There’s no shortage of advice on the internet about how you should approach skin care. Whether it’s celebrity GRWM (Get Ready With Me) videos, influencers promoting their skin-care companies or Big Beauty targeting you with social media ads, we’re inundated with messaging about how to care for our skin — especially if antiaging is a concern. In this episode, we speak with a medical aesthetician who shares what works and what doesn’t when it comes to all things skin care: antiaging, devices, procedures and more. 

Expert: Annie Christenson, Licensed Medical Aesthetician 

Interviewer: Kim Rivera Huston-Weber

Notable topics covered: 

• The surprising steps of a bare-bones healthy skin-care routine 
• Why skin care is like exercise  
• Tretinoin vs. over-the-counter retinols: Is one better than the other? 
• You’ve seen the ads — are teledermatology startups a good option? 
• How to know when products work for your skin type 
• What it’s like working with a medical aesthetician 
• The at-home skin-care devices worth buying  
• How long you should wait to see results from your skin-care routine  
• Microneedling, dermaplaning and other skin-care treatments  
• Do collagen supplements work?  
• The red and green flags for finding a skin-care professional to work with 
• Aging gracefully with little intervention is a valid choice 

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