How to care for sensitive skin in summer

Summer is a challenging time for everyone’s skin. Whether you have sensitive, oily or dry skin, changes in temperature and humidity can easily throw your skin out of balance.

Heavy sweating in the sweltering heat makes caring for sensitive skin just as complicated as caring for acne-prone skin.

Therefore, you need to know how to properly and appropriately care for sensitive skin in the summer to maintain healthy skin, avoid irritation and premature skin aging.

What is sensitive skin?

Sensitive skin is a delicate, easily damaged skin type that often feels uncomfortable, such as hot, tight, red or itchy. This is because the skin barrier is compromised, allowing irritants to easily penetrate and cause reactions, infections or allergies.

Sensitive skin needs extra care to combat dryness and roughness.

Causes of sensitive skin

The main cause of sensitive skin is that the skin's defense system no longer functions effectively. Healthy skin has a protective barrier called the Hydrolipidic Film, which acts as a shield and helps prevent bacteria and irritants from reaching the deeper layers of the skin.

In addition, this membrane also contributes to retaining moisture and is very important in maintaining the firmness and elasticity of the skin. With sensitive skin, this protective barrier will be weakened, making the skin vulnerable to damage when exposed to external factors.

How to care for sensitive skin in summer

Wash your face properly

With sensitive skin, the outer skin layer is relatively thin and therefore very vulnerable. Therefore, you should only wash your face twice a day, morning and night, with a cleanser with a moderate formula. Massage gently while washing, avoid rubbing hard to damage the skin.

Use moisturizer

Using moisturizer right after washing your face helps maintain and balance skin moisture, creates an optimal moisture barrier from the outside, and improves and restores the skin's ability to self-moisturize from the inside.

Use sunscreen regularly

You should use sunscreen regularly every time you go out to ensure your skin is always completely protected from the risk of skin damage and irritation.

Exfoliate regularly

Exfoliating sensitive skin is extremely necessary because sensitive skin often dries out, peels and becomes dull in the summer. Exfoliating to remove all the rough outer layers of cells opens the way for pores to breathe and absorb moisture better and deeper.

Limit makeup

Wearing too much makeup, even a thin layer, will clog your pores. Sensitive skin always needs to "breathe" naturally. Therefore, you should limit makeup or if you have to wear makeup, choose gentle cosmetics that do not contain alcohol or preservatives.

Use mineral spray

Sensitive skin is often dry, so providing water with a daily mineral spray will provide enough water to moisturize the skin, which is necessary to avoid dry skin, peeling, and cracking.

Pay attention to your diet

In addition to external care steps, you should supplement a healthy diet, eat lots of vegetables and fruits, drink lemon water, juice... limit fried foods, hot foods, greasy foods, stimulants, alcohol. Regular exercise keeps skin healthy and adapts well to environmental factors.