Good facial skin care?
I have rosacea and oily-ness around the nose, and extremely huge pores that at the end of the day, after wearing make-up and such, seem to get clogged i guess and i get a bunch of tiny tiny zits on my cheeks.
so what i do to wash my face is i wash with soap then use a neutrogena foaming scrubbing pad and scrub scrub scrub SCRUB a lot to get rid of those tiny pimples, clean the pores, and scratch off dead skin, then i dry off and use Olay refreshing toner.
I’m just wondering if what I am doing is best for my skin, especially if i should be scrubbing that much, because tonight my face started bleeding a tiny bit. then after words it feels tight, dry, and rough but feels smooth.
i’m also worried that maybe if i keep washing my face the way i do now, in 15 years or so it’ll become tough like leather or something. is that a rational fear?
is there anything i could be doing differently for my skin? what products are good for cleansing pores really super well and wont make me bleed?
Filed under: Rosacea Skin Care
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Do not scrub your face everyday, it will irritate the skin and strip your skin of its natural oils. The skin produces natural oils that help hydrates the skin. Scrub your face every other day. Stop using soap and switch to a cleanser. Soap tends to dry out the skin more and dry skins do lead to acne.
Neutrogena has cleanser that are very gentle for the skin.
After applying your toner which should be alcohol free. Alcohol is bad for the face. Then add in a moisturizer to hydrate the skin. Moisturizer is very important to any good skin care routine.
DONT SCRUB YOUR FACE
it irritates your skin and causes the pores to produce even more red, irritated tissue and zits!
just softly exfoliate with a face cloth in a gentle circular motion.
i use a gentle cleanser with no harsh chemicals and a light, refreshing toner with tea tree oil in it. i recently started using tea tree on my pimply skin and the size of the zits have reduced a lot, and the redness too.
i use this soap, it doesn’t have any salicilic acid, which can build up on your pores
http://usa.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/233?expand=Skincare
i use this tea tree toner, it makes my skin feel really clean and smooth!
http://usa.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/405?expand=Skincare
Good luck and happy holidays!
i agree with the forget…u shld not scrub ur face it will irritate ur face..i rather u stop using make up or go for facial..ur skin layer will be thinner day by day..i tht u shld just use foundation that has the label of non-comodegenic soo that it wont clog ur pores..umm i tht u can go for deeply cleansing mask but nt srubbing ur pimples and bleed..beside if u really continure srub ur face.then u shld use dainty all in one collagen mask and apply on ur face..u can buy frm sg website at 88db..its cheaper than sasa..