Written in collaboration with IDC
Throughout the menopausal journey, hormonal changes can accelerate visible signs of aging. Shifts in hormone levels trigger processes like collagen breakdown, slower cell turnover, inflammation, pigmentation, and a decline in essential fatty acids and natural hydration.
That’s why it’s important to adjust your skincare routine during this time, focusing on hydration, nourishment, firmness, radiance, and protection. Why? Your skin’s health, comfort, and appearance are directly affected
How your skin changes
During both menopause and postmenopause, the skin undergoes significant transformations.
Perimenopause and menopause
As you transition into and through menopause, fluctuating hormones leave their mark. Lower estrogen levels can cause dryness, loss of suppleness, and even adult breakouts. Reduced collagen production thins the skin and makes it less firm. Wrinkles deepen, radiance fades, and pigmentation spots may appear or worsen. The skin also becomes more fragile and slower to heal. Over time, these effects intensify—leading to greater dryness, diminished elasticity, and thinner skin.
Postmenopause
At this stage, the hormonal drop (especially estrogen) reaches its peak. Skin metabolism slows dramatically, resulting in thinner, drier, and more fragile skin. Firmness, elasticity, and radiance continue to decline, while wrinkles deepen and pigmentation spots become more numerous.
This is when the skin requires rich, energizing, and restorative care, along with formulas that strengthen the skin barrier, reactivate cellular metabolism, and restore luminosity and vitality. Choosing the right active ingredients becomes essential to meet the very specific needs of postmenopausal skin—just as it is during perimenopause and menopause.
The right skincare routine
The IDC Ultime and Ultime Premium collections are specifically formulated to support skin through the different stages of menopause.
IDC’s Ultime collection: perimenopause and menopause
Created to meet the needs of skin during perimenopause and menopause, the IDC Ultime line addresses 16 causes and signs of skin aging, including loss of firmness, dehydration, wrinkles, redness, and pigmentation. Its formulas are rich in advanced dermocosmetic ingredients and built on the patented ReGen16 formulation technology.
Ultime products help strengthen the skin barrier, stimulate cell regeneration, and restore comfort, radiance, and elasticity.
A daily routine for perimenopausal and menopausal skin could include:
1. Express Multi-Action cleanser
Every good routine starts with proper cleansing. This multi-action cleanser protects the skin’s natural moisture barrier, soothes, and firms.
2. Ultime serums: Huile-Sérum & Hyperlift 4D
Ultime serums deliver dual benefits: repairing nourishment with Huile-Sérum and firming “lifting” action with Hyperlift 4D.
3. Ultime creams: Day, Night & Suprême
These three targeted formulas address the evolving needs of mature skin. Ultime Day and Ultime Night are two nourishing creams designed for dry skin. Ultime Day delivers long-lasting hydration and antioxidant protection to keep the complexion radiant all day long. Ultime Night, with its rich, restorative texture, works while you sleep to deeply regenerate and replenish the skin.
Ultime Âge Suprême, winner of the 2025 Elle Québec Beauty Grand Prix, works on all mature skin types, day and night, to even tone, restore firmness and density, and calm inflammation thanks to its high concentration of clinically proven anti-aging ingredients.
4. Ultime Eye care
This eye treatment smooths wrinkles, reduces puffiness and dark circles, and lifts the upper eyelid.
5. Ultime Expression + deep wrinkle corrector
Loved for its smoothing effect on deep and expression lines, this ultra-concentrated formula, applied with a precise needle-inspired applicator, targets nine types of wrinkles—even the most visible.
6. Ultime Night mask
Applied twice a week in place of your night cream, this overnight mask stimulates repair, smooths wrinkles, firms, and erases signs of fatigue, leaving the skin glowing and refreshed by morning.
This routine helps prevent and ease the visible effects of hormonal changes on the skin during perimenopause and menopause.
The Ultime Premium collection offers solutions tailored to all skin types, including sensitive skin, to support women through the transitions of perimenopause and menopause.
The IDC Ultime Premium collection: postmenopause
The Ultime Premium line goes even further in addressing visible signs of skin aging, working deeply on density, comfort, and luminosity. Designed specifically for the postmenopausal stage, it provides advanced dermocosmetic solutions for skin that has been profoundly affected by hormonal decline. Powered by cutting-edge anti-aging ingredients and the patented ReGen16 formulation protocol, Ultime Premium delivers intensive, all-around corrective action, leaving the skin smoother, firmer, brighter, more energized, and revitalized.
To build a complete daily routine during postmenopause, replace your core IDC essentials, such as day cream, night cream, and eye care, with the trio of Ultime Premium expert creams. Ultime serums and targeted treatments should continue to play a central role in your regimen.
Both Ultime and Ultime Premium are renowned for their luxurious sensorial experience and refined textures, while meeting the advanced needs of mature skin.
The different phases of menopause bring profound hormonal changes, marking an important turning point in women’s lives, especially when it comes to the health and appearance of the skin.
In the face of these challenges, adopting a tailored skincare routine becomes essential.
For more personalized guidance, speak with your pharmacy professional, who can accompany you at every stage, whether you are in perimenopause, menopause, or postmenopause.
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