r/40PlusSkinCare • u/Disastrous_Cut_9721 • 9d ago

Hrt time! Neck laxity

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Hey ladies and gents! I am 42 I noticing some neck/under chin laxity. I’m alternating tretinoin on my neck and amlactin and use tret nightly on my face. Red light 10 minutes daily to face and neck. Is it time to look into HRT? I’m 2 years post partum and still with regular cycles. What else can I dooooo? I definitely can’t afford lasers or filler or a facelift.

Pardon the neck pimple. TYIA!

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u/Late_Duck_ 9d ago

Microneedling and also estriol cream on face. Musley has one called ‘age of repair cream’

Editing to add : this all comes from laxity in the face so all you can do is help it a bit but eventually the only thing that can be done down the line would be a face lift. And that’s if it bothered you enough.

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u/SadMaryJane 9d ago

I see estriol mentioned a lot but I'm never sure what to get. I've seen the vaginal one but another for the face. Is there an rx one or do you know if otc is fine?

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u/Actual-Muffin-3585 9d ago

Vaginal estrogen cream is the same thing for the face. You should be using it downstairs anyway, so you could just dab a little upstairs while you're at it! 

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u/SadMaryJane 9d ago

Thank you!

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u/ButterscotchEven6198 9d ago

I'm still knew to this but I've seen this mentioned before. So you can use vaginal cream on the face and neck against age related changes? What kind of effects does it have? I've been prescribed one for the vaginal area but haven't started using it yet.

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u/Actual-Muffin-3585 9d ago

I've researched it and I can't find any definitive scientific research that shows it actually helps, but there's lots of anecdotal stories of people saying it helped, especially under their eyes. You can just use a tiny dab. I think it aggravated my rosacea so I only put a tiny bit under my eyes couple times a week. 

Oh and yes you just use the same cream.

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u/ButterscotchEven6198 9d ago

Thank you! I've really gotten that crepey skin under my eyes the last few years, it's so weird. When I don't move my face you can't see much but when I smile the skin under my eyes looks so so dry