If you have sensitive or dry skin and you suffer from acne you will need to take care to, not only treat your acne, but to take care of your skin. The majority of acne remedies will be very drying to the skin as they are intended to stop overproduction of oil and if you have dry skin this will only increase your problems . Your skin may become red, flaky and irritated. If you have very sensitive skin the ingredients in many of the acne treatments will result in redness and irritation so you need to be especially careful which treatments you use.

Skin Treatment for Dry and Sensitive Skin

As we get older our skin tends to become drier as the cells begin to secrete less sebum. Elastin and collagen in the skin are damaged and are repaired less efficiently, leading to drier, less elastic skin. Additionally as women reach the menopause the levels of estrogen decrease which also causes dryness. Dry skin can also be a result of very cold weather and for some of us with sensitive skin it can be very easily irritated by many of the ingredients in skin care preparations and cosmetics