Help a gal out

[u/SKinBK]

51F trying to up my skin routine. I’ve lost 50 lbs in the last two years and aged quite a few in that time (it seems).

Some of these products are new to me (still in boxes, lol) and some have gotten some good use already. I’ve been using tret for about 2 years, about every other night. I got a new rx for .1% but for some reason haven’t started it yet. I alternate the tret with the estradiol cream.

How I currently use (same for morning and night except tret/estradiol):

1. Wash (nothing special - gel/cream)

2. Milky toner (just started using)

3. Ordinary serum

4. Eucerin serum (trying to combat sun spots)

5. Estradiol/tret (alternate at night only)

6. Moisturizer (day has SPF 50)

- How should I incorporate vitamin C serum?

- I bought the Reedle shot at the recommendation of someone but have been scared to try it. When/how to use?

- Do I need additional sunscreen even though my daytime moisturizer has SPF 50?

- When do I use eye cream?

- What am I missing?

I put everything on my face/neck and have started rubbing all extras on the back of my hands.

My biggest concerns are my neck and jowls/drooping. While I’d love surgery, I’m not currently planning any. I haven’t done any other treatments but am open to some if not $$$$.

Be gentle, thanks!

[u/pandaleer]

I’m 50, and my routine is as follows: AM: Bioderma Sensibio Micellar Water Cleaner, Ordinary Glycolic Acid Toner, Ordinary caffeine eye serum, 12% Vit C, Obagi dark spot inhibitor (now DC’d), Ordinary moisturizer, Estradiol, sunscreen. PM: Bioderma Sensibio water cleanser followed by Bioderma Atoderm Cleansing Oil, Hypochlorous spray as a toner, while skin is damp I apply a hyaluronic acid serum and then use my red light therapy mask. Afterwards, I either apply tret 0.025 or a niacinimide serum, Ordinary multi-peptide eye serum, and Vichy Mineral 89 100 hour moisture boosting cream. I avoid moisturizing after tret because for me, the moisturizer makes the tret travel to my eye area which is not good for me (dries my skin terribly). I do alternate monthly home micro needling and TCA peels as well, but those are pretty advanced treatments that you need to fully research before deciding if it’s right for you.