Best Night Cream for Ageing Skin: How to Choose the Right Moisturiser (Including Neck Care)

In This Article: 

• Why night care is essential for skin repair and recovery
• How your skin type determines overnight hydration needs
• Night creams for normal or well-balanced skin
• The ideal night cream for combination skin
• Night-time recovery for dehydrated or fatigued skin
• Nourishing night care for dry, stressed or mature skin
• Why neck and hands need night care too
• The Dr Sebagh philosophy of night-time ageing maintenance

Skin Type / Area	Recommended Night Creams	Night-Time Focus
Normal / Young / Well-Balanced Skin	Vital Cream	Light overnight hydration, prevention, skin balance
Combination Skin (Most Common)	High Maintenance Cream	Barrier repair, balance, early ageing maintenance
Dehydrated / Fatigued Skin	Replenishing Cream, Supreme Night Cream	Water recharge, recovery, skin comfort
Dry / Stressed / Mature Skin	Extreme Maintenance Cream	Deep nourishment, protection, resilience
Neck & Hands	Supreme Neck Cream, High Maintenance Hand Cream	Repair fragile skin, prevent accelerated ageing

Repair, Recovery & Ageing Maintenance

Dr Jean-Louis Sebagh has long emphasised that night care is not simply hydration, it is treatment.

While daytime skincare is about protection and balance, night is when the skin repairs itself. Cell turnover increases, barrier recovery accelerates, and the skin becomes more receptive to restorative ingredients. Choosing the right night cream is therefore a key part of ageing maintenance, supporting repair now while preserving skin quality long term.

Why Night Cream Matters for Skin Ageing

At night, the skin shifts into repair mode. Barrier function is restored, moisture loss increases, and micro-damage from daily stressors is addressed.

A well-chosen night cream helps to:

• Support skin repair and regeneration
• Restore hydration and comfort
• Strengthen the skin barrier
• Improve resilience over time

Night Creams for Normal, Young or Well-Balanced Skin

If your skin feels comfortable, balanced, and free from major dryness or sensitivity, night care should focus on maintenance rather than correction.

Best suited night cream:

• Vital Cream

Vital Cream provides light overnight hydration to support the skin’s natural repair processes without heaviness or unnecessary actives. It helps maintain balance, comfort, and skin quality over time.

Best for people:
- with comfortable, well-balanced skin
- seeking prevention rather than correction
- with younger skin or minimal concerns

The Ideal Night Cream for Combination Skin (The Most Common Skin Type)

Combination skin is often unpredictable, oily in some areas, dry in others, and prone to early signs of ageing if not properly supported.

Best suited night cream:

• High Maintenance Cream

High Maintenance Cream is the ideal night cream for combination skin. It repairs the skin barrier overnight, balances oil and hydration, and supports early anti-ageing, all without heaviness or pore congestion.

Best for people with:
- Uneven or changing skin
- Oily + dry areas
- First signs of ageing
- Skin barrier in need of repair

Night-Time Recovery for Dehydrated or Fatigued Skin

Skin that feels tight, dull, or tired often lacks water rather than oil. At night, this skin needs replenishment and recovery.

Best suited night creams:

• Replenishing Cream

• Supreme Night Cream

These creams provide a night-time water recharge, restoring hydration, comfort, and skin vitality while the skin repairs itself.

Best for people with:
- Dehydrated skin
- Fatigued or dull appearance
- Skin lacking bounce and freshness

Night Care for Dry, Stressed or Mature Skin

Dry or mature skin often struggles to repair itself efficiently and is more vulnerable to environmental, procedural, or climate stress.

Best suited night cream:

• Extreme Maintenance Cream

Extreme Maintenance Cream delivers deep nourishment and protection, supporting the skin barrier while regeneration takes place overnight. It is particularly beneficial for sensitive skin, post-procedure recovery, or periods of increased stress.

Best for people with:
- Dry or sensitive skin
- Mature skin
- Post-treatment or climate-stressed skin

Why Neck and Hand Care Matters in an Anti-Ageing Routine

The skin on the neck and hands is thinner and has fewer oil glands than the face, which means these areas can show signs of ageing, such as loss of firmness, fine lines and creasing, earlier than expected.

Including targeted neck care in your evening routine can help improve hydration, support firmness and maintain smoother-looking skin over time. Night is an ideal time to apply treatments designed specifically for ageing skin on the neck and décolleté.

Best treatment for ageing skin on the neck:

• Supreme Neck Lift

Dr Sebagh Supreme Neck Lift restores firmness and regenerates the décolleté area, whilst helping to smooth, sculpt and contour this delicate skin. An intensive 'Tense & Lift' complex provides an instant and long-lasting lifting, tightening, firming effect.

Hand care in an anti-ageing night routine

• High Maintenance Hand Cream

Along with the neck, the hands are often among the first areas to show visible signs of ageing due to frequent exposure and naturally thinner skin. Nighttime is the ideal opportunity to restore moisture and support skin repair while the skin’s natural renewal process is active.

For a more intensive treatment, blend a few drops of Retinol Night Repair into your hand cream into your hand cream to help improve texture, hydration and the appearance of ageing skin on the hands.

Consistent overnight care helps support hydration, resilience and smoother-looking skin in areas where signs of ageing often appear first.

The Key Message: Night Care Is Treatment

Night-time skincare is about repair, recovery, and resilience.

Hydration at night is not cosmetic, it is therapeutic.
It helps the skin:

• Repair daily damage
• Rebuild barrier strength
• Maintain long-term skin quality

This is Ageing Maintenance by Dr Sebagh, supporting skin health intelligently, every night.