This is the most common type of skin. According to statistics, more than 70% of women have this type. The reason for this can be anything, and bad ecology, and hormonal disorders. She can also be acquired and congenital. And the skin can be sensitive and at the same time dry or oily. Dry often occurs in women after 40, and fatty in young girls and adolescents. The most unpleasant feature of such a skin is its absolute unpredictability. You can never guess in advance how it will react to those or other components of the cream or lotion.
Sometimes it is possible to confuse the sensitivity of the skin with a simple allergy. You anointed the face with cream and suddenly the skin turned red, pimples came out, the first thought is an allergy to some component. But we still need to distinguish between these phenomena. To do this, take into service the following factors that characterize the manifestation of allergies:
- The allergy does not appear immediately after application of a cream. An allergic reaction can be noticed within 3-4 hours after interaction with the allergen;
- the allergic reaction reacts to several components, usually by 2-3;
- The allergy is shown only in those cases when the immune system is affected.
But with sensitivity allergy has a similarity only in symptoms. Sensitive skin will respond almost immediately to lotion or cream.
How to check the skin type?
Answer the following questions, if you respond positively to 5 or more questions, then your skin is sensitive.
- the skin after cleansing remains red for several hours or even all day long?
- tingling after washing, tingling?
- skin on the face tender and thin?
- Any weather phenomena - frost, sun, wind - cause irritation?
- skin "flashes" after taking hot drinks?
- when stress and stress, the skin becomes especially hypersensitive?
- when eating certain foods, skin irritation occurs?
- often manifested skin irritation (several times a month, and sometimes several days in a row)?
- after applying cosmetics (creams, masks, lotions, etc.) there is irritation?
How to take care of sensitive skin?
- try to avoid stress . Like anything else, it hits your skin with stress. If you still can not avoid it, then try to fight it - auto-training, yoga, soothing teas. For example, tea from nettles perfectly calms - 4-5 mugs in the course of the day.
- give up any bad habits . Alcohol, smoking and even strong coffee and sprite lead to the appearance of irritations, red spots.
- give up aggressive means . Exclude from skin care - scrubs, soap, peelings, cream with fruit acids, alcohol-containing lotions. Still cosmetic procedures, for example, laser and dermabrasion too should not be in your plans.
- study carefully the composition of the cream before buying it . Sensitive skin does not tolerate experiments on oneself. You can choose a cream for sensitive skin. You saw such, most likely, a lot. They contain nutritious and soothing supplements, are hypoallergenic, perfectly cleaned, but at the same time moisturize.
- Do not wash with cold water from the tap . You need warm, not chlorinated, best mineral water. Or, replace the washing procedure by rubbing the skin with ice, for example, from green tea or mint.
- carefully choose milk for make-up . This is a long-known problem, and either of us has conducted many tests on our skin until we found the same remedy. However, in this case, not only does milk play a role, the cosmetics itself can also greatly affect the skin condition. Exclude decorative cosmetics, buy funds with medicinal properties. And do not forget that an excuse like: "I use a foundation to conceal flaws" is excluded. The more you hide the pimples with a tonal, the more you will eventually get them, it is better to walk with a clean, if not unsympathetic face, for several days. But as a result of all the inflammations, pimples and irritations will pass.