Sensitive Skin Care

Sensitive Skin Care includes gentle cleansing and using products that don't irritate or dry out your skin.

Sensitive skin generally isn't considered a medical condition and if often linked to allergies. People with asthma and allergies often have sensitive skin that is prone to hives, rashes and irritation. People with very fair skin and dry skin also tend to have skin that is more sensitive.

Sensitive skin it typically becomes irritated, red, swollen and/or itchy as a result of either an environmental condition or use of a certain skin care product.

Why is your skin so sensitive?

Although there are several reasons why skin can be sensitive, the most common is that skin is reacting negatively to a certain product or possibly some combination of products. Think about your daily skin care regime and the skin care products you use. Products that can cause sensitive skin to reaact are soaps, cleansers, toners, blemish reducers, blemish concealers, foundation, blush, facial masks, after shave lotion – the list never ends! Today skin care products, hair produts and cosmetics are manufactured with a variety of chemicals that can cause a reaction if you are sensitive to the ingredient. Similar products made made different manufacturers may contain different ingredients too. Sometimes yu may simply need to switch brands for your skin reaction to resolve.

Sensitive Skin Care...

Trying to pinpoint the cause of your sensitive skin is not always as simple as discontinuing use of a certain product. Because of the nature of sensitive skin, it can take hours or even days before the signs of sensitivity are visible. And the sensitivity may not be caused by a product.

Exposure to the sun can create skin problems, as can extremely hot water. Your laundry detergent, fabric softeners, shampoo, perfume, hair spray, and even the household cleaning products you use can be the culprit. Certain foods and even some plants can cause symptoms of an allergic reaction as well.

Healthy skin is less sensitive because it's able to act as an effective barrier. Sunburned skin, skin that's excessively dry and skin that is otherwise damaged tends to be more sensitive. That's one reason why people who don't normally have sensitive skin develop skin sensitivity during winter months when dry, cold air strips skin of its protective moisture.

Tips for Treating Sensitive Skin...

Before sensitive skin can be treated, it's important to figure out the underlying cause of the problem. It may be necessary to seek the advice of a dermatologist as you may have a skin condition such as eczema, psoriasis or rosacea.

Here are some tips for treating sensitive skin.

With some gentle sensitive skin care and natural, non-irritating skin care products, you should be able to keep your sensitivity under control.

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