What is your skin type?

What is your skin type?

We all have a specific type of skin that is quite difficult to define because it changes over time depending on age, hormones, but also on external factors such as climate, temperature, heating, pollution and lifestyle. But to choose a cosmetic with particularly specific active ingredients we must also identify and define the physiology of our skin. Dry, oily, mixed or sensitive?

Dry skin

Oily skin

Mixed skin

Sensitive skin

Dry skin

In most cases, it is a type of thin skin with no enlarged pores, but it can cause irritation. The causes of skin dryness are numerous: the stratum corneum is deficient in water, the hydro-lipid film on the surface is too thin and does not protect the skin and the lack of sebum. It is often necessary to compensate for dehydration with specific daily treatments for dry skin, which deeply nourish the skin, restoring softness and brightness. 

Oily skin

The grain of which it is formed is thicker, the pores are dilated and the overall appearance of the skin is dull, fat and shiny. This type of skin is predisposed to pimples and blackheads. The permanent excess of sebum causes a thickening of the stratum corneum in the long run. This type of skin can be both fat and dehydrated.

Oily skin is fragile and requires specific care for its needs: opaque creams and blur are its allies, while products that are too abrasive can cause inflammation and excessive production of sebum. The oily skin, therefore, should be treated with sweetness.  

Mixed skin

Dry where the sebaceous glands are scarce, temples, cheekbones and jaws, it becomes oily on the median axis of the face, commonly called the T zone, the shape that they face, nose and chin. 

It is therefore difficult to choose their own cosmetics, but the good news is that there are currently cosmetics that combine moisturizing active ingredients with rebalancing components that regulate the flow of sebum. Like oily or dry skin, mixed skin does not like excessively astringent detergent products and prefers cleansing milks and non-fat moisturizing creams. In case of need you can safely apply a richer cream on the parts of the face where the skin is drier. 

Sensitive skin

20% of women have sensitive skin problems and 40% often have skin that "pulls" and annoys. All skin, dry, oily or mixed, can be sensitive and therefore be subject to unwanted redness, sensations of stinging and burning. The factors that trigger skin reactions in sensitive skin are numerous: application of cosmetic products, climatic variations, some foods, stress and sometimes water or simply friction with clothes act on skin sensitivities.

As for cosmetics, sensitive skin prefers unscented and hypoallergenic products to reduce the risk of allergies, as well as soft cleansing lotions or thermal water nebulizers. The soothing and regulating microcirculation treatments are also recommended