Which race has the best skin

Caucasian skin

Caucasian skin has very little pigment to protect your collagen from breaking down at an early age.  Northern European caucasians with thinner skin develop visibly rough skin texture with aging and ultraviolet (sun) exposure.  Wrinkles can appear as early as your 20s. 

Best remedies: Sun protection as much as possible to prevent new wrinkles. Regular application of tretinoin or our cream with GOLD thickens your protective layer of skin and increases collagen production within your skin.  Laser, plasma, radiofrequency, dermabrasion, microneedling, and/or chemical peels may smooth fine lines and wrinkles you already have, and tighten your skin.  Generally, the higher the energy applied to your skin, the deeper into your skin is the effect, the more dramatic is the result, but the longer is your skin’s process of recovery.

African-American skin 

African-American skin holds more melanin, which can create dark spots, resulting in uneven skin tone.  Chemical peels and other skin ablative treatments stimulate melanin-containing cells and exacerbate pigment irregularities.  African-American skin may also be thicker which prevents a visibly wrinkled texture from developing.

Best remedies: Sun protection to prevent new dark spots. Prescription-strength skincare products to normalize pigment distribution and even out skin tone.  Gentle chemical peels, intense pulsed light, and laser treatment may also help. 

Latina skin

Latina skin tends toward higher levels of melanin, making it less prone to wrinkle, but more vulnerable to hyperpigmentation. It also tends to be more oily, which keeps it from drying out and showing wrinkles at an early age but also makes it more prone to acne and acne scars. 

Best remedies: Sun protection. Light and laser therapies and/or light chemical peels help to even out skin tone and smooth away acne scars. Tretinoin (GOLD) also may lighten darkly pigmented areas.

East Asian skin

East Asian skin is highly variable, but many sub-populations have a thicker dermis with more elastin and collagen at all ages.  Sun exposure may stimulate localized areas of pigmentation (tan or brown spots). 

Best remedies: Sun protection as much as possible to prevent pigmented areas. Chemical peels, the GOLD night cream, exfoliation, intense pulsed light, and bleaching agents help brighten skin tone and freshen the appearance. 

South Asian skin

South Asian skin tends to keep wrinkles at bay into the 40s and 50s.  But, as with other skin types that carry high levels of pigment, dark spots can become an issue. 

Best remedies: Retinoids (the GOLD) and other specialized skincare products (Kojic acid, Azelaic Acid, Hydroquinone) can help even skin tone. Light and laser treatments can degrade pigmentation and brighten the skin. 

What ethnicities have thick skin?

Asian and black skin has thicker and more compact dermis than white skin, with the thickness being proportional to the degree of pigmentation. This likely contributes to the lower incidence of facial rhytides in Asians and blacks.

What race has the most collagen?

Asian skin has a thicker dermis than white skin, meaning it contains more collagen. Research from 2019 noted that Asian females may not notice wrinkles until they reach their 50s.

What race wrinkles most?

Caucasian skin has very little pigment to protect your collagen from breaking down at an early age. Northern European caucasians with thinner skin develop visibly rough skin texture with aging and ultraviolet (sun) exposure. Wrinkles can appear as early as your 20s.

Do Middle Easterners age well?

People with a Middle Eastern heritage don't have to worry so much about premature ageing. Not only does their skin have a lot of melanin, it also tends to be thicker than that of other ethnicities. What does this mean? It means they are less likely to develop premature fine lines and wrinkles.