Formula is everything. Go back to basics by offering your skin some calming respite
April is Rosacea Awareness Month and this year it feels much needed. I see more highly sensitised, flared and flushed complexions now than at any other time in my career, and can’t help feeling that on top of the inherent, unlucky and complex cases we’ve always seen, frequently summoned or worsened by otherwise innocuous lifestyle factors (spicy food, dairy, alcohol, stress, tiredness, exertion from exercise and overheating), there’s also a raft of new sufferers of unwanted redness.
I often find they’re using too many high-concentration actives (retinol, glycolic and salicylic acids) at the same time – easily done, especially when some brands (irresponsibly, in my view) seem to be selling the myth that the higher the dose of the acid, the better it is. It’s simply not true – retinol may be proven in tackling the signs of skin ageing, but there’s nothing more ageing to skin long term than constant inflammation.
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