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Key Ingredients in Anti-Aging Serums


Key Ingredients in Anti-Aging Serums - Rodan + Fields

Age, stress, pollution, and UV exposure consistently challenge skin health and appearance. Today’s anti-aging serums offer a solution rooted in dermatology, delivering concentrated, effective ingredients to actively support hydration, elasticity, and resilience. Unlike creams, serums utilize advanced delivery technologies to penetrate deeper and address visible signs of aging at its source and barrier strength.

Clinically Tested Key Ingredients

Retinoids (Vitamin A Derivatives)

  • Renowned for smoothing fine lines and supporting collagen production.
  • Accelerate surface cell turnover and help repair visible sun damage.
  • Modern serums use retinol for broad skin compatibility and reduced irritation.   

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

  • Shields skin from UV-induced stress and brightens overall complexion.
  • Essential for supporting collagen formation, reducing dark spots, and discoloration.
  • Formulas often pair Vitamin C with ferulic acid for superior antioxidant power.  

Hyaluronic Acid

  • Delivers powerful hydration, attracting up to 1,000 times its weight in water.
  • Plumps the skin surface, visibly smooths texture, and supports barrier function.   

Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs)

  • Glycolic and lactic acids gently exfoliate, support surface cell renewal, and refine skin texture.
  • Regular AHA use visibly diminishes dryness and uneven tone.  

Supporting Ingredients with Proven Benefits

  • Peptides: Support collagen production for firmer, more elastic skin; multi-peptide blends show marked improvements after 12 weeks in clinical studies.  
  • Niacinamide (Vitamin B3): Enhances skin barrier integrity, evens out pigment, reduces inflammation, and is well-suited for sensitive skin types.  
  • Antioxidants: Ferulic acid, green tea extract, grape seed, and squalane add layers of environmental defense and hydration, extending vitamin C/E effectiveness.  
  • Ceramides: Strengthen barrier, lock in moisture, and limit sensitivity, crucial for dryness-prone skin. 
  • Growth Factors & Botanicals: Emerging, with plant compounds like bakuchiol and rice extracts, and growth factors showing encouraging results for supporting surface cells.  

Choosing the Right Anti-Aging Serum

Prioritize serums that feature high concentrations of clinically tested ingredients, retinol, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, peptides, and supporting antioxidants. Examine ingredient lists for additional boosters like niacinamide and ceramides.   

Expected Results: What Real Data Shows

Visible improvement requires consistency. Research confirms that a regular serum routine can yield:

  • Diminished the look of fine lines and wrinkles
  • Noticeably brighter, more even skin tone
  • Enhanced smoothness and firmness
  • Improved moisture barrier, less dryness and irritation

  Discover Our Best Anti-Aging Serums – Rodan + Fields

Total RF Serum Refill

Never Run Out of Your Favorite Serum.

 Stay sustainable and radiant with our recyclable inner vial refill, designed to slide and twist seamlessly into the reusable glass bottle of Total RF Serum. A quick, eco-friendly way to keep your skincare routine effortless.

How to Use: Apply twice daily ,  morning and evening.

Size 30 mL / 1 Fl. Oz. U.S.

Product Details

What it is: An eco-conscious refill of our most advanced anti-aging serum, crafted to restore strength, resilience, and vitality to the skin. Use it on its own for visible improvements or pair with a complete Regimen for amplified results.

Why you’ll love it Powered by our exclusive RF TriEnergy Complex, this serum energizes surface skin cells by up to 200%, targeting every major sign of aging. The refill vials provide a sustainable way to continue enjoying the benefits of Total RF Serum.

Recognition

  • PopSugar Pick 2021
  • New Beauty Award 2022

Item Number: ENFMR30

Key Concerns Addressed

  • Wrinkles & fine lines
  • Loss of firmness
  • Uneven tone & texture
  • Dullness & dryness
  • Enlarged pores

Suitable For

Normal · Dry · Combination · Oily

Key Benefits

  • Revitalizes for stronger, healthier, more resilient-looking skin
  • Clinically recognized, award-winning formula
  • Supports long-term skin vitality

Ingredient Technology

RF TriEnergy Complex: A blend of Ayurvedic Sandalwood, Indian Kino Extract, and Omega-6 Fatty Acids that supercharges skin energy.

RF3 Antioxidant Complex Shields and strengthens the skin against daily environmental stressors.

Calcium visibly improves firmness, leaving skin feeling tighter and more elastic.

Ceramides fortify the skin’s natural barrier to lock in hydration and protect against dryness.

