10 Best Anti-Aging Creams for Men

Although not everyone likes to admit it, one universal truth is that everyone ages. As a matter of fact, it’s one of the few things that binds all living things together. However, we often like to hide our age, and for this purpose, anti-aging creams have been developed.

Although aging is a completely natural process, some factors can promote premature aging of the skin. This includes exposure to sunlight as well as genetic and environmental factors like environmental pollution levels. So some people may be more prone to premature aging than others.

Aged skin is not only different from healthy skin because of the way it looks, but also because of how prone it is to issues like irritation, splitting or thinness, dryness, and infection.

Anti-aging creams restore skin health to keep you looking youthful, but they can also be great daily interventions to help keep your skin healthy and avoid potential scarring, infections, or other forms of damage.

However, since anti-aging is so closely linked to the beauty industry, it can be challenging to find a cream designed and marketed for men. Men often struggle to pick out the important parts of a marketed beauty product, and may not feel comfortable trying to select a product for themselves without the aid of marketing.

Thus, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 best anti-aging creams for men, which we discuss in depth to show the various ingredients or additives that are essential for anti-aging and skin health. This way, you have a variety of easy choices, or you can use your new knowledge about the ingredients we’ve highlighted to select a favorite anti-aging cream from your own known products. It’s also important to remember that face creams are largely unisex, though some may be specifically tailored to issues linked to hormonal or sex-related changes as a person ages.

1. Blu Atlas Moisturizer

This soothing facial moisturizer from Blu Atlas is a great choice for top of our list the best anti-aging creams for men. This is because Blu Atlas is among only a few specialist male skin health brands. They also set themselves apart by using a panel of dermatologists to make sure that all of their products are both safe and effective.

This moisturizer is ultra-hydrating, so it’s an excellent choice for people prone to premature aging because of environmental factors. For instance, someone who works outside in agriculture is more often exposed to damaging UV rays as well as gusts of wind, which can suck moisture out of the skin.

Depletion of moisture in this manner can cause the skin’s natural defenses to weaken. One main barrier for entry to the skin is the moisture barrier, which functions as a layer over the top of the skin to reduce friction as well as prevent the tiny microorganisms that are all around us from entering.

By using an ultra-hydrating moisturizer, you can help restore that skin moisture barrier to give your skin an anti-aging appearance because of the firming and tightening effect of hydration. This helps reduce signs of aging like fine lines and wrinkles.

This moisturizer also contains some specialist ingredients that help it stand out from the crowd. In particular, this product contains mango seed butter, which is full of fantastic nutrients like vitamins E and C. With these vitamins, the mango seed butter is able to help protect your skin from environmental stressors like pollution, UV rays, and blue light from computer screens. All of these environmental factors can cause the premature death of exposed cells, which are primarily found on the face. This premature cell death eventually leads to visible premature aging of the skin.

This product also contains a novel ingredient, seaweed extract. This extract has a variety of amazing properties, like acting as an antioxidant, exfoliating agent, and hydrator for the skin. We already know about the power of moisture for the skin, but antioxidants are probably the most talked about part of anti-aging skin care there is.

Antioxidants help reduce damaging oxidizing molecules, which are caused through a variety of daily practices. Reducing these molecules helps you avoid damage to the cell on the DNA level and keeps your skin looking fresher for longer.

Another antioxidant in this formula is vitamin C. This is present in the form of ascorbic acid, which is the most biologically active form of vitamin C. Vitamin C is essential for the skin, to the point that when you have a vitamin C deficiency, your old scars begin to split apart, a common symptom of scurvy. Having vitamin C as an additive also helps maintain and regulate skin growth, so it’s great to stimulate the anti-aging properties of cells.

In addition to this host of great ingredients, Blu Atlas also has a money-back guarantee for all of their products, so they’re well deserving of top spot on our list of the best anti-aging creams for men.

2. Brickell Men’s Products Resurfacing Anti Aging Face Cream

Another brand focused on male skin care, Brickell has come out with this anti-aging cream that helps firm, brighten, and tighten the skin. It works through a variety of ingredients that stimulate anti-aging and help return the skin to its more youthful looking state.

This brand also prides itself on being natural and organic, which may appeal to men who are conscientious about the environment. Some of these organic ingredients include vitamin C, borage oil, MSM, aloe vera, and sunflower oil.

