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Sensitive Skin

Monday, July 27th, 2009

There are sensitive skin types out there.  I’ve seen them before, and it’s sad.  Some people think it’s funny, I’m more inclined to see it fast, especially after seeing someone I know with a face that was blown up to twice its normal size because of a baby wipe.  That being said, there are various allergies, and it may not be so much that your skin is sensitive if you are suffering from a baby wipe, but rather because of severe allergies of some type.  So that’s definitely something to get tested. 

But if you do have really sensitive skin as I’ve seen with a number of people, you should check out Epuri products.  This is something I’ve realized recently.  I started out with their water based moisturizer, I know, not an acne treatment.  But the idea of it turning to water on my skin appealed to me, and the amazing thing was my skin still felt moisturized.  From there, I moved onto their wash, which is great. 

You can use the scrub too, both are great, it just depends on you.  Personally, I prefer the wash.  But I’ve seen even the most sensitive skinned people use these, and it has to do with various things.  Obviously, you avoid things like benzoyl peroxide if you have that problem.  But it’s more than just avoiding a few select things.

What Is Rosacea?

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Rosacea can easily be mistaken for different things.  It may even be mistaken for simple acne or moreover the results of exertion in the body.  But rosacea is something more severe and something that cannot be cured.  It results in redness, irritation, dryness, small bumps, and easy flushing as well as a general ruddiness, visibly swollen pustules and blood vessels, and otherwise.  It is generally seen between ages 30 and 50 in women, and it is believed that darker skinned women suffer from it, it is just harder to tell. 

It is a chronic inflammatory disease, and it tends to produce far more serious problems than your normal.  Users who complain of it generally have to take unconventional measures as far as comparing it to acne treatments, and most treatments kill bacteria in most ways by burning it out of the skin.  A classic example of this is the fact that many use chemical peels to get rid of their rosacea or at least treat it temporarily.  Many of the treatments could cause many of the same symptoms and worse.  But people do it anyway, because they believe that is the only way to go about it, to kill that specific type of bacteria, etc.