What's your routine for sensitive skin?
Summary
What is sensitive skin?
Sensitive skin is skin whose cutaneous barrier is weakened. It no longer fully plays its protective role: it allows external aggressions to penetrate more easily and loses its hydration more readily.
Result: the skin reacts faster and more strongly.
Having sensitive skin is not a curse. It is a sign of an epidermis that can no longer fully play its role as a shield against aggressions.
It manifests as:
- Tightness, redness, tingling, burning sensations, and discomfort
- Skin with a reduced tolerance threshold
Why does skin become more reactive?
Skin sensitivity can appear or worsen due to several factors:
Pollution, cold, wind, sun, hard water, overly aggressive routines, stress, fatigue, or hormonal changes.
After 40, the skin naturally evolves, and sensitivity can become more pronounced: the skin becomes thinner, drier, and more reactive to hormonal variations linked to peri-menopause and menopause. The skin barrier is then less effective, which accentuates feelings of discomfort and redness.
How to soothe sensitive skin daily?
How to regain lasting comfort without compromising effectiveness?
The goal is to help the skin rebuild its hydrolipidic film so that it gradually regains its natural protective capacity.
BcomBIO expertise is based on three pillars:
- Free the skin: Limit irritating gestures and overly complex formulas
- Repair the skin barrier: Use biomimetic active ingredients that mimic naturally occurring components in the skin: soothing active ingredients, gentle textures, high-tolerance formulas
- Protect durably: Create a real protective shield that protects the skin from external aggressions without leaving a greasy film
What routine to adopt for sensitive skin?
1. Cleansing: the key step
For sensitive skin, cleansing is essential to remove impurities, but it can become irritating if not adapted.
Expert tip: Forget foaming gels with sulfates. Opt for a gentle texture that limits mechanical friction.
BcomBIO solution: Our new Ultra-Gentle Cleansing and Make-up Removing Foam. Its creamy texture cleanses and removes make-up from the face and eyes with exquisite gentleness thanks to its high glycerin content (25%).
2. Hydration: rebuilding the skin barrier
Sensitive skin is skin that does not retain water well.
Expert tip: Hydration should be done morning and evening with high-tolerance formulas enriched with active ingredients known to strengthen the skin's natural defenses.
BcomBIO solution: Our Soothing and Moisturizing Cream. High tolerance, it provides intense hydration for 48H and soothes the skin. The skin barrier is strengthened, and skin sensitivity decreases.
3. Serum: reinforcing hydration
Expert tip: For sensitive skin lacking comfort, a hydrating serum can effectively complement the routine.
BcomBIO solution: Our hydrating serum. It intensely and lastingly hydrates the skin. It acts on all factors causing skin dehydration.
4. Eye contour: preserving a fragile area
Expert tip: The eye contour is a particularly thin and sensitive area.
The solution: The Triple Action Eye Contour Care. This fresh emulsion provides complete care for the eye contour by fighting wrinkles, dark circles, and puffiness. Adapted care gently hydrates this fragile area while limiting sensations of tightness and fatigue.
Good practices to adopt
- Lukewarm water is your ally: Water that is too hot dilates blood vessels and accentuates redness.
- Gently dry your skin: Use a clean towel and delicately dab your face without rubbing.
- Adopt a simple routine: Go back to basics: gentle cleansing and expert hydration.
In conclusion: Taking care of your sensitive skin before or after 40 is not about trying to transform it. It's about learning to listen to it and support it with effective and gentle care.