These ingredients work together to promote the resurfacing of the facial skin. In other words, the components work together to reduce fine lines, wrinkles, discoloration, and other signs of aging. As we know, vitamin C is useful as an antioxidant, so we’ll go more in depth on the other unique ingredients in this product.

MSM is a little known natural nutrient commonly found in spinach, kale, and other foods that are colloquially known as super-foods due to the density of their nutrients. MSM is responsible for helping the skin to maintain and replenish collagen, which is a key protein involved in the structure and strength of the skin. Having MSM as an additive thus helps promote stronger and healthier skin. This also helps reduce age spots.

Another ingredient in this mixture is borage oil. This oil supplies the more important active ingredient known as gamma linolenic acid. This is an essential fatty acid (meaning the supply is from diet alone; humans can’t synthesize it naturally). This fatty acid helps keep the skin looking smooth and restores moisture in damaged or elderly skin. Because the fatty acid can only be obtained through diet, it’s occasionally lacking in the skin due to the skin’s distance from the digestive tract. Adding borage oil or gamma linolenic acid into your anti-aging cream is a great way to make sure that it’s always available for the skin to look its best.

Other named ingredients in this formula are aloe vera and sunflower oil. Both of these products help provide moisture, nutrients, and antioxidants to the skin, which helps reverse newly damaged or aged skin as well as hide other signs of aging such as fine lines or wrinkles.

3. Rugged & Dapper Age & Damage Defense Facial Moisturizer

Rugged & Dapper is a small business brand that’s bursting onto the scene with a whole line of fantastic products. This is another male-centric brand, which promotes their facial moisturizer as an anti-aging and damage repair formula.

This facial lotion is suitable for all skin types, including normal, sensitive, oily, and dry. This is because of the gentle action of the chosen active ingredients, which are naturally produced and able to promote healthy skin without causing irritation.

This face lotion is extra hydrating because of the four main ingredients. These include hyaluronic acid, aloe vera, jojoba oil, and shea butter. Hyaluronic acid helps attract and retain moisture levels in the skin. This helps to firm and tighten the skin to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Aloe vera has been well established as a nutritional gold mine filled with antioxidants and restorative nutrients. It’s combined in this blend with another well-known moisturizer, shea butter, which functions to soothe, condition, and hydrate the skin for a silky soft finish.

Jojoba oil is a key ingredient in this formula and is different from the other ingredients because of one unique fluke of chemistry. Jojoba oil is very similar in chemical composition to sebum, an oil naturally excreted from the skin, so it’s able to penetrate further into the skin than most other compounds. In a hydrating formula like this one, the penetration of jojoba oil leads the way for the other molecules to get deeper into the skin for better and more effective nourishment and hydration.

4. ElySeoul Super Retinol Skin Cream

This skin cream brand is made by Korean company ElySeoul. It’s composed of a highly effective moisturizing agent known as retinol, which is commonly added to moisturizers that promote anti-aging effects. This is because retinol is extremely effective at helping to hide fine lines and wrinkles and has a lasting effect on the appearance of dark circles and puffiness.

The only downside to retinol is that because it’s so strong, it’s sometimes not good for men with sensitive skin as it often causes irritation and dryness rather than giving good results. We certainly advise caution when trying any new retinol product, and to avoid sensitive areas like the skin around the eyes if you do use a retinol product.

This facial moisturizer has been specially formulated to be gentle on the skin, with added shea butter and sunflower seed oil to temper the strong effect of the retinol. It also contains hyaluronic acid for even more moisture, as well as peptides and niacinamide for skin nutrition and restoration. The formula also contains glycerin to give the creamy texture that allows it to sink gently into your skin.

This product has been designed to feel non-greasy on the skin, and works effectively for up to 24 hours. This means it’s great to be used under make-up during the day, or even overnight if you prefer. This product is also designed to be used continuously and should be regularly applied for at least three months to see optimal results.

Retinol also has additional properties that help reduce hyperpigmentation or dark spots on the skin, which can become more common with aging. Controlling these conditions of aging creates a more even skin tone and the appearance of youth.

We think that this product is a great addition to our list of the best men’s anti-aging cream, but we would advise trying some on a small patch of your skin before applying a full face to make sure that you won’t have any negative reactions if you have sensitive or easily irritated skin.

