Is your neck starting to show signs of ageing? When talking about anti-ageing, we often focus on the face, somehow forgetting that the delicate skin area immediately below the face – the neck – needs attention too. In fact, your face and neck are generally as delicate as one another, but your face may be more exposed to sunlight and the effects of makeup. Basically, you should care for your neck the same way you do your face. If not, your neck will betray you by revealing your real age, perhaps plus 10 years. A good neck cream has added firming properties to prevent the sagging of the skin.
Using products that are rich in alkaline (like soaps) contributes tremendously to premature ageing of the skin due to excessive moisture loss. It is better to clean the skin around your neck with what you use on your face – a cleanser, followed by a moisturiser and sunscreen.
Your neck might not catch as much sunlight as your face, but it still needs protection. After all, you don’t want to have a bright face but a dull and dark neck to match – the contrast is just not flattering! If you have short hair or wear your hair up, the back of your neck usually has darker, harder skin than the front, so don’t forget your sun protection in this area.
Your skincare routine should not end where your chin is. It has to go all the way down to your neck or even to the upper part of your chest.
You can use your facial cream with your neck, but it is also good to invest in good neck cream because for most people, the facial skin is a different type from the neck.
For example, a person with oily facial skin is not likely to have oily neck skin, because the area on the neck has less fatty tissue and sebaceous glands than the face. In other words, the neck skin is never oily, so it does not make sense to use skincare for oily skin.
So what’s so special about a neck cream?
Most neck creams are intensive moisturisers with firming properties to help lift the skin in that area and prevent premature sagging of the skin. They contain ingredients, such as peptides, which work to stimulate collagen and lift the skin.
Some neck creams also include pigment fighting ingredients, to combat the common complaint of uneven tone to the chest.
Our favourite neck creams?
PCA Skin Perfecting Neck and Décolleté
Specifically formulated for the delicate skin on the neck and chest, PCA Skin Perfecting Neck and Décolleté provides rapid results for smoother, younger-looking skin. Perfecting neck & décolleté is a neck and chest product that provides rapid results, improving the appearance of signs of ageing such as fine lines and wrinkles, hyperpigmentation and redness.
SkinCeuticals Tripeptide-R Neck Repair
This cream targets visible neck ageing in a retinol cream formulated with peptides to stimulate collagen and increase firmness.
Designed with 0.2% pure, slow-release retinol and 2.5% tripeptide concentrate, it has a powerful, clinically-proven formulation that works to enhance skin firmness and radiance. This neck cream improves the appearance of neck wrinkles, crepiness, and uneven skin tone, whilst also providing a complementary solution for skin tightening and neck contouring professional treatments. It is gentle enough for daily use, but potent enough to show results.
Omnilux Contour NECK & DECOLLETE LED Light Therapy Device
Not a neck cream, but quite possibly the best at home treatment for ageing necks, this device is dermatologist recommended, showing clinically-proven results. Being designed and manufactured using Omnilux’s proprietary gold-standard medical device technology, this is the original “Omnilux technology”, there is only one true Omnilux.
Your skin naturally ages over time. This can occur faster following years of UV and environmental toxin exposure, leading to your skin losing its elasticity and gaining extra pigmentation. Wrinkles, sagging, age spots and redness are not uncommon. The Omnilux light therapy devices are designed to provide optimised doses of red and infrared light to supercharge your body’s own natural cellular healing response. Reversing your visible signs of ageing. Omnilux have published clinical studies and 20 years of research backing their devices.
Aspect Pigment Punch Body
Take your anti-ageing skin care routine one step further! Now you can nourish all your skin showing signs of ageing. Your décolletage, back of hands, shoulders and more. This body cream has a multi-targeting approach, combining Tyrostat-11™ and Bellides™ to minimise discoloration of the skin. While the addition of Lactic Acid and Shea Butter work their natural goodness, smoothing and hydrating your skin. Leaving a radiant and more even toned skin.
CosMedix Illuminate and Lift
Reducing the appearance of age spots and hyperpigmentation, this moisturiser makes the skin look and feel firmer and smoother – where skin can show signs of aging before the face – the neck. It’s made up of plant-based ingredients; Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate – a potent vitamin C derivative which helps brighten the look of skin, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 – reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and Edelweiss Stem Cell Extract – helps to visibly firm loose, sagging skin.
Osmosis MD Enrich
This is a super-charged formula designed to revitalise, rejuvenate and nourish during the skin’s nightly repair process. Wake up to a moisturised complexion with a firmer, smoother appearance. This moisturiser is packed with superfoods and enhances your cellular communication and reduce wrinkles.
Best Neck Cream Options
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