Sensitive skin is not a skin type, such as dry skin, but a skin condition. Skin conditions are temporary and indicate that your skin is currently out of balance. With the right skin care, the condition can be normalized. How do you restore balance? And can the problem even be avoided?
Care routine for sensitive skin
How to recognize sensitive skin
Your skin often and quickly reacts to external influences such as cold, UV rays, stress and cosmetics with ...
- stains
- tensions
- redness
- irritation
Does that sound familiar to you? Then you've come to the right place. Let's get to the root of the problem! First of all, it is important to understand why your skin reacts sensitively.
How to recognize sensitive skin
Your skin often and quickly reacts to external influences such as cold, UV rays, stress and cosmetics with ...
- stains
- tensions
- redness
- irritation
Does that sound familiar to you? Then you've come to the right place. Let's get to the root of the problem! First of all, it is important to understand why your skin reacts sensitively.
Causes of sensitive skin
There are various causes, but the mechanism of sensitive facial skin remains the same. The skin's protective barrier , which forms your skin's natural protective barrier, has become permeable. It consists of skin cells and lipids (fats), which connect them elastically. In a healthy state, this barrier protects the underlying layers of skin from moisture loss, repels bacteria and impurities, and prevents free radicals from destroying your cells.
If your protective barrier weakens, your skin is more and more vulnerable to external influences. Wind and heating air accelerate the loss of moisture. There is noticeable and visible dryness and irritation. Bacteria and free radicals have an easy time of it. They cause inflammation and cell damage that penetrate deep into the skin.
Your skin's hypersensitivity can be triggered by several factors.
Cause number 1: You may have inherited the tendency to . Your skin simply produces a little less sebum (sebum) to maintain a stable barrier and is more prone to irritation. Proper skin care is essential. But there is a danger lurking here: Resist the urge to overwhelm your sensitive skin with too many cosmetics!
This is cause number 2 and is becoming increasingly important. Sensitive skin is often the result of over-care . Too many care products and make-up push the skin to its limits. It can no longer process the many different ingredients in cosmetic products and weaken its protective mechanisms. At the same time, aggressive cleaning quickly removes moisture from it.
Why overcare makes your skin sensitive
In recent years, cosmetic trends have prevailed in which several layers of different skin care products and make-up are literally "stacked" on the skin in the morning and in the evening. It is not uncommon for it to be confronted with well over 100 different ingredients ! And that several times a day.
For comparison, imagine each of your meals consisted of over 100 different ingredients - sweet, sour, salty, spicy, fatty, stuffing, all at once and in significant amounts. Feeling of fullness pre-programmed! Skin cells can also become oversaturated and simply no longer digest all the well-intentioned “food”. And in the case of the skin, too, a cell metabolism that works well or not so well has a direct effect on the immune system and leads to complaints.
Tip: If you want to dig deeper, the links below to our articles will help you understand in detail how overcare benefits sensitive skin and how minimalist skincare can help you get rid of your sensitive skin.
Your morning routine with FIVE for sensitive skin
cleaning
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Wash your face with lukewarm water only.
Good to know: Facial cleansing contributes significantly to the condition of the skin. We often mean it too well when it comes to cleaning. Find out why water is enough in the morning .
care in summer
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The light Regenerating facial oil provides you with care for the day. The facial serum brings you additional moisture. Be economical with the dosage, sensitive skin needs a savings program. Tip: If the products are not absorbed in 5 minutes, you should reduce the amount.
If possible, avoid makeup and powder. Also read our article on skin care in summer including sunscreen tips.
care in winter
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If you need a little more care in the colder months, our nourishing Shea Cream will help. Its slightly occlusive effect provides long-lasting protection against drying out. Apply sparingly to skin previously dampened with water.
Sensitive skin needs consistent protection against wind and weather. Find out how to use Shea Cream as a cold protection balm for the winter.
Your evening routine with FIVE for sensitive skin
cleaning
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If you don't have make-up on, cleaning your face with lukewarm water is enough. Make-up and sunscreen can be removed gently and thoroughly with the make-up remover .
Care
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Your skin repairs its protective layer overnight. Do not suppress this mechanism by taking away the sebum production with a rich night care. It would react lazily and with a reduction in its own production. The face serum with soothing rose water and moisture-binding hyaluronic acid provides you with an oil-free moisture kick for the night.
What sensitive skin really needs
The first impulse, of course, is to put out the fire raging on your irritated skin. Radical action is often taken here, with many and heavy care products. But what about extinguishing a fire? If you use the wrong liquid, the flames will shoot up. In the same way, unsuitable care products can also fuel your symptoms. A minimal program is the order of the day here.
If it is severe, a zero therapy will help first (we like to call it the "hard cure"). It gives your skin time to recover. Then switch to a care routine that does not overstrain your skin. The aim is to provide it with good moisture and to promote an intact skin protection barrier with lipids. Many of our readers have had very good experiences with the zero therapy , even if it was difficult to convince them at first, because for many the idea of not being able to apply cream to the face after cleansing is for many , absolutely unimaginable. It's easy to forget that the face doesn't feel tight because of the nature of the skin, but that something is wrong with the cleansing or the products used. You can find out more about this in the article Tension from the cream tube: How emulsifiers affect your skin dry out .
Care tips for sensitive skin
- Be natural: go without makeup (as often as possible) and let your skin breathe.
- Natural oils with high skin compatibility provide material for a healthy skin barrier.
- Support your skin with moisture-binding substances such as hyaluronic acid or glycerin.
- Use products with few ingredients so as not to overload your skin.
The ultimate goal is to bring your skin back into balance . It needs moisture and lipids for an intact skin barrier. At the same time, you don't want to overload her with too many care products, otherwise your skin problems will take a lap of honour. Care without burdening - that's why the FIVE products were developed with only a handful of ingredients.
Not recommended for sensitive skin
- Foaming washing gels and mechanical peelings attack the skin barrier.
- Complex care routines overwhelm your skin's cell metabolism.
- Heavy night creams discourage your skin from repairing itself.
- Alcohol and emulsifiers in skin care products dry out your skin.