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Skin Redness and Dryness

 

Cosmetic Products for Skin Redness

1. Aveeno Ultra Calming - contains feverfew that helps reduce inflammation.

2. Avene Antirougeurs Jour Redness-Relief Moisturizing Protecting Emulsion -Moisturising and protective cream for normal to combination sensitive skin. With SPF 20. Contains green pigments that help diffuse skin color. Apply in the morning.

 

3. Avene Antirougeurs Jour Redness-Relief Moisturizing Protecting Cream -for normal to dry sensitive skin.

 

4. Antirougeurs Calm Redness-relief Soothing Repair Mask

Cools, calms and restores comfort to rosacea-prone skin. Contains sucralfate for tissue regeneration. For use during flare-up or after laser treatment.

Apply and leave for 10-15mins.

5.Antirougeurs Relief Fort Concentrate for Chronic Redness
Daily care cream for sensitive and reactive skin prone to localized redness with visible blood capillaries. Reduces the appearance of blood vessels; helps to prevent formation of new unwanted blood vessels and soothes irritations.

Apply in the morning and evening to affected area only usually the forehead, cheeks and nose. Avoid sun exposure.

Dry skin is medically known as xerosis or xeroderma. This is characterized by lack of water in the superficial layer of the skin. Symptoms are itchy, rough dry skin, red patches in the skin that are most common in areas of the lower leg, forearms and the hands.

 

Causes of dry skin

1. External factors like cold temperature, low humidity, overwashing with harsh soaps and overuse of sanitizers and alcohol.

2. Internal factors like age, genetics (ichthyosis), family history, allergy and health conditions like atopic dermatitis, acne, eczema, psoriasis, diabetes and hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.

3. Medications like diuretics, cholesterol-lowering drugs and retinoids.

 

Treatment:

1. Moisturisers or emollients like Cetaphil lotion, Jason Soothing Aloe Vera cream

2. Topical steroid creams

Hydrocortisone ( mild strength) face, underarm, groin

Triamcinolone (medium strength)

Clobetasol (strong strength)

3. Oral like Diphenhydramine, Hydroxyzine, Cetirizine, Loratadine

 

Emollients are moisturizing treatments that restore the skin barrier and reduce water loss by providing a protective film. They are preservative-free and fragrance-free unlike other cosmetics. They also work to reduce scaling and ease itching and allow other creams or ointment to get absorbed by the skin. During flare-ups, they are used together with topical steroids. Apply emollients first then wait for 10-15minutes before applying the topical steroids. The skin should be moist but not slippery when applying steroids.

Lotion and cream are used in mild skin dryness and flare-ups of weeping eczema.
Ointments are used in moderate to severe dryness.

 

Types of emollients and when to use them:

 

Creams are a mixture of oil in water and are slightly thicker than lotions. They are generally non-greasy and are more easily absorbed into the skin.

 

Calmurid cream - Urea, lactic acid, glyceryl monostearate, betaine monohydrate, diethanolamine cetylphosphate (Amphisol), hard fat, cholesterol, sodium chloride, purified water.

 

Lactic acid is keratolytic which breaks down hard skin cells.

Urea has hydrating and soothing properties.

 

Calmurid should be applied 2-3 times daily after cleansing.

 

Oilatum cream - Light liquid paraffin, white soft paraffin, macrogol 1000 monostearate, cetostearyl alcohol, glycerol, potassium sorbate, benzyl alcohol, citric acid monohydrate, povidone, purified water

QV cream- Glycerol, light liquid paraffin, white soft paraffin, cetostearyl alcohol, hydroxybenzoates (parabens)

 

Avene Trixera Crème emollient - contains 1% Selectiose that calms redness and irritation. Also contains Thermal Spring water (50%) that soothes and softens the skin.

Apply once or twice daily.

 

Cetaphil Moisturizing cream - Water, petrolatum, glyceryl polymethacrylate, dicaprylyl ether, glycerin, dimethicone, glyceryl stearate, cetyl alcohol, Prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, PEG-30 glyceryl stearate, tocopheryl acetate, benzyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, sodium hydroxide, acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, dimethiconol, disodium EDTA, propylene glycol.

Apply to face and/or body after bath.

 

Uriage Xemose Universal Emollient Cream - contains Cerasterol-2F that restores skin barrier and Thermal water that soothes and softens. Apply daily on a cleansed skin.

 

Uriage Cu-Zn Cream – for skin inflammation and irritation like dermatitis, burn, diaper rash, perioral dermatitis. Apply 2-3 times daily or every diaper change.

 

Avene Cicalfate cream- a restorative skin cream that speeds up the recovery process by maintaining an optimal healthy environment for the skin.

Contents: Cupper sulfate, Zinc sulfate, Zinc Oxide ( antifungal), Thermal Water
Apply 2 times daily.

Lotions contain more water and less fat than creams (oil in water), non-greasy formulations suitable for use in hairy areas like scalp and chest.

 

QV Lotion - White soft paraffin, cetostearyl alcohol, hydroxybenzoates (parabens)

 

3. Ointments are thick, occlusive oil-based moisturisers that are best for very dry and thickened areas of skin. They are very greasy and are very effective at holding water in the skin.

 

Ezerra ointment - contains antihistamine Stimutex AS. For mild to moderate skin skin atopic dermatitis. Apply 3-4 times daily.

Aveeno Bath Oil- Colloidal oatmeal, liquid paraffin, sunflower seed oil, dioctyl adipate, PEG-40 sorbitol hexaoleate, silica, cera alba, parfum, triclosan, PEG-5 cocomonium methosulfate, ascorbyl palmitate, tocopheryl acetate

 

Aveeno Colliodal Bath Powder- Colloidal oatmeal, liquid paraffin, citric acid, sodium bicarbonate, calcium silicate, ascorbic acid, tocopheryl acetate, laureth-4, dimethicone, ethylcellulose

 

Oilatum Emollient - Light liquid paraffin, acetylated lanolin alcohols, isopropyl palmitate, polyethylene glycol 400 dilaurate, polyoxyethylene 40 sorbital septaoleate, floral spice

 

QV Bath Oil- Light liquid paraffin, hydroxybenzoates (parabens)

 

QV Wash - Glycerol, hydroxybenzoates (parabens)