I have had a contact dermatitis all of my life. It surfaced most when I was a baby, then again when I was a teenager and again when I had my own small family. My first recommendation is that you get the opinion of a specialist. I made the mistake of going with the advice from a GP and although well meaning, every GP I have seen has known very little about how to deal with Dermatitis except how to dispense oral and topical steroids. I went misdiagnosed for almost half my life. I didn't know what was triggering my dermatitis really.
If you do have sensitive skin, please don't shun medical advice or the topical and or oral steroids. They help to clear your skin. However, I have found that there are many things that I can do to make the flare ups of my skin much less.
1. I react to most moisturisers even the base to most moisturisers which is glycerine. I have found that what I like to call the 'Cleopatra treatment' works well which is to bathe the skin on my face and hands in warm water with olive oil and full cream milk. All of the products that I now use on my skin come from my pantry. Many others have had excellent success with honey. I find it too drying on my skin. Be sure to choose a 'lite' or extra virgin olive oil. If the olive oil is to heavy or you use too much, it will clog pores.
2. Shower less - OK, within reason. However, at the height of one of my breakouts I was having two long hot showers daily. I definitely only have one shower. The dermatologist advised that the chemicals in the water supply would also be affecting my dermatitis and so for that time when I was in recovery, I stretched out to two showers over 3 days.
3. One of the biggest battles I have with my skin is to keep it from drying out. The drying out encourages the skin to be more sensitive and to react more. I recommend to pat gently with a towel after the shower as this is when the skin is at its softest.
4. I only exfoliate once per month even though some people say that it should be a weakly practice. I only exfoliate with a glove. Never with any lotions etc.
Taking good care of your skin will take some time to show as the skin grows in a 30 day cycle and so it will take time for the damaged skin to be replaced with newer and more healthy and strong skin.
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Jude Symonds PhD
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If you do have sensitive skin, please don't shun medical advice or the topical and or oral steroids. They help to clear your skin. However, I have found that there are many things that I can do to make the flare ups of my skin much less.
1. I react to most moisturisers even the base to most moisturisers which is glycerine. I have found that what I like to call the 'Cleopatra treatment' works well which is to bathe the skin on my face and hands in warm water with olive oil and full cream milk. All of the products that I now use on my skin come from my pantry. Many others have had excellent success with honey. I find it too drying on my skin. Be sure to choose a 'lite' or extra virgin olive oil. If the olive oil is to heavy or you use too much, it will clog pores.
2. Shower less - OK, within reason. However, at the height of one of my breakouts I was having two long hot showers daily. I definitely only have one shower. The dermatologist advised that the chemicals in the water supply would also be affecting my dermatitis and so for that time when I was in recovery, I stretched out to two showers over 3 days.
3. One of the biggest battles I have with my skin is to keep it from drying out. The drying out encourages the skin to be more sensitive and to react more. I recommend to pat gently with a towel after the shower as this is when the skin is at its softest.
4. I only exfoliate once per month even though some people say that it should be a weakly practice. I only exfoliate with a glove. Never with any lotions etc.
Taking good care of your skin will take some time to show as the skin grows in a 30 day cycle and so it will take time for the damaged skin to be replaced with newer and more healthy and strong skin.
For a personal development program that really works visit [http://www.seachangetoday.com]
Jude Symonds PhD
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/