Dealing with Dry Skin
Dry skin is very often sensitive too, which just makes it more difficult to deal with. Dry sensitive skin feels taut because of the lack of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will evolve into wrinkles. Moreover, this type of skin makes one more exposed to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries rupturing and sudden flushes. Therefore, the taking care of dry sensitive skin proves quite a challenge at times. It is worth stating the fact that it afflicts people regardless of age, colour or gender.
You have to follow rigorous steps in your selection of cleansing, moisturising and make-up products when you have dry sensitive skin to take care of. Firstly, you need to minimize the amount of products you put on your face. The fact is, the more chemicals you use, the higher the chance of getting rashes. The products ought to be perfume-free and hypo-allergenic so that you don’t develop red, irritation blotches. Blusher and foundation could pose some problems for dry sensitive skin.
Try not to put on too much make-up in order to allow your skin to breathe properly. 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. Furthermore, foundation and blusher should be water-based because they don’t clog your pores. Moreover, 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 can irritate the thin epidermis. The same thing has to be said in relation to cleansing – too frequent washing of the face means eliminating the natural oils that oil the skin, which will produce accelerated dryness.
Furthermore, the day-time moisturiser ought to have an incorporated SPF (sun-protection factor) of at least 15. However, although you may like sunbathing, dry sensitive skin doesn’t really allow you to enjoy such outdoor pleasures.
Don’t expose dry sensitive skin to the sun only to tan it, because you will only achieve early 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 to switch to a different skincare brand, it is important to test the product on a small patch of skin in order to test whether it triggers any negative manifestations.
