What can damage your skin barrier?
Daily, your skin defends against a barrage of threats, many of which come from outside your body, and a few come from within.
Some of the external and internal factors that can affect your skin barrier include:
- too humid or too dry environment
- allergens, irritants, and pollutants
- too much sun exposure
- alkaline detergents and soaps
- expose to harsh chemicals
- over-exfoliation or over-washing
- steroids
When your skin barrier is not functioning properly, you may be more prone to developing the following skin symptoms and conditions:
- dry, scaly skin
- itchiness
- rough or discolored patches
- acne
- sensitive or inflamed areas
- bacterial, viral or fungal skin infections
How to protect and restore your skin barrier
Simplify your skin care routine
If you’re performing a complicated daily skin regimen involving a basketful of products, you may be inadvertently weakening your skin barrier. Consider talking with a dermatologist or another skin care professional about which products are essential and most effective.
If you’re exfoliating, notice how your skin reacts to the method you use.
Some types of scrubs and brushes may temporarily damage your skin barrier.
Researcher suggests that certain plant oils may help repair the skin barrier and also prevent your skin barrier from losing moisture. Many of these oils have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects, too.
Some of the most effective plant oils to consider using on your skin include:
- jojoba oil
- coconut oil
- almond oil
- argan oil
- borage oil
- rosehip oil
- sunflower oil
- soybean oil
- primrose oil
- black currant oil
The outermost layer of your skin, known as your skin barrier, defends your body against environmental threats while simultaneously protecting your body’s critical water balance.
Symptoms such as dryness, itching, and inflammation can alert you to a disturbance in this important barrier.
You can help repair your skin’s barrier by:
- simplifying your skin care regimen
- using products with a suitable pH
- using a moisturizer that contains ceramides or a humectant like hyaluronic acid
Moisturizers with petrolatum can