5. CityGOO Day & Night Anti-Aging Cream

This cream from CityGOO has been designed to promote a youthful appearance by reducing the signs of age like puffiness or fine lines and wrinkles. This product uses retinol to achieve some of these effects, and can battle hyperpigmentation to even out the complexion.

This product also contains collagen, which is a key protein in the second layer of the skin. Collagen and elastin are the two proteins responsible for the strength and flexibility of your skin, respectively. Collagen is a great addition to a facial anti-aging cream because it’s able to repair thin skin and promote health and strength. This is especially good for reducing signs of aging as thin skin is far more prone to issues like discoloration, irritation, or wrinkles.

This product also contains hyaluronic acid, which functions to add and retain hydration in the facial skin. This helps reduce signs of aging for longer as the retained hydration is able to keep the skin firm and fresh for longer.

This product has been designed as a day and night product, which means that it’s gentle enough to be used twice daily. It’s lightweight and non-greasy, which means it’s suitable for wearing outside in public without looking shiny or sweaty.

As with any skin product that contains retinol, this should be used with caution if you have sensitive skin or are prone to rashes. Test the product on a small patch of skin before full application to make sure your skin can handle the retinol.

6. EB5 5-in-1 Facial Treatment

This anti-aging cream provides a host of anti-aging effects, which are created through the ingredient list full of superstar additives to prevent premature signs of aging or damage. This product can also boast being dermatologist tested, and hypoallergenic.

This product helps reduce wrinkles, repair inflammation, promote skin strength, restore elasticity, and create an even tone and radiance throughout the face. This is done through a variety of natural botanical products, as well as a range of vitamins and antioxidants.

Vitamin E is a key ingredient and functions as an antioxidant to reduce and repair damage done at a cellular level throughout the day. Although vitamin E can be found in most people’s diet, the limited ability of the body to delegate it to the face has been the subject of some concern. Thus, adding vitamin E into the facial moisturizer helps make sure that the skin has access to the nutrient when it needs it to make sure it can repair damage as it occurs and prevent premature aging. EB5 5-in-1 Facial Treatment also contains pro-vitamin B5, another antioxidant that helps protect skin cells from future damage.

Vitamin A is also included in this formula, which helps create firmness and plumpness in the skin so it looks smooth and soft. This helps with reducing the depth of wrinkles as well as removing the associated shadows on the skin from the texture of the face.

Oat kernels are added to this blend to help reduce redness in the face, which can create an even lustrous tone across the face. This also helps reduce inflammation and irritation in the skin, which can reduce blemishes or pain.

Comfrey root is the final unique ingredient in this blend, which is used to increase the water content of the skin and act as a natural way for the facial skin to retain water for longer. This helps with the appearance of the complexion.

7. Ebanel Retinol Moisturizer Cream

Unlike most other retinol creams (including the two you’ve seen on this list), this product from Ebanel doesn’t have a concentration of 5% retinol. Rather, it has half this, at a retinol concentration of 2.5%. This means that you still get the effect of retinol, with anti-aging and clarifying properties for coloration, tone and elasticity, but with less potential for irritation from the strength of the retinol. That’s why this product is dermatologist recommended.

The lessened strength of the retinol also means that this product is more likely to be gentle enough for use on the eye area. The skin around the eyes is particularly fragile, and especially conspicuous when it looks tired, dull, or aged.

Use of a compound like retinol on the eye area is an effective way to brighten up the whole face, especially if you didn’t like going out slathered in product. The eyes are among the most commonly observed parts of the face, so brightening and tightening this area has the most effect on how tired or aged your face appears that day.

This product also has other interesting ingredients, some of which we’ve seen before and some of which are new. The old hat ingredients include hyaluronic acid, vitamins B5, C, and E, aloe vera, and shea butter.

However, this formula also includes some unique compounds, such as peptide complexes, stem cell extracts, and a compound called resveratrol. These help firm and strengthen the skin as well as provide nourishment to ensure the most efficient repair and rejuvenation.

Resveratrol is also one of the original antioxidants and is among the most studied. It’s been used in multitudinous experiments to test how to reduce the aging effect of reactive oxidative species (ROS).

