Dermatologist Shereene Idriss argues that consistent skincare with proven ingredients matters mainly for keeping skin stable over time, not dramatic fixes. You can't test products fairly by treating only half your face, and maintaining what you have is itself a win.
Oh, I got triggered. At what point do you give up on your skin care? And at what point should you stop being an ungrateful little. Because at some point this statement that my skin is just stable but also just fine. Do you know how many people are struggling with unstable and not fine skin? If your skin is stable and fine, you're winning. And hopefully the skin care that you are doing for your skin is going to help support it as it gets older so it ages better for you and it doesn't decline, quote unquote, as rapidly as it would have. But you will never know that unless you just treat half of your face and you don't treat the other half, which you will never do. So if you are using tried and true ingredients, and that is why I always say everything great was once new, but not everything new is great. Focus on the tried and true. Focus on your skin's biggest problems in the long run. When you look back and your skin has been stable and fine most of your life, you've won. You've won.
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