Whats a very good prescription face cream for very dry pores and skin. Have Sjogren’s syndrome and I am 65 yrs previous and I am shopping for all varieties of lotions and my face simply sucks them up.
Let’s face it! Most moisturizer are formulated for that center zone of regular. Or, just a little on one facet or the opposite. However what do you do whenever you actually are within the prime 10% for shiny (and presumably zits) OR the driest 10%. It’s powerful to seek out simply the correct one. Who desires to make use of pure nut butters, or actually shiny oils on dry pores and skin? And who need to appear to be an oil slick by including oil to already oily pores and skin?
Sjogren’s syndrome, for many who haven’t heard of it, is an autoimmune illness that causes a mixture of dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis, typically dry pores and skin and different issues.
Pretend information: If you end up advised that if you happen to put extra oil in your pores and skin, your pores and skin will make much less oil. Oil manufacturing is genetically and hormonally decided. It’s not a consequence of over drying your pores and skin.
Concepts for very dry pores and skin:
- Strive utilizing a B5/hyaluronic acid hydrating gel below your moisturizer. For instance, SC Hydrating B5 Gel, with the SC Triple Lipid Cream.
- Strive layering three or extra moisturizing merchandise in your face just like the B5 above, then your moisturizer, then your sunscreen, after which mild basis just like the Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer. It feels like quite a bit however if you happen to use the correct merchandise, it appears very sheer.
- Don’t scrub or exfoliate besides very evenly with one thing mild as soon as per week. A washcloth is sweet.
- Residing in a local weather that doesn’t require central heating or AC continuously helps. Additionally contemplate a humidifier to your bed room.
- Strive substituting your moisturizer and utilizing a lightweight facial oil. Search for merchandise with avocado oil, jojoba oil, and many others. within the prime three elements. Keep away from vaseline, and cheaper drugstore merchandise with chemical names you possibly can’t pronounce. One in all my sufferers swore by consuming an avocado every day after which she’d rub the pit of it on her face each morning.
- Keep in mind diet with loads of fish oils, wholesome olive oil, and omega 3s. Apart from that, statins and different medicines can dry the pores and skin.
Concepts for very oily pores and skin:
- See a dermatologist when you’ve got zits additionally. Most of the therapies will assist preserve the oil down. Ask about spironolactone.
- Take into account, in case you are feminine, managing this with hormone changes together with your Gyn. Would an oral contraceptive be indicated and assist?
- Guarantee that all merchandise you might be placing in your pores and skin are formulated for shiny pores and skin and/or say noncomedogenic (means doesn’t make zits worse). Most significantly, your sunscreens ought to say particularly that they’re meant for shiny pores and skin.
- Substitute oil free B5 gels for moisturizer on oily pores and skin.
- Clarisonics are nice for shiny pores and skin, as is common exfoliation, and use of retinoids and/or alpha hydroxyacids. This one is a combo and is mild.
- Common IPLs (mild laser) assist dry the pores and skin and shrink pores a bit quickly.
- Most dermatologists within the U.S. agree that lo-dose Accutane is not really helpful for shiny pores and skin solely. In another nations, it’s allowed.
- Shiseido blotting papers slip simply in a bag or pocket, and take in oil with out ruining make-up.
Hope this helps,
Dr. B
