The right care depending on your skin type: how to best care for dry, oily or sensitive skin

Created: 11/14/2022, 2:00 p.m

By: Juliane Gutmann

Lotions, shower gel and other care utensils are piling up in your bathroom?

Skin experts provide information on which care routine is best for each skin type.

1 / 5Young people in particular often struggle with oily skin.

Pimples and blackheads are common with this skin type because the overproduction of sebum clogs the pores.

“It is important for you that your care products are not too rich.

That means your skin needs moisture, but not more fat," according to information from the Dermatology Center in Kiel.

Morning and evening cleansing is also important to rid the skin of excess sebum.

Washing foam and a light cream with salicylic acid as well as a face tonic would be particularly suitable for oily skin due to the antibacterial and degreasing effect.

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2 / 5You can recognize sensitive skin by the fact that it reacts particularly sensitively to external stimuli such as hot and cold air.

Contact with fragrances and preservatives often results in skin irritations such as reddening.

Aggressive peelings, soap and other irritating washing substances should not be used, informs the dermatological center in Kiel on its website.

"Your skin needs care that contains a lot of moisture, does not weigh it down and is ideally free of fragrances, preservatives and dyes," it continues: "A light day and night care for sensitive skin is completely sufficient.

For cleaning you should use a mild washing gel without peeling materials".

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3 / 5In most cases, incorrect care is the cause of skin that is too dry.

As the health insurance company AOK informs, people with dry skin should avoid long, frequent and hot showers or baths, use mild and moisturizing cleaning agents and use moisturizing cream.

Despite these measures, the problems persist?

Then there could be a skin disease behind it that needs to be treated.

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4 / 5Dry cheeks and the T-zone (forehead, nose and chin) prone to pimples and blackheads are typical features of combination skin.

The care of this skin should be divided into two parts: The dry areas should only come into contact with water or gentle cleaning agents.

The greasy areas can be cleaned with substances that have a degreasing effect, such as salicylic acid.

"You can also use two different creams: one for oily skin and one for normal or dry skin," according to information from the dermatology center in Kiel.

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5 / 5Your skin problems persist even though you have changed your care routine?

If so, you may have a skin condition that needs treatment.

Consult a dermatologist.

He/she can make the correct diagnosis and, depending on the findings, recommend the appropriate therapy.

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Is your skin easy to care for, does it react insensitively to all the ingredients in care and cosmetic products?

Then you don't need to read any further.

Conversations with friends and acquaintances and also the sometimes long waiting times until you get an appointment with a dermatologist or beautician show: Very few people are happy about great skin.

Above all, it is bad facial skin that causes suffering for many.

Depending on the skin type, care should be tailored to the needs of the skin.

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, drugs often do not

help in the case of perioral dermatitis, as mouth rose is also known.

The most effective way is to do without the usual care products, they say.

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But a break from make-up and other cosmetics and care products does not always help to relieve pimples and skin irritations.

For example, if you tend to have dry skin, your symptoms usually get worse at low temperatures or when the air is heated.

In this case, suitable care relieves feelings of tension and prevents scaly skin areas.