Sensitive skin, choose your gel, moisturizing cream?

Wash the skin without stripping; choosing the right milk to moisturize without spending too much time … Here is an overview of gestures and body care products daily. We paid attention to his body in summer, less in winter. With the cold, the skin is subject to variations in temperature, friction of clothing. You take showers or baths warmer. Result, the skin dries. Or dry skin, it is vulnerable skin becomes very sensitive.
70% to be affected
This is the percentage of women who answered yes when asked if they believe they have sensitive skin. The figure is increasing steadily. What really lies behind these words?
There are those who are irritated "on time" due to misuse of a product, for example.
"You see people who - because he is a" cream "shower - not rinse scarcely available. They forget that a good washing is not made to stay on the skin, under penalty provoke reactions, "says Clari Fermand pharmacist.
There are allergic to one specific component.
"We get lots of mail from people allergic to peanuts, and who want to know if the sweet almond oil in some products for them, continues Clari Fermand. We call for vigilance on this point: a test with a drop of product in the hollow arm can check that there will be no reaction."
Normal or sensitive skin, what difference?
Tests are being carried out, ensuring that care is suitable for sensitive skin. That is when the product is "finished". But when the wording, what are the choices of assets that make the difference?
The shower gels: they contain "surfactants", i.e. agent’s the survivors… More or less irritating. Example: For shower gel foam, he added LAURETH sodium sulfate. When it is a shower gel for sensitive skin, this surfactant is made in much smaller proportions. Note: if a shower gel little or no foam at all, it's a good sign, it means it contains little surface and is soft. While retaining its power washing. Creams and moisturizers milk: To formulate, we remove all active list as being allergens (Specials, lanolin, etc). And those who, on the contrary, a soothing are privileged shea butter, glycerine … After his mark adds its flagship assets. Note that the risk is not zero even with hypoallergenic products tested.
A shower a day or two?
Can damage the skin by an "excess" hygiene? When we ask the question to dermatologists, it fixes the shooting. It is not hygiene that can attack the skin but the limestone water, or gestures too strippers (when using a body scrub every day, for example). To not irritated skin, can especially be careful:
> Avoid hot water;
> Limit time spent in a bath;
> Rinse thoroughly washing the product not to leave on the skin;
> Forget glove horsehair brush or paint stripper;
> Do not rub too hard with the towel out of the shower.
Bath is to "treat
A good bath? It is first a lot of water. So as much opportunity to do more than wash. It is a perfect time to enjoy the benefits of essential oils. In what form? The issue is important because the dosage depends on the concentration of essential oils. Domi Caste, communications manager for a major brand in France, explains: "The pebbles are concentrated effervescent 2% of essential oils, bath salts at 10% and bath oils vary between 20 and 40%. "The most" classic "for a bath are dealing with stress (on then opts for oil and lime, orange or lavender), the aches and pains (juniper), fatigue (eucalyptus, pine, rosemary). Attention to the temperature if the bath is too hot, he can cancel the benefits of essential oils: are advised not to exceed 38 ° C. And bubbled at least 15 or 20 minutes to feel the benefits.