Ceramides: Benefits for Skin
Your skin relies on a natural barrier to maintain its moisture. It's made of waxy ceramides that are at their strongest when you’re young. As you age, your barrier erodes, leaving your face vulnerable to damage. Can you replenish ceramide levels? Which products are the most effective? How often should you use them? Let's find out.
Summary
What are ceramides?
Natural ceramides are organic compounds made up of waxy fats that form half of your epidermis’ outer layer. They’re made from a building block called sphingosine, which helps to build an effective barrier to keep good things in and bad stuff out. For this reason, they play a crucial role in preventing dehydration and promoting skin health. These lipids can be replaced using synthetic ceramides and natural ceramides. Whatever your choice, you have several types of ceramide options. The ones that are strongly associated with skin health include:
Ceramide One, which holds cells together.
Ceramide Two, which is beneficial to the dermal structure. It retains water and protects you against irritants.
Ceramide Three, which gives cells more strength, making your face appear firmer.
Ceramide Six to Eleven, which have softening powers.
How do ceramides work on the skin?
The benefits of ceramides affect you in three core ways:
Locking in moisture: As long as your skin barrier is protected, it can retain water levels effectively.
Protecting against environmental aggressors: A sound barrier can resist the harsh effects of pollution, smoking, and sun exposure.
Supporting your natural repair process: ceramide ensures that you can overcome irritation by adding moisture and protecting the proteins in the skin from degradation.
Lipids are more than this, though. They can also:
Protect you from the free radicals that reduce your collagen and elastin levels.
Reduce wrinkles and sagging while fighting ageing indirectly.
Provides a dewy, radiant appearance, particularly when you incorporate hyaluronic acid into your skincare products. Hyaluronic acid attracts and retains water. When it’s combined with fats and peptides, it targets ageing from three different angles simultaneously.
What are the key benefits for skin?
Deep hydration and long-lasting moisture retention: Ceramides form a semi-impermeable seal that prevents moisture from evaporating.
Reinforcement and protection: They form connections between cells, allowing your epidermis to guard itself more effectively. You can enhance the effects with treatments containing niacinamide.
Smoother, plumper appearance: The extra moisture in your epidermis will plump up your cells, reducing the appearance of fine lines. Since ceramide skincare reduces irritation, you’ll also feel smoother with fewer imperfections.
Reduction in sensitivity and irritation: Healthy skin has a layer of protection, and a lack of ceramides is directly linked to irritation. Adding lipids to your daily skincare routine will calm irritation.
Anti-ageing support and wrinkle prevention: Fats create ceramide channels large enough for collagen and elastin to pass. They also prevent the collagen in your body from degrading.
Which skin types benefit most from ceramides?
While fats can benefit all skin types, there are two types that benefit the most:
Dry and dehydrated skin: Dehydrated skin tends to have fewer ceramides, so reversing the problem with creams and a ceramide serum will have a drastic impact. They prevent dryness by sealing in fluids.
Ageing or mature skin: A ceramide deficiency can lead to fine lines and sun damage. Your natural ageing process will speed up by compromising your face’s protective layer.
How to use ceramides in your skincare routine?
The Caudalie anti-ageing products Premier Cru collection combines the most powerful ingredients into a single range, bringing you greater hydration.
Premier Cru Rich Cream with bio ceramides is formulated especially for dehydrated skin. Unlike synthetic ceramides, natural ceramides are more readily absorbed, assuring you of better results. Premier Cru combines Caudalie’s Longevity Patent (developed with Harvard Medical School) activated by Resveratrol, to boost collagen, hyaluronic acid, and elastin production by stimulating the skin’s longevity proteins x128*. The formula also features Viniferine, a patented vine sap extract proven 62x more effective than Vitamin C** in reducing dark spots. Finally, a natural rosewood plumping filler enhances skin density and redefines facial contours.
Our skincare collection also includes three more therapeutic options:
Anti-Ageing Serum The Premier Cru serum provides a 324% improvement in immediate hydration***. Its highly concentrated hyaluronic acid content offers deep hydration.
Anti-Ageing Eye Cream: The Premier Cru eye cream for the eye area offers instant radiance and a reduction in dark circles.
Anti-Ageing Cream: Our resveratrol-activated Premier Cru The Cream doubled skin volume in vitro tests from 17 applications over a 58-day period. It contains a natural plumping filler, spot-reducing viniferine, and four collagen types.
The dermis and epidermis are exceptional at keeping your face looking healthy and unlined. As you age, however, you’ll experience a reduction in youth-giving ingredients like ceramide, collagen, and hyaluronic acid. That doesn’t leave you hopeless, though. You can boost those levels through the best moisturizers, a healthy diet, and good skincare. When your natural barrier is restored, the ageing process will slow down. With the right care, you can even reverse some signs of ageing.
* In vitro test on ingredients.
** In vitro test on the inhibiting action of Viniferine on tyrosinase.
** *Clinical scoring, 10 volunteers, T0.
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