A growing number of people suffer from sensitive, irritated skin.

Your skin reacts to the application of skin care products with redness, itching, burning or dryness, it tends to get thin and delicate with fine pores and gets highly sensitive to the sun. These symptoms would describe sensitive and irritated skin. There are many possible reasons for these problems. It could be caused by an underlying skin disorder or allergy, it could be environmental pollutants, or something you eat or touch. The most common cause for skin irritations are the use of inadequate, unsuitable skin care products.

You have to treat the symptoms and try to eliminate the use of skin irritating products. Use only very mild cleansers, which do not contain aggressive surfactants. To calm, sooth and hydrate your skin recommend to use a toner free of alcohol. Select cremes and lotions which are unscented to avoid potential irritations by perfumes or even essential oils and make sure that all ingredients of your skin care products have a low allergy potential. Stay with the products which are accepted by your skin and do not regularly change the skin care products you use.