Coping with Dry Skin

By Mona Jones

Dry skin is very frequently sensitive too, which only makes it more difficult to deal with. Dry sensitive skin feels tight because of the lack of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will eventually evolve into wrinkles. Furthermore, this type of skin makes one more exposed to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries rupturing and sudden flushes. Therefore, taking care of dry sensitive skin is a real challenge sometimes. It is worth stating that it affects people of all ages, colours and genders.

You need to follow stringent steps in your selection of cleansing, moisturising and make-up products when you have dry sensitive skin to take care of. Firstly, you have to reduce the amount of products you put on your skin. 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 develop red, irritation blotches. Blusher and foundation can present some problems for dry sensitive skin.

Try not to use too much make-up in order to permit 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 don't clog your pores. Oil-absorbing foundations are not recommended for dry sensitive skin, because they will make your skin 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 must be said in relation to cleansing - too frequent washing of the face means eliminating the natural oils that oil the skin, which will result in an increased dryness.

Furthermore, your day-time moisturiser ought to have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 in it. However, although you may like sunbathing, dry sensitive skin does not really permit you to enjoy such outdoor, skin-parching pleasures.

Don't expose dry sensitive skin to the sun just to tan it, because you will only achieve early ageing and maybe 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.

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

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