Dealing with Dry Skin

By Mona Jones

Dry skin is quite frequently sensitive as well, which only makes it harder to care for. Dry sensitive skin is tight because of the deficiency of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will evolve into wrinkles. Moreover, this kind of skin makes one more exposed to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries breaking and sudden flushes. Therefore, the taking care of dry sensitive skin proves quite a challenge at times. It is worth mentioning the fact that it affects people regardless of age, colour or gender.

You have to follow rigorous steps in your choice of cleansing, moisturising and make up products if you have dry sensitive skin to care for. First of all, you need to reduce the amount of products you put on your face. The fact is, the more chemicals you come into contact with, the bigger the chance of developing rashes. The products have to be fragrance-free and hypo-allergenic so that you don't develop red, irritation blotches. Blusher and foundation could present some problems for dry sensitive skin.

Try not to use too much make-up in order to permit the skin to breathe adequately. When shopping for make up, other than the hypo-allergenic label, you should also make sure that they are oil free. The foundation or the blusher should be water-based because they won't clog your pores. Oil-absorbing foundations are not recommended for dry sensitive skin, because they will make your epidermis even drier.

It is also not recommended that you use exfoliants or astringent products on dry sensitive skin because they can irritate the thin upper layers of skin. The same thing has to be said in relation to cleansing: over-washing of the face means eliminating the natural oils that lubricate the skin, which will result in an accelerated dryness.

Furthermore, the day-time moisturiser should have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 in it. However, however much you may enjoy sunbathing, dry sensitive skin doesn't really permit you to enjoy such outdoor pleasures.

Don't expose dry sensitive skin to the sun unnecessarily to tan it, because you will only achieve premature ageing and possibly even fairly serious health issues. And last but not least, a warning must be signalled that you should change some of your cosmetic products for others along the lines mentioned above.

If you decide that you should to switch to a different skincare brand, it is very important that you test the product on a small piece of skin in order to check whether it triggers any negative manifestations. - 30292

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