Goldfaden MD Hands to Heart Anti-Aging Plus Brightening Hand Treatment
Product summary
"Goldfaden MD - Hands to Heart Anti-Aging Plus Brightening Hand Treatment" is effective for: Evens skin tone, Exfoliation and Anti-aging
This product could be helpful for: Moisturizing, but its actives are not the most effective or are not well-studied.
Ingredient callouts
- this product contains an effective form of Retinoids (vitamin A): retinol 0.15% - 0.50% and retinol 1.40% - 2.10%. Retinoids are potent multitasking actives. They work to improve and prevent early signs of aging, reduce hyperpigmentation (age spots and post-acne marks), and prevent inflamed blemishes and clogged pores. The downside of Retinoids is that they can be irritating. If you are not already using a Retinoid in your routine, it is best to start slowly and apply the Retinoid product only a few times per week. If your skin tolerates it well, you can gradually increase the frequency to daily.
- Humectants (saccharomyces/copper ferment 0.20% - 0.80%, hyaluronic acid 0.45% - 1.00% and glycerin 1.10% - 1.60%). These ingredients help attract water to the upper layer of the skin and improve the skin hydration.
Price
The product retails for 26.60$ in the United States.
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Benefits
Promise: Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
Hands to Heart Anti-Aging Plus Brightening Hand Treatment
This product can help reduce and prevent fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity and firmness because it contains retinol.
These ingredients in the product can also be helpful, even though there is less evidence for their effectiveness: niacin.
Keep in mind that it typically takes at least 6 weeks to notice any results because the changes that are needed to improve fine lines and elasticity happen in the deeper layers of the skin. No topical anti-aging product can “erase” wrinkles or fully reverse signs of aging.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| retinol | HIGH |  |  |
| niacin | MEDIUM | | |
| thioctic acid | LOW | | |
Promise: Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
Developed to address the unique needs of the hands, this rich, yet fast-absorbing cream helps fade dark spots and reduce the appearance of fine lines while instantly smoothing and plumping skin.
This product can help reduce hypepigmentation and even out the skin tone because it contains the following effective ingredients: retinol.
The following ingredient (ingredients) in this product might be helpful, but there is no evidence to confirm that it actually can help even out the skin tone: niacin.
Keep in mind that you would need to apply any topical skincare targetted at hypigmentation consistently for a couple of months to get a result. No topical skincare product can help get rid of hyperpigmentation (including post-acne marks and age spots) instantly.
Promise: Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
Developed to address the unique needs of the hands, this rich, yet fast-absorbing cream helps fade dark spots and reduce the appearance of fine lines while instantly smoothing and plumping skin.
This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.
The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from
within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job:
glycerin, hyaluronic acid.
This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: dimethicone, glycine soja oil.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| persea gratissima oil | HIGH | | |
| saccharomyces/copper ferment | HIGH | | |
| glycine soja oil | HIGH | | |
Other benefit: Exfoliation
This product can help exfoliate the skin. In other words, it helps break down the bonds between dead cells on the surface of the skin and speed up the skin turnover. Skin often appears softer and brighter after exfoliation, but overdoing it can result in disrupted skin barrier. The following ingredient is doing the exfoliating job in this product: retinol.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| retinol | HIGH | | |
Other benefit: Anti-oxidation
This product contains antioxidants (retinol, thioctic acid, ubiquinone) that can help neutralize free radicals in skin. By doing so, they can lessen the damage the skin gets from the UV light (sun).
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| retinol | HIGH | | |
| thioctic acid | HIGH | | |
| ubiquinone | HIGH | | |
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Anti-aging | |
| Evens skin tone | |
| Moisturizing |
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Ingredients & concentrations
- retinol
- retinol
- glycerin
- glycine soja oil
- hyaluronic acid
- niacin
- persea gratissima oil
- saccharomyces/copper ferment
- thioctic acid
- Vitamin E
- ubiquinone
- carnitine
- vitis vinifera seed oil
- dimethicone
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| Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
|---|---|
| 40% - 60% | |
| Plain old water | |
| 5.3% - 7.9% | |
| A non-drying alcohol. Works as an emollient. Helps water and oil mix together and creates a nice product texture | |
| 3.5% - 5.3% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together | |
| 2.8% - 4.2% | |
| An emollient that helps soften the skin and could be helpful in repairing its barrier function | |
| 2% - 3.1% | |
| A form of vitamin B3. It is similar in action to niacinamide, but is more likely to cause red flashes in skin as the side effect | |
| TBC | |
| The ingredient is not recognized | |
| 1.7% - 2.5% | |
| 1.4% - 2.1% | |
| Two steps removed from the active form of vitamin A - retinoic acid. Once converted to the retinoic acid in the skin, retinol is proven to be effective against all signs of aging. It improves skin cell turnover, helps fight blemishes and clogged pores, can regulate excess oil production and even skin tone. It can, however, be quite irritating | |
| 1.2% - 1.9% | |
| A good emollient that helps soften the skin and helps repair its barrier function. It can clog pores if used in high concentrations. | |
| 1.1% - 1.6% | |
| One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant | |
| 0.9% - 1.35% | |
| A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish | |
| 0.5% - 1.2% | |
| Pure form of vitamin E. Can help moisturise and protect the skin from free radicals. Often used to help stabilise other ingredients or the formula itself | |
| 0.45% - 1% | |
| One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Attracts water into the upper layer of the skin. Naturally present in skin. Typically has large molecule size unless advertised otherwise on the product label. Helps support skin's barrier function and may help to reduce inflammation | |
| 0.4% - 0.9% | |
| 0.35% - 0.85% | |
| 0.2% - 0.8% | |
| Yeast extract that contains copper. Can help to attract water to the upper layer of the skin and can help in skin wound healing | |
| 0.85% - 1.3% | |
| 0.15% - 0.5% | |
| Two steps removed from the active form of vitamin A - retinoic acid. Once converted to the retinoic acid in the skin, retinol is proven to be effective against all signs of aging. It improves skin cell turnover, helps fight blemishes and clogged pores, can regulate excess oil production and even skin tone. It can, however, be quite irritating | |
| 0.1% - 0.45% | |
| A preservative. It helps prevent bacterial growth in cosmetic products | |
| 0.1% - 0.35% | |
| A preservative | |
| TBC | |
| The ingredient is not recognized | |
| 0.05% - 0.25% | |
| 0.1% - 0.3% | |
| A great emollient that can also have anti-oxidant properties | |
| 0.05% - 0.2% | |
| Coenzyme Q10. It helps neutralize free radicals in skin, improves skin hydration and might be helpful agains fine lines and wrinkles. It can be an allergen | |
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Sources
- Retinoids in the treatment of skin aging: an overview of clinical efficacy and safety
- Improvement of naturally aged skin with vitamin A (retinol)
- A comparative study of the effects of retinol and retinoic acid on histological, molecular, and clinical properties of human skin
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- Dimethicone as a protective ingredient in topical medications