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Dermatological advices to take care of your skin barrier after lockdown

Your skin is about to rediscover the outside world.
It is important to help your skin re-adapt to it. Sun, pollution, stress, all these daily factors can greatly sensitize your skin. Barrier gestures - frequent hand washing and wearing a mask – can also alter your skin if not combined with adapted skincare routine. Below are some advice to help your skin barrier remain the better protection against external aggressions.

1. Understanding risk factors for the skin and taking care of the skin barrier

Which external factors can impact my skin

Wearing a mask during the day induces many frictions on your skin. As soon as you cough, speak or simply reposition your mask you create many frictions. Depending on your skin sensitivity, repeated frictions can lead to the appearance of irritations. These irritations can appear especially on the nose, chin and cheeks.

Wearing a mask also promotes perspiration, which can lead to the appearance of dermatitis, redness or rashes. You might feel the urge to scratch.
Wearing a mask over a long period can also affect preexisting acne. Indeed, friction and perspiration can clog the pores of the skin, promoting blackheads and thus acne.