What skin care products could be sabotaging your results?

Foaming Cleansers - Unless you are very oily, oily or Combo using a foaming type of cleanser could strip the skin, leading to surface dehydration, thus causing more irritation and dryness ultimately leading to more oiliness.

Make up Wipes -

• They often contain irritating ingredients - such as harsh surfactants, preservatives, alcohol, and fragrances. Which all can cause irritation, dryness, redness and allergic reactions especially for sensitive skin.
• They are incomplete cleansing - they tend to smear makeup dirt and oil rather than removing it. This left behind could lead to clogged pores and more breakouts.
• It can also damage the skin barrier - the physical rubbing required to remove makeup can cause micro tears accelerating the aging process especially around delicate eye area.  Including excess dryness and sensitivity.
• The environmental impact – make-up wipes are not biodegradable leading to significant landfill waste and environmental pollution.

Oily Cleansing Balms - can leave residue behind leading to more clogged pores and more breakouts in acne prone skin.

Physical Scrubs - Using a daily scrub can lead to dehydration, irritation, barrier disruption and micro tears.  The type of scrub particles, frequency, and pressure used with a scrub can exacerbate sensitive, dry, acne, or inflamed skin issues.  Using over inflamed acne triggers additional inflammation leading to exacerbated acne. 

Not Wearing Sunscreen – 

• Not wearing sunscreen every day accelerates the breakdown of collagen thus aging the skin faster. Aging skin is the accumulation of small increments of exposure day after day.
• It increases the stimulation of melanin which ultimately ends up in discoloration later. 
• It can also trigger sensitivities, or heat sensitivities which can lead to rash like bumps and dehydration. The disruption causes the skin and breaks down the ability to repair itself

by MeMe Glick