The Best Anti-Aging Skincare Routine to Tackle Rosacea and Wrinkles

It can feel like an uphill battle when you’re dealing with rosacea while noticing more signs of aging – new wrinkles, skin dullness, and sagging.
On top of that, your skin is more sensitive than most so you have to be careful about what ingredients you add to your skincare routine. You want to fight the signs of aging, but don’t want to flare up rosacea with any harsh ingredients.
Don’t worry – it is possible to get healthy, youthful looking skin when you have rosacea. You just have to build an anti-aging skincare routine with the right formulas that can also manage rosacea.
Keep reading and we’ll show you how.

What is rosacea?

Rosacea is a chronic skin condition that causes skin redness and dilated blood vessels. The symptoms tend to be concentrated on the face, especially on the cheek, nose, forehead, and chin area.

How do you get rosacea?

It’s still unknown but there are some theories that it’s caused by issues with the blood vessels in the face. It can come and go and vary in severity.

Certain environmental factors can cause rosacea to “flare up”, including:

• Being in the sun
• Working out too hard
• Extra hot or cold weather
• Drinking alcohol
• Drinking caffeine
• Eating spicy foods
• Excessive stress

You can help minimize or avoid flareups by living a healthy lifestyle and avoiding those triggers we listed above. But if you do have a flare-up and are experiencing redness, pimples, and dilated blood vessels from rosacea, using healing skincare products can help you recover faster.

Does rosacea worsen with age?

Unfortunately, yes. If you’re living with rosacea, your symptoms may get worse as you age. Another downside to living with rosacea over the age of 40?
The usual skincare ingredients and actives you may have used to treat rosacea when you were younger may be too strong for your skin now.
Mature skin is more sensitive and delicate and may react badly to harsher (but effective) ingredients.

What are the best ingredients for mature skin with rosacea?

So what are the best anti-aging ingredients to use with rosacea? Here’s a solid list of effective skincare ingredients that prevent wrinkles and the other signs of aging, while healing the redness from rosacea:

Ceramides

Our bioceramides are a skincare ingredient that’s taken from wheat crops in Europe. It’s rich in omega fatty acids. Ceramides are one of the best skincare ingredients for repairing and protecting your skin barrier – and rosacea is often caused by a weakened skin barrier. It’s also a gentle anti-aging treatment for sensitive skin. Ceramides nourish the skin and form a protective layer against anti-aging accelerants, such as pollution. It’s an ultra-hydrating ingredient that repairs dry skin and gives you a healthy, supple complexion.
You can find ceramides in many of our skincare products:

• This Aquasource Hydra Barrier Cream soothes and stabilizes the skin with bioceramides, while Biotech Plankton™ improves the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, and dullness.
• To gently cleanse your skin without stripping the skin barrier and triggering rosace, use this Aquasource Hydra Barrier Cleanser – a non-drying formula that’s infused with bioceramides.

Hyaluronic Acid

Hyaluronic acid is a hydrating superhero. It locks in up to 1,000 times its weight in water, giving you healthy, plump skin instantly. When your skin is hydrated and plump, the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles is immediately reduced. Using hyaluronic acid as part of a mature skincare routine is especially important since we naturally lose our natural stores of it as we age. It’s also a more gentle ingredient that’s moisturizing so it’s less likely to spark a rosacea flare-up. Hyaluronic acid features in our Life Plankton Regenerating Serum, a radiance-boosting serum that activates skin’s natural self-repair.

Pro-Retinol

Retinol is one of the most effective anti-aging ingredients available. It boosts skin cell renewal, reversing the signs of aging and preventing future wrinkles and fine lines from forming.
Since it’s so potent, it can sometimes be too harsh for sensitive skin – especially those with rosacea. It can cause flareups and dry, peeling skin with use.
Fortunately, there’s a gentler and milder form of retinol called pro-retinol. It’s still an effective anti-aging treatment, but without the skin purging and potentially harsh side effects. Since it’s a milder form of retinol, you can layer products that feature this ingredients to maximise efficacy. Start with our Blue Pro-Retinol Eye Cream to treat the eye contour. Then add the Blue Pro-Retinol Multi-Correct Cream – an anti-aging day cream that fights wrinkles and improves skin texture.
If you find that pro-retinol is still irritating your skin, you can scale back from using it everyday to every few days to give time for your skin to adjust.

5-step anti-aging skincare routine to remedy rosacea

Now that you know what anti-aging ingredients to look out for, it’s time to build a skincare routine for rosacea.
Here’s a simple three-step routine that will improve signs of aging while healing rosacea symptoms:

1. Cleanse your skin morning and night with a gentle, ceramide-based cleanser. It will lift away impurities while maintaining a healthy skin barrier. If you find that cleansing twice a day is irritating your skin, try washing at night with a cleanser and then splashing your face with warm water in the morning.

2. Apply a face serum with hyaluronic acid after cleansing to draw moisture to the face. This serum will boost hydration and give you a healthy glow.

3. Double up on hydration by adding an anti-aging face cream that’s infused with effective active ingredients and healing nutrients. The Blue Pro-Retinol Multi-Correct Cream combines pro-retinol for targeted anti-aging benefits, Biotech Plankton™ to promote skin repair, and nutrient-rich algae extracts to reduce visible signs of inflammation, leaving skin smoother, firmer, and visibly renewed.

It also has built-in UVA and UVB sun protection. Staying out in the sun can exaggerate rosacea symptoms and speed up aging, so maximum protection is essential.

And that’s it! Now you’ve built an anti-aging skincare routine that can manage your rosacea and improve wrinkles and fine lines too.