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Dealing with Dry Skin

Dry skin is very frequently sensitive as well, which only 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 evolve into wrinkles. Moreover, this kind 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 affects people regardless of age, colour or gender.

You have to follow rigorous steps in your choice of cleansing, moisturising and make up products when you have dry sensitive skin to care for. First of all, you need to minimize the amount of products you put on your skin. The fact is, the more chemicals you come into contact with, the bigger the chance of developing 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 properly. 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. Foundation and blusher should be water-based because they won’t clog your pores. Furthermore, oil-absorbing foundations are not recommended for dry sensitive skin, because they will make your skin even drier.

Furthermore, the use of exfoliants or astringent products is not to be recommended on dry sensitive skin because they could irritate the thin epidermis. The same thing must be said in relation to cleansing - too much washing of the face can result in removing the natural oils that oil 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 permit you to enjoy such outdoor, skin-parching pleasures.

Don’t expose dry sensitive skin to the sun only to tan it, because you will only achieve early ageing and possibly even quite serious health problems. And last but not least, a warning must be given that you should change some of your cosmetic products for others along the lines mentioned above.

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 section of skin in order to check whether it provokes any allergic reactions.