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Plus, six other formulas for brighter, smoother skin.
The perk of being a beauty editor is that I have so many products at my disposal. But one eludes me and after seeing viral reviews, reading through shopper testimonials, and receiving recommendations from friends, I’m finally going to purchase it. The mystery product is Mediheal’s Collagen Ampoule Pad.
I’m actually interested in all seven of Mediheal’s skin care treatment pads. They each target a different concern, and they each seem worth the very reasonable $24 price tag. Each option comes with 100 pads and can be used day and/or night in one of two ways. The first is very appealing for a sloth like me—you swipe across your face and, voila, you’ve just given your skin an intensive treatment in 15 seconds. The second is a sheet mask—take as many of the pads as you need and let them sit on the necessary areas of your face for a few minutes.
Purchasing and using all of them however is financially and epidermically irresponsible. My priorities are (though it’ll be one at a time) the aforementioned collagen option, the Retinol Collagen Lifting Pad, the Vitamide Brightening Pad, and then, everything else.
Shop Mediheal’s Anti-Aging K-Beauty Skin Care Pads
- Collagen Ampoule Pad, $24 Retinol Collagen Lifting Pad, $24 Vitamide Brightening Pad, $24 Watermide Moisture Pad, $24 Phyto-Enzyme Peeling Pad Pad, $24 Madecassoside Blemish Pad, $24 Teatree Trouble Pad, $24
Mediheal Collagen Ampoule Pad, $24
$24 at Amazon
In the skin care world, an ampoule refers to a highly concentrated and potent serum. In this case, it’s a combination of collagen, ceramides, and milk protein. The first two ingredients are pretty commonplace thanks to plumping, wrinkle-reducing, hydrating, and barrier-improving benefits. Milk protein is new to me but the science says it’s very effective; according to one study, it controls oil production, reduces blackheads and pore size, prevents acne, smoothes skin, and soothes inflammation. That ingredient alone sounds like it could solve all my skin woes.
As for the shopper consensus? It’s overwhelmingly positive. One reviewer who used the Mediheal Collagen Ampoule Pad as a 20-minute face mask said they “immediately felt a difference… [in] tightness and firming.”
Retinol Collagen Lifting Pad
$24 at Amazon
If you want the plumping and hydrating properties of the above pads but with a punch, this is your guy. It combines all of those famous benefits with the prowess of retinol, the only FDA-approved topical anti-aging ingredient. The brand says this treatment is better able to penetrate skin thanks to its low molecular weight. The Retinol Collagen Pad supposedly targets deep wrinkles, sagging eye and cheek skin, and uneven texture.
One shopper said this made their skin “look plump and hydrated,” with “less noticeable forehead lines.”
Vitamide Brightening Pad
$24 at Amazon
Even if I managed to rid my skin of all my existing hyperpigmentation, new dark spots would pop up. Thus brightening treatments are imperative to my complexion. Mediheal’s Vitamide treatment pads are formulated with niacinamide, sea buckthorn, and a slew of vitamins. The result is purportedly fewer blemishes, less oily skin, reduced hyperpigmentation, and faster-healing skin.
An “impulse buy” paid off for one shopper who said Mediheal’s Vitamide Pads are the key to a “bright and tight” complexion. Shop more of Mediheal’s Top-Rated K-Beauty Skin Care Pads below.
Watermide Moisture Pad
$24 at Amazon
Phyto-Enzyme Peeling Pad Pad
$24 at Amazon
Madecassoside Blemish Pad
$24 at Amazon
Teatree Trouble Pad
$24 at Amazon