Did you know that you need skin reset from time to time? That means that you need to start your skin reset routine and discontinue your current skincare routine in order for your skin to improve and be better. Now in this blog post, we will be sharing with you what does it mean by skin reset, and more importantly, how do you actually do it?
Don’t worry, we will be sharing with you what it means to reset your skin or your skincare routine. We believe you are definitely a skincare enthusiast or someone who is currently using skincare. However, there is an issue when you use too much skincare or when you’re using a skincare product for too long, and that is, you need to reset your skin from time to time.
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What is skin reset?
Skin reset is a procedure whereby you allow your skin ample amount of rest before you transition on to a new skincare routine or a new skincare product.
There are three main reasons why you should always do a skin reset from time to time;
- First reason is the rise of very harsh ingredients like retinol and exfoliating acids, and even though they are great for you, in some people, they might cause skin irritation.
- Secondly, a skin reset is great when you want to change your skincare routine or your skin type has changed. Example, you’re now transitioning from oily skin type to a normal skin type or a normal skin type to a dry skin type, and this is where a skin reset works best.
- Third of all, you’ve been trying all kinds of skincare products and nothing actually works, and that’s where a skin reset comes into play.
When You Should Do A Skin Reset
- When your skin feels irritated, red, blotchy, or you’re getting breakouts from time to time. That is your skin telling you that it needs to take a break from the current skincare products that you are using.
- Secondly is when your skin type has changed, and as we age through life, hormones and environments change, and all this can affect your skin type.
So it’s not uncommon to see people transitioning from an oily skin type when they’re young to a normal skin type in their mid-twenties and thirties and to a dry skin type the moment they hit their forties.
How To Do A Skin Reset
Stop all your skincare products, especially if you’re using exfoliating products like glycolic acid, lactic acid, or salicylic acid, or you’re using any sort of anti-aging products like retinol or vitamin C. Instead, go simple.
Three Skincare Reset Steps
Look for a gentle cleanser: Cleanser that does not contain things like SLS or any sort of strong active ingredients. Look for skincare products that contains either an oatmeal, glycerin, or panthenol. Oatmeal works best for sensitive skin and it helps restore skin barrier, while glycerin and panthenol are great hydrating ingredients that helps clean your skin while maintaining its hydration.
Skip All Toners And Serums and just go for a Moisturizer: A nice cream-based or gel-based moisturizer should do, and the core ingredient that you should look for in these moisturizers are more gentle ingredients.
Low-dose niacinamide, nothing more than two to three percent, centella asiatica, which helps calm your skin, especially when you have those irritated blotchy blemishes, and green tea extract, which is both an anti-inflammatory and an anti-aging, which helps restore your skin barrier and helps with the whole skin reset.
Sunscreen: Now, don’t just go for any sort of sunscreen. You just need to choose a physical blocker sunscreen. A physical blocking sunscreen are things which contain zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, so skip the hybrid sunscreen or the chemical-based sunscreen because these ingredients might further irritate your skin.
So how do you know whether you’re choosing a purely physical sunscreen? Most of the time when you apply a physical blocker, it has the whitest discoloration, otherwise known as white cast, so hence you know it is either a zinc oxide or titanium dioxide.
Three Things You Should Never Do While Undergoing A Skin Reset
- Never use any sort of exfoliating ingredients, whether it’s a physical exfoliator like a scrub or a chemical exfoliator like glycolic acids, lactic acids, or salicylic acids.
- Stop most of your active ingredients, especially when you’re using things like retinol or vitamin C.
- Give it time to work. Do not rush the process because the skin reset might take weeks or even up to months, really depending on your skin’s journey and how damaged your skin really is.
How to Know Whether Your Skin has Improved After A Skin Reset
It’s when you no longer have breakouts, blemishes, or skin irritation. And from there, you can slowly reintroduce things like toners and serums step by step into your skincare routine.
Conclusion
We hope you found this skincare routine guide helpful, especially if you’re struggling with your skin out there. Hope that these tips offer you something, an action plan that is not necessarily going to take you several steps back in your journey to getting things on the right track.
These tips will help clear up your skin fast. Whether you’re dealing with acne breakouts, flares of rosacea, maybe you don’t even have a clue what the heck is going on with your face.
But not withstanding, it’s always advisable that anyone going through any sort of skin problem is to do the best you can to get in to see your healthcare provider, and if necessary, a board certified dermatologist to evaluate what is going on with you so that they can come up with the best treatment plan to get you on the road to clearing up your skin.
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