Peptides: Highlighting This Important Skincare Ingredient
scrub me secret: peptides are a skincare ingredient I like so much because peptide products can be used for so many different types of skin. They are also non-sensitizing skincare items so there is no need to worry about redness, flakiness, or skin purging.
What are peptides?
Peptides are ingredients in skincare products that are used to renew and rebuild skin proteins like collagen and elastin. Peptide skincare products are made for those who wish to prevent aging, reduce current signs of aging, and give skin a bit more firmness and luminosity.
Different kinds of peptides in skincare:
In order to choose the best peptide product for your specific skin goals you’ll first need to know the difference between the various kinds of peptides!⤵️
Signal Peptides
Signal peptides send a message to the cells in your skin, prompting them to generate collagen, elastin, and other types of proteins that can enhance the youthful appearance of your skin. Regenerating our skin’s proteins results in firmer feeling skin, less sagging, reduced visibility of fine lines, and a radiant glow.
scrub me secret: carnosine is an example of a signal peptide. also, many palmitoyl tripeptides, most tetrapeptides, and hexapeptides contain signal peptides. You can look on your skincare ingredients label for these ingredients.
Carrier Peptides
Carrier peptides, often known as copper peptides are a type of peptides that enhance collagen synthesis and improve skin firmness and smoothness by delivering essential trace minerals to the skin. These types of peptides also stabilize other ingredients and deliver them deep into your skin.
Neurotransmitter Peptides
Neurotransmitter peptides can temporarily block cell function that cause muscle movements like facial expressions that often result in lines and wrinkles. These types of peptides penetrate the skin and relax muscles, leading to more youthful-looking skin. You’ll often see argireline or acetyl hexapeptide-3 on a peptide product that contains these specific neurotransmitters.
Who needs peptides?
Those looking for preventative skincare: Anyone wanting to prevent loss of elasticity in their skin and also wanting to prevent visible fine lines and wrinkles.
Those who want to work on reducing signs of aging: If you have visible fine lines or wrinkles and want to prevent their size and visibility.
Those who often feel dry and dull: Dry, dull feeling, and lackluster-looking skin types will greatly benefit from a peptide product.
scrub me secret: peptide products don’t cause photosensitivity so feel free to incorporate them into your AM routine PM routine, or both!
Peptide skincare products:
Josh Rosebrook Ultra Peptide Cream (a personal favorite of mine!)
A creamy peptide serum product that penetrates deep into the skin to regenerate collagen and elastin. This product also delivers those neurotransmitter peptides we like for anti-aging and preventative aging.
Another peptide product that contains both the signal peptides for collagen and elastin boost as well as neurotransmitter peptides for reducing and preventing lines and wrinkles. This is a popular serum among my clients and it is super lightweight. So congested skin types might like this one best.
This copper peptide serum helps deeply deliver minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and hydrating hyaluronic acid into your skin. This is a great product for those lacking hydration, moisture, elasticity, and an overall glow. So great for those who live in cold and/or dry climates.