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Coping with Dry Skin

Dry skin is quite frequently sensitive too, which just makes it more difficult to care for. Dry sensitive skin is tight because of the lack of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will eventually become wrinkles. Moreover, this type of skin makes one more exposed 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 stating that it affects people of all ages, colours and genders.

You have 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 minimize the amount of products you put on your skin. The fact is, the more chemicals you use, the higher the chance of developing rashes. The products have to be perfume-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 make sure 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 recommended that you use exfoliants or astringent products on dry sensitive skin because they could irritate the thin epidermis. The same thing must be said in relation to washing: over-washing of the face means eliminating the natural oils that oil 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, although you may like sunbathing, dry sensitive skin doesn’t really permit you to enjoy such outdoor pleasures.

If you have dry sensitive skin, don’t expose it to the sun in order 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 given that you should change some of your cosmetic products for other ones along the lines mentioned previously.

If you decide that you want 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 provokes any negative manifestations.