Do Moisturizers Help With Wrinkles? Can Creams Actually Prevent Wrinkles and Aging Skin?

If you’re like the average beauty enthusiast, then you spend a lot of your time, energy, and money doing everything that you can to keep your skin looking and feeling its best.

And along with this comes keeping fine lines and wrinkles at bay, because younger skin is something we all covet. So, you probably have lots of anti-aging moisturizers and serums to help you do this. 

But do moisturizers help with wrinkles?

No, moisturizers don’t help with wrinkles directly, though healthier, well-hydrated skin will soften the appearance of wrinkles and aging skin.

In this article, I take a deeper look at what goes into keeping the surface skin layers on your face the best they can be.

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Do Moisturizers Help With Wrinkles?

The first thing I want to say is that there is nothing wrong with wrinkles, no matter what you’ve been conditioned to believe. In fact, they are a natural part of the aging process, which is something we all experience as we get older. There’s no way around it.

Having healthy skin is the most important thing! Healthy skin will appear more vibrant and youthful looking. Plus the fact that when you’re happy and healthy, having a few wrinkles and fine lines won’t cause you anxiety and stress.

But of course, skin type, lifestyle, and genetics do play a role. So if your mom has lots of wrinkles, and you drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, then you’re not helping your skin stay smooth and healthy.

Plus, if you have drier skin, then you will be more susceptible to getting wrinkles and blotchy skin faster than most people. Which is where moisturizer comes in.

Moisturizers won’t do anything to get rid of fine lines and wrinkles, although they can help to keep your skin well hydrated. This can help to conceal the appearance and severity of wrinkles over the long run. 

Moisturizers in themselves won’t do anything to get rid of fine lines and wrinkles, although they can help to keep your skin well hydrated. This can help to conceal the appearance and severity of wrinkles over the long run.

These products work by puffing up the top layer of skin as it hydrates. They don’t absorb deep into the skin to eliminate wrinkles. The effect that they give is only temporary since they don’t actually repair any collagen that has been lost. 

They also don’t have any medicinal qualities that can repair collagen, no matter what the marketing hype tells you. And this is why moisturizers won’t get rid of wrinkles and sagging skin. 

However, with the proper hydration of your face that they can provide, a good moisturizer can minimize their appearance and help to reduce the potential of further wrinkles developing.

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Moisturizers That Can Reduce The Appearance Of Wrinkles and Skin Aging

As I’ve mentioned, the real key to preventing wrinkles is to keep your skin healthy and hydrated, which starts with eating whole foods and drinking enough water throughout the day. Also, using adequate sun protection will help to eliminate the damage that UV exposure can cause, leading to the appearance of wrinkles.

The real key to preventing wrinkles is to keep your skin healthy and hydrated, which starts with eating whole foods and drinking enough water throughout the day. Also, using adequate sun protection will help to eliminate the damage that UV exposure can cause, leading to the appearance of wrinkles.

So, to start, you need a good sunscreen. And why not combine the sunscreen with your moisturizer?

There are many products now available that provide this, just like EltaMD Skincare UV Daily Face Broad Spectrum SPF 40  moisturizer, which also contains hyaluronic acid to lock in moisture and keep your face hydrated.

This sunscreen’s broad spectrum SPF comes in a mineral-based and paraben-free formula that protects against both UVA and UVB sun exposure to help decrease signs of early aging. Plus, its lightweight formulation can be used either on its own or under your makeup.

There is also a higher SPF version, EltaMD Skincare UV Daily Face Broad Spectrum SPF 46 , which contains vitamin B3 and lactic acid, which work to face hyperpigmentation left from acne scarring and will keep pores unclogged for those who have oily and acne-prone skin.

Tinted Magic

If you want to add a bit more glow to your face while keeping it hydrated and protected against sun exposure, then why not try Australian Gold’s Botanical Tinted Face BB Cream? It contains an SPF 50 broad-spectrum sunscreen, in a hypoallergenic, matte finish, and lightweight formula that will protect your skin from sun damage.

Containing antioxidant-rich botanicals like soothing Kakadu plum, vitamin C, eucalyptus, and red algae, this BB cream will provide great sun protection, and nourishment for your skin, while also minimizing the appearance of not only wrinkles and fine lines, but also uneven tone.

Botanical Tinted Face BB Cream comes in three colors — Fair to Light, Medium to Tan, and Rich to Deep — and is free from harsh chemicals like parabens, sulfates, mineral oils, and oxybenzone.

Going The Luxury Route

If you want to splurge out on a luxury moisturizer that also claims to increase your skin tone by almost 50% in a few weeks, and provides hydration around the clock, then iS Clinical Youth Intensive Crème is one to try.

This paraben-free moisturizer contains not only hyaluronic acid to keep your face well hydrated, but also includes key ingredients like copper tripeptide growth factor, which has been clinically proven to help diminish the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, as well as vitamin C and superoxide dismutase, an antioxidant enzyme that protects against sun damage.

And if you really want to go all out, see our article on the most expensive moisturizers.

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Final Thoughts

You should be aware that there is no one moisturizer or lotion that will get rid of wrinkles and signs of aging for you, although they can help to slow down their appearance. There is no perfect moisturizing skincare that you’re missing out on to reduce wrinkles, because it basically all comes down to your genetics and lifestyle.

So, do moisturizers help with wrinkles? Well, only in so far as using moisturizers that work to keep your particular skin type as hydrated as possible, on top of keeping your skin at its healthiest by eating well, drinking enough water, avoiding pollution, and eliminating the damage caused by too much sun exposure.