Dry skin is very often sensitive as well, which just makes it more difficult to deal with. Dry sensitive skin is taut because of the lack of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will eventually evolve into wrinkles. Moreover, this kind of skin makes one more liable to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries rupturing and sudden flushes. Therefore, taking care of dry sensitive skin can be a real challenge sometimes. It is worth mentioning that it afflicts people of all ages, colours and genders.
You have to follow rigorous steps in your choice of cleansing, moisturising and make-up products when you have dry sensitive skin to take care of. First of all, you need to minimize the amount of products you put on your face. The fact is, the more chemicals you come into contact with, the higher the chance of getting rashes. The products ought to be fragrance-free and hypo-allergenic so that you don’t get red, irritation blotches. Blusher and foundation can pose some problems for dry sensitive skin.
Try not to use too much make-up in order to allow your skin to breathe adequately. When you are shopping for make up, other than looking for the hypo-allergenic label, you should also try to ensure that they are oil-free. Foundation and blusher should be water-based because they don’t clog your pores. Furthermore, oil-absorbing foundations are not recommended for dry sensitive skin, because they will make your epidermis even drier.
It is also not to be recommended that you use exfoliants or astringent products on dry sensitive skin because they could irritate the thin upper layers of skin. The same thing has to be said in relation to cleansing - too frequent washing of the face means eliminating the natural oils that lubricate the skin, which will produce increased dryness.
Furthermore, your day-time moisturiser ought to have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 built-in. However, although you may enjoy sunbathing, dry sensitive skin does not really allow you to enjoy such outdoor, skin-parching pleasures.
If you have dry sensitive skin, don’t expose it to the sun just to tan it, because you will only achieve premature ageing and possibly even quite serious health issues. And last but not least, a warning must be signalled that you should change some of your cosmetic products for other ones along the lines mentioned above.
If you decide that you want to change to a different brand of skincare products, it is very important that you test the product on a small piece of skin in order to test whether it triggers any allergic reactions.
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