Dealing with Dry Skin
Dry skin is very often sensitive too, which just makes it more difficult to care for. Dry sensitive skin feels taut because of the lack of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will eventually evolve into wrinkles. Furthermore, this kind of skin makes one more exposed to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries breaking and sudden flushes. Therefore, taking care of dry sensitive skin can be a real challenge sometimes. It is worth saying that it afflicts people of all ages, colours and genders.
You have to follow stringent steps in your choice of cleansing, moisturising and make-up products if 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 have to be fragrance-free and hypo-allergenic so that you don’t get 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 the skin to breathe properly. 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.
Furthermore, the use of exfoliants or astringent products is not to be recommended 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 - too much washing of the face will result in eliminating the natural oils that lubricate the skin, which will result in an increased dryness.
Furthermore, your day-time moisturiser should have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 incorporated into it. However, however much you may enjoy sunbathing, dry sensitive skin does not really allow you to enjoy such outdoor, skin-parching 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 problems. 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 section of skin in order to test whether it triggers any negative manifestations.
