Sensitive Skin

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF SENSITIVE SKIN

People with sensitive skin feel unpleasant symptoms on their face, with or without erythema (redness). These symptoms can include tingling, tightness, heating sensations or even burning and occasionally pruritus (itching). They frequently cannot tolerate many cosmetic products on their face. people with sensitive and reactive skin types have redness and small, visible vessels on their face. These signs often appear temporarily, but they can become progressively worse and eventually permanent.

Sensitive and intolerant skin reacts more than normal skin; it is hyper-reactive. It is subject to prickling, heating, stinging and itching (more rarely), often in an intermittent way. Sometimes combined with redness, these feelings of discomfort are exaggerated in reaction to various kinds of stimuli that normally do not trigger irritation.

These triggering factors can be:

. Physical: UV radiation, hot or cold weather, wind, temperature variations, friction, etc. . Chemical: cosmetics, soap, water, shaving for men, etc. . Psychological: stress, emotions, etc. . Hormonal: menstrual cycle, etc. Internal factors: spicy food, etc.

Sensitive and intolerant skin therefore reacts to stimuli that have no effect on other skin types. This hyper-sensitivity of the skin is the result of a lowered tolerance threshold. The more sensitive the skin, the lower its tolerance threshold. For sensitive skin, reactivity manifests itself temporarily, at certain times. Intolerant skin is constantly or nearly constantly reacting and always has nearly zero tolerance.

WHAT CAUSES VISIBLE REDNESS?

Redness or small visible vessels are skin symptoms caused by an abnormality in the face’s venous system, which is not working normally might be genetic or caused by external factors . Redness, with or without heating, is temporary or longer lasting. Certain factors aggravate the condition: . Experiencing drastic temperature variations (hot-cold); . Consuming hot and spicy food, alcohol, etc.;

IF YOU HAVE A SENSITIVE INTOLERANT SKIN YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED ON THE FOLLOWING FACIALS