Mumsnet user in her mid-40s, going through perimenopause, described a frustrating mix: blackheads and deeper hormonal spots on one side, and skin that was getting drier, sore and more sensitive on the other. She could
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LED face masks: do they work, and is a £200 mask better than a £50 one?
A Mumsnet user asked two simple questions: do LED face masks actually do anything, and is it worth paying £200 or more when there are masks on Amazon for a fraction of that? The 12 replies were mostly positive, with a lo
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