Sensitive Skin Owners Need To Be Careful In Choosing Acne Care Products

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JAKARTA - Aesthetic and anti-aging expert from the Indonesian Association of Aesthetic Doctors, Dr. Cynthia Jayanto M. Biomed (AAM) reminded sensitive skin owners to be careful in choosing acne care products because it could pose a risk of making negative results on the skin.

"For example, the skin becomes too dry or there is an acne breakout (the skin condition suddenly experiences irritation and then redness and a lot of acne appears)," he said, as reported by ANTARA.

Cynthia, who is also a member of the Indonesian Anti-Aging Doctors Association, Wellness, Aesthetic & Regenerative (PERDAWERI), said that the type of skin that is acne is not only oily, but can also be in the dry and sensitive type but accompanied by acne.

According to Cynthia, anti-acne products usually contain an active ingredient that tends to dry acne and have an exfoliation effect on the skin. Therefore, the condition of the skin is sensitive but acne sometimes requires additional products that calm the skin.

Especially for types of care products, soap for facial cleansing is the main thing because it is the most basic product in a treatment needed. Then, in the stage of handling acne with drugs, it is necessary to have patience from patients because the skin reacts to drugs slowly and healing takes about six to 12 weeks.

"So, don't just use drugs for a week and there hasn't been any change, you have claimed that the medicine doesn't fit itself. Give me a little time, at least one month. From there we can see if the acne is improving or not," Cynthia said.

In some cases, in the first week, the skin may be a little irritated, but this is not an infection but sometimes there is inflammation before acne completely heals.

"So, don't immediately change products. Moreover, use acne at the same time," Cynthia ordered.

Then, regarding things that need to be avoided when handling acne, including eating too much dairy product or dairy-based products and food with a high glycemic index and squeezing acne.

He said squeezing or breaking acne could actually make healing take longer because it increases the risk of scar tissue, causing a swollen acne or redness caused by dirt and germs entering the skin.

Another thing that also needs to be avoided is sleeping and washing your face irregularly, then using a bleached cream, wearing makeup such as foundation and concertaler, trying your own product without learning how to understand its uses and using hard or alcohol-based facial cleansing.

"Wearing a harsh or alcohol-based facial cleansing can worsen acne," he ordered.