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Rodan + Fields Active Hydration Serum

Quench & Revive: Advanced Hydration Serum

Instant hydration boost up to 200%. This powerful serum pulls moisture to the skin’s surface, delivering long-lasting hydration and preparing skin to better absorb the products that follow. A perfect addition to any skincare regimen.

Recommended Use:

  • Normal, Combination, or Oily Skin: Once daily in the evening
  • Dry Skin: Twice daily, morning and evening

Size: 30 mL / 1.0 Fl. Oz. U.S.

Product Details

What it is:

A lightweight, super-hydrating face serum designed to rebalance moisture levels and prime the skin for enhanced product performance.

Why you’ll love it:

Hydrated skin not only feels healthier, it looks younger. This best-selling formula transforms dryness into radiant, youthful-looking skin, maintaining up to 8 hours of continuous hydration.*

*Based on an 8-day U.S. clinical and consumer study.

Item Number: ENHEFG1

Skin Concerns Addressed

  • Dryness
  • Dehydration
  • Lack of nourishment

Key Benefits

  • Boosts hydration levels instantly by 200%
  • Delivers all-day moisture retention
  • Helps skin look plumper, firmer, and more radiant

Powered by Advanced Ingredients

3D3P Molecular Matrix

  • A unique blend of 30% Glycerin and cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid
  • Attracts and locks moisture on the skin’s surface

Glycerin

  • Prevents water loss and strengthens the skin barrier

Hyaluronic Acid

  • Deeply hydrates while visibly firming the skin

RealResults

  • 100% of users experienced improved skin moisture retention after 1 week*
  • 94% reported visibly more hydrated skin after 2 weeks

Total RF Serum

Our most advanced anti-aging serum is powered by the RF TriEnergy Complex, proven to energize millions of surface skin cells by up to 200%. This breakthrough formula targets every major sign of aging for visibly stronger, firmer, and more radiant skin.

Recommended Use

  • Apply twice daily – morning and evening
  • Size: 30 mL / 1 Fl. Oz. U.S.

Product Overview

What it is:

A high-performance, eco-friendly serum designed to revitalize and strengthen your skin. Use it on its own for visible results, or pair with a complete regimen for enhanced benefits. Housed in a refillable glass bottle, keep the outer bottle and replace with sustainable refills.

Why you need it:

With age and environmental stress, skin cells lose energy and the ability to renew. This serum restores vitality, unlocking your skin’s potential for a youthful, refreshed complexion.

Awards:


🏆 PopSugar Pick 2021
🏆 New Beauty Award 2022

Item Number: ENFM030

Key Concerns Addressed

  • Wrinkles & fine lines
  • Loss of firmness
  • Uneven texture & tone
  • Dullness
  • Dryness
  • Enlarged pores

Suitable Skin Types

✔ Normal
✔ Dry
✔ Combination
✔ Oily

Benefits

  • Energizes and revitalizes skin for a healthier, more resilient appearance
  • Visibly improves firmness and smoothness
  • Boosts hydration and helps skin maintain its youthful glow
  • Award-winning formula recognized by leading beauty editors

Key Ingredients & Technology

RF TriEnergy Complex

A synergistic blend of Ayurvedic Sandalwood, Indian Kino Extract, and Omega-6 Fatty Acid to energize and restore skin vitality.

Patented RF3 Antioxidant Complex

Shields skin from environmental aggressors while strengthening resilience.

Calcium

Supports firmness, helping skin feel tighter and more lifted.

Ceramides

Fortify the skin barrier to lock in essential moisture.

REDEFINE Intensive Renewing Serum

Wake up to radiant, youthful skin. 

This advanced serum helps smooth fine lines and visibly lift sagging skin using the most powerful form of Vitamin A available without a prescription.

Recommended Use

  • How to apply: Take one capsule nightly (PM).
  • Size: 60 capsules

Product Details

What it is: A renewing facial serum designed to refine skin’s texture, reduce the look of wrinkles, and restore firmness for a smoother, revitalized appearance.

Why you’ll love it: Formulated to work while you sleep, this serum supports skin’s natural renewal cycle, revealing plumper, fresher, and younger-looking skin every morning.

Item Number: AASRI60

Key Concerns

  • Wrinkles
  • Fine lines
  • Dryness

Key Benefits

  • Visibly firms and lifts the skin
  • Diminishes the look of fine lines and wrinkles
  • Promotes a smoother, healthier-looking complexion

Key Ingredients & Technology

Retinal-MD™ Technology

  • Targets the look of fine lines and wrinkles for firmer, more youthful skin.

Peptides

  • Help soften visible signs of aging by reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles.

Calcium Buffering System

  • Encapsulates Retinal to deliver results with minimal irritation.

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