Dry Facial Skin

totheleft

Hiya

During my teens and university years, I used to have amazing skin. It was so clear and glowing...people used to comment on my skin mid sentence, that's how lovely it was but now I'm 26, the past few, my skin isn't like how it used to be.

I know as you get older, your skin isn't going to be like before, however it is sooo dry and dull and lifeless.

My body is skin is fine and nice and soft, it's just my facial skin.

I use Dermologica products, give myself a home facial once a week and drink at least 1 litre of water a day but my skin still looks dull! I have slight bags as well. I am looking at myself in the mirror and I look ill

I have had blood tests done these couple of weeks and all my nutrients and vitamins levels are normal.

Any suggestions?

theoretica

I am a believer in nleaving skin to its own devices as much as possible - mine is happiest when I leave it naked and normally clean it with only warm water and a flannel. Probably you are doing more to your facial skin than to the rest of your body which you say is better.

Also how short of sleep are you? Mine is much worse when I am tired.

lostinrates

theoretica wrote: »

I am a believer in nleaving skin to its own devices as much as possible - mine is happiest when I leave it naked and normally clean it with only warm water and a flannel. Probably you are doing more to your facial skin than to the rest of your body which you say is better.

Also how short of sleep are you? Mine is much worse when I am tired.

It depends so much on the skin, the product thing.

I have very recently developed rosacea and a change in products has helped a lot. Avoiding products while I tried to find out what was happening made everything sore and worse.

OP, I have always been a fan of some avene products, cheaper than dermologica some of which I also used to use but no longer suits me at all.

I am also finding a cream called aveeno, which my father bought in error instead of avene anti redness for me to be AMAZING. It's very inexpensive compared to the dermologica price band and very, very soothing. Combined with a reevaluation of all my skin care and make up and careful continued use of my clarisonic brush my skin is back to looking pretty good if I stay out of the sun. My father (who also suffers from rosacea, like my sibling, both take antibiotics for it) was amazed at how quickly I have got the outbreak under control and I am simply relieved.

I am sad I'm finding some make up that has always been fine is now aggravating me and the same with some other products. Skin does change over time (I'm in my mid thirties) and these drastic weather changes are also pretty hard for skin to cope with I think.