About 70% of European women and 40% of men believe that their skin sensitivity. But the birth of such features are no more than 10-12% of people. In distributing the problem to blame stress, poor environment and other negative factors
If the skin reacts negatively to any trouble, whether it’s a rude word or a worsening of the weather, if it protests against alcohol and delicacies, and even on the most expensive cream responds to the appearance of redness and irritation, so it has a high sensitivity.
The degree of this sensitivity can vary from 5 types.
A temporary increase in skin sensitivity. It can cause stress endured severe disease, antibiotics and other potent drugs. This condition is reversible and will go away as soon as it is eliminated causing factor.
Sensitivity caused by internal factors (allergies, infectious diseases, pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, and endocrine and skin diseases). Fix this problem can only be cured the underlying disease.
Sensitivity, which arose because of improper care. This skin requires a thorough rehabilitation. Picking adequate care, about the problem you can forget.
Truly sensitive skin. This nature is usually a light-eyed blonds born awards and red. They are thin and pale skin allocates little fat and almost no protective pigment. Therefore, it needs a very careful and very gentle quality care means.
Acquired hypersensitivity of the skin. It often occurs in women during menopause, when due to the scarcity of female sex hormones skin and mucous membranes become excessively dry. Also, hypersensitivity can lead to oral contraceptives.
Myths and their exposure
Misleading. Can only be sensitive dry skin.
In fact. This feature may be peculiar to the skin of any type, even oily. Especially often oily and sensitive skin occurs in adolescents and young adults.
Misleading. Increased sensitivity of skin – a result of allergies.
In fact. Not so clear, although the link between these phenomena is. After all, if sensitive skin is not treated in time can make allergies, as well as a number of dermatological diseases. Yet, despite similar appearances (itching, redness and rash), allergic hypersensitivity to irrelevant. So often appointed by local hives hormonal drugs (including drugs with hydrocortisone), when applied to sensitive skin, will lead not to an improvement and a stronger stimulation.
Misleading. People with this problem need to use only natural creams based on natural extracts.
In fact. And this is a mistake. Indeed, many plants irritate the skin, no less than “chemistry”. Especially these different extracts of arnica, rosemary, calendula.
Your every whim!
Sensitive skin – very whimsical. Please it is not as simple as “angry”, causing irritation – easily.
Let’s start with diet.
Harmful. Alcohol (especially red wine, and especially as an appetizer), coffee, strong tea, carbonated drinks (including champagne), red pepper and spices, red juices, meats and pickles.
Helpful. Foods rich in omega-3 and omega-6 acids (vegetable oils, marine fish). These products contribute to the immunity of the skin and restore the epidermal barrier. And now – a bit about the lifestyle.
Harmful. Nervous to breathe cigarette smoke, remain near a heater, sun without sunscreen (UV filter no lower than 30), swim in salt water, be under air conditioning. You also need to be afraid of sharp temperature contrasts, in particular, do not abuse visits, baths and saunas.
Helpful. Yoga and auto-training. A sense of harmony and tranquility that they give, can permanently stabilize the skin.
Less is better
The skin, which has increased reactivity to different stimuli, is very conservative and does not like experiments. Neither the prestige and the high cost of cosmetic products nor the quality or effectiveness for it do not matter. The simpler the structure, the better.
Particularly harmful to the skin so certain active substances in the cosmetics, such as retinoids (vitamin A derivatives), fruit acids, alcohol, aggressive surfactants, petroleum jelly, paraffin wax, animal fats, lanolin, and salicylic acid. Peels, scrubs and other mechanical means of exfoliation is also better not to use. Like soap.
And as for washing can not be applied too cold or hot water. Owners of sensitive skin do not make salon beauty treatments deep action (laser and photorejuvenation, chemical peels, mesotherapy, etc.).