This product also stands out because it’s from a small business as well as being cruelty-free, vegan, hypoallergenic, and non-comedogenic. However, even though the amount of retinol in this product is lower than that in others, it’s still a good idea to test it on a patch of skin before full application.

8. MINBOSS Men’s Facial Moisturizer

This is the second product on our list that’s suitable for use either during the day or night. It’s a moisturizing balm that refreshes the face and is particularly good for people who have stressful careers as it provides a gentle, twice daily treatment to keep you looking fresh.

Because this treatment is gentle enough to be used twice daily, it’s also great for use as an after shave and can help reduce the signs of damage from shaving, like dryness or razor burn. These often occur because the skin is inappropriately hydrated, which leads to it becoming inflamed. Inflammation and damage in the skin are causes of an aged appearance, so using a product like this can help reduce visible signs of aging that result from a usually daily practice.

Use of this product helps protect the already vulnerable skin from further damage after shaving, and since shaving is so common among men, we think that this balm is a great addition to our list of the best anti-aging creams for men.

9. RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Daily Moisturizer

This clinically tested anti-wrinkle moisturizer is sure to change the appearance of your face to be visibly more youthful by reducing signs of aging like fine lines and wrinkles in the face.

This product uses retinol to produce a great anti-aging effect through the same mechanisms that we’ve explored above. This product also includes glycerin and antioxidants to help nourish the skin and create a smooth and soft complexion.

This product is designed to be used during the day; it’s not a night cream. It’s great for helping to firm up the skin around the face and neck as well as fighting hyperpigmentation and allowing the skin to repair damage as it occurs.

This product also uses a lightweight, non-greasy formula that won’t clog up your pores or cause breakouts. It’s also been extensively tested for safety and efficacy, so you know you can trust it.

Perhaps most importantly, this product has an additional ingredient that has so far been lacking on our list of the best anti-aging creams for men. This ingredient could even be called the most important anti-aging ingredient.

The all-important ingredient is sunscreen. This product includes SPF 30, which means it’s able to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UV rays. Men are more likely to forget to wear sunscreen on a daily basis than women, especially if they often work outside.

Sunscreen is probably the best intervention for aging because it aims to stop the damage before it ever has a chance to occur. The ideal SPF is around 50 to protect your skin optimally, but this product is still able to provide another layer of protection, especially if you aren’t planning on spending much time outside and don’t want to wear sunscreen.

The makers of this product intend the key takeaway to be to make sure you include sunscreen in your daily routine. If you’re planning on using an anti-aging product, chances are you care about your appearance, so we definitely recommend a daily-use skin cream that contains sunscreen to help reduce premature aging.

If you think it’s too late to start wearing sunscreen, think again! Even though you may have sustained some irreversible sun damage already, it’s never too late to start protecting your skin.

However, even though this product contains sunscreen, you still have to be careful of the retinol. Before committing to this product, test it on a small patch of skin to make sure that you can use it without it causing irritation or damage.

10. Paula’s Choice Resist Intensive Repair Cream

We decided to end the list with this product because it’s a little bit different from the others. This product is designed as an intensive repair treatment for deeply dry and damaged skin, although it can also be used as a daily part of your routine (and should be if you struggle with maintaining hydration).

This product uses retinol, peptides, and antioxidants to produce its anti-aging effects. This helps reduce the signs of aging by helping the skin repair damage such as dark spots, hyperpigmentation, dryness or irritation, and by plumping the skin up to reduce wrinkle depth.

This product is also suitable for use around the eyes, neck, and chest. Most retinol products aren’t especially suitable for use around the eyes due to the strength of the product, but this cream is deeply hydrating enough that it can be used there if necessary.

This unscented formula also contains jojoba oil, which means that it’s able to carry all the great nutrients and hydration deep into the skin where they can have the best effect. This is especially useful in cases where the skin has become chapped, which is when skin forms hard flakes from cells drying out and dying. This often results in bad absorption of moisturizing products once applied, but this product contains enough hydrating products, as well as jojoba oil, to slip past the chapped skin to begin repairing the damaged skin underneath.

This cream is a fantastic product, and something we think is truly deserving of a spot on our list of the best anti-aging creams for men. However, because it contains retinol, before committing to this product, you should test it on a small patch of skin. If you experience any side effects from the retinol, we recommend you opt for a different product.