Caring For Your Skin 101

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We all want to bask in the fountain of youth for as long as we can, but both men and women shouldn't resort to anti-aging products as the first line of defense. The skin care industry generates $2 billion each year but it's important to design your routine, personalized to you. Dry, oily, acne and more, caring for your skin needs to be based on your skin type. 

Experts on caring for your skin usually categorized skin types to oily, dry or a combination. If you're aware of what your skin that's great. Many people are not. 

Dry Skin: This type can be flaky and easily irritated and more sensitive. If your skin has these qualities and also tend to react to some or all of the skin products you have tried, you have dry skin. The extreme version of dry skin is sensitive skin. 

Oily skin: There is a test that determines if you have oily skin and it's simply when you start to feel oil on your face. Most people feel more oil by the late afternoon but around midday if you have oily skin, you could be the type. This type of skin is prone to acne. 

Combination skin: The description of dry skin matches your cheeks but the description of oily skin matches the T-zone area on your face, then this is you.

ow to care for dry skin:

  • This type needs a lot of babying and lots of TLC. 
  • First, be sure to use a gentle cleanser. Your skin should be clean when you go to bed and you won't need to cleanse again in the morning. 
  • Apply retinol: This is great for anti-aging. But it's also great for dry skin. If you have an irritation, use it less frequently.
  • Apply products with hyaluronic acid: Underneath your moisturizer, apply this hidden dry skin secret. It brings hydration to your skin from the molecule hydroscopic. 
  • Moisturize! This is the most important. The dead skin cell layer that protects the surface of their skin and it tends to get easily interrupted with dry skin. You need to work to repair that damage. 

 

How to care for oily skin: If you have oily skin, you’ll have an easier time finding skin care products that won’t irritate, but your challenge is managing the oil.

  • Cleansing: Oily skin or skin with acne needs a gentle cleanser in the morning and evening. Use your fingertips and rub it in for 30 seconds before rinsing. 
  • Use salicylic acid: Be sure to use an alcohol-free version two or three times a week to reduce the oil
  • Apply retinol: Again this product cuts down on oil production and reduces the appearance of large pores. 
  • Moisturize: Use an oil-free moisturizer with SPF 30. 

How to care for combination skin: People with combination skin will follow the same basic routine, but have to make it a balancing act, drawing from skin care routines for both oily and dry skin.

  • Gently cleanse: Even with combination skin, a gentler skin cleanser is important. Stay away from medicate cleansers. One cleanse per day should work for most people.
  • Spot-treat with salicylic acid: Apply this to the oilier areas of your face every other day.
  • Moisturize: Opt for oil-free products with SPF 30 and spot-treat the drier areas of your face.

Take some time to develop the skin care routine that’s right for your skin type. If you are still unsure of how to care for your complexion, talk to a dermatologist about the products you are using and how they affect your skin.