SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier with Arbutin and Azelaic Acid

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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✓Mixed

"Normally I would spend this much money on a vitamin C serum because I love the one from Geek and Gorgeous this one I got in the space NK Advent calendar"

Dr. Jenny Liu

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"It's a hydrating serum that I think kind of goes beyond just basic hydration. It's really a plumping hydrating serum that contains Proxalin, which is a molecule that's unique to L'Oreal and it's a sugar molecule that's been shown to basically help reduce glycation on collagen and elastin that occurs with aging and that basically damages and makes them less effective. The Proxalin helps to support collagen elastin production along with hyaluronic acid and lactose root that's been shown to help brighten and support skin matrix building, helps to plump and reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. You can use it all over as a hydrating serum with additional benefits or you can apply it and target it to specific areas on your face that you want extra plumping and smoothing, like the nasolabial folds or crow's feet. Highly recommend checking this out."

All 3 takes from Dr. Jenny Liu

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"I think of this as beyond just a hydrating serum. You can certainly use it like that, but it's a multitasking serum. You can use it to spot treat areas that have fine lines and wrinkles to help soften those areas locally, or to complement your neurotoxin injection, AKA Botox injections, to further improve those fine lines and wrinkles, or maybe even help to prolong the effects of your Botox. The ingredients are really fascinating. First of all, it contains 10% proxalin, which is a birch tree derived ingredient that basically has been shown to stimulate our skin's own internal glycoproteins and glycosaminoglycans that basically help to plump the skin and support the extracellular matrix, which helps to give our skin that elasticity and is what we tend to lose over time. In addition to hyaluronic acid, it also contains 2% licorice root along with purple rice extract that helps to stimulate our skin's own natural production of hyaluronic acid. And it's really fascinating because they actually did clinical studies performing skin biopsies on the forearm of patients before and after use."

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"Great for those with more mature dry skin or it would make a gray gift it skin cical triple lipid restore so this actually has a 242 ratio of ceramides cholesterol and fatty acids that is uniquely formulated to really help Target mature dry skin"

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"It's a hydrating serum that I think kind of goes beyond just basic hydration. It's really a plumping hydrating serum that contains Proxalin, which is a molecule that's unique to L'Oreal and it's a sugar molecule that's been shown to basically help reduce glycation on collagen and elastin that occurs with aging and that basically damages and makes them less effective. The Proxalin helps to support collagen elastin production along with hyaluronic acid and lactose root that's been shown to help brighten and support skin matrix building, helps to plump and reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. You can use it all over as a hydrating serum with additional benefits or you can apply it and target it to specific areas on your face that you want extra plumping and smoothing, like the nasolabial folds or crow's feet. Highly recommend checking this out."

Dr. Daniel Sugai

720k subs

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"Rock has made some nice hyaluronic acid capsules here that I like to travel with"

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"Rock has made some nice hyaluronic acid capsules here that I like to travel with"

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"My favorite product of 2024 my wife and I love this new peptide Serum by skin cuticals the ptoo serum and I have patients on it I use it my wife uses it it's a great way to not only increase collagen production but it makes my fine lines and wrinkles on my forehead and around the eyes they seem less apparent"

Dr. Somji Skin

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"Eyes clinical um hydrating serum high um is very very good um and I would use that too as well"

Nipun Kapur

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"The skinCeuticals age interrupter advanced that will be good for you"

Dr. Mamina

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"I'm also a really big fan of the SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier. After applying a hydrating product full of hyaluronic acid or glycerin or snail mucin, I would then add a moisturizer that's rich in emollient like squalane or ceramides."

All 4 takes from Dr. Mamina

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"Then I'll use some kind of hydration like the ha intensifier from skin cutical"

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"I'm also a really big fan of the SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier. After applying a hydrating product full of hyaluronic acid or glycerin or snail mucin, I would then add a moisturizer that's rich in emollient like squalane or ceramides."

Doctorly

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"SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier is a good product with peptides and lipids, though it contains essential oils which some people may find irritating."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

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✓Mixed

"Skinceuticals has a product that combines three percent azelaic acid, which is slightly too light so kind of useless in my book, with two percent arbutin which is actually a sweet spot. I would use this more for the arbutin effects than the azelaic effect. It is greenish so if you have redness it can slightly help, but I don't think three percent azelaic acid is going to be enough. I would not buy this for redness. I would buy this if you have more pigmentation issues."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Salicylic acid

Salicylic acid dissolves in oil, so it can get into a pore rather than just working on the surface. That is why it has long-standing evidence for blackheads and milder acne.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier with Arbutin and Azelaic Acid?

A hydrating serum designed to boost skin moisture and plumpness using hyaluronic acid, proxalin, licorice root, and purple rice extract.

Is SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier with Arbutin and Azelaic Acid worth it?

Mostly yes. 6 of the 8 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 79%.

What is SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier with Arbutin and Azelaic Acid's Guru Score?

SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier with Arbutin and Azelaic Acid holds a Guru Score of 79%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 8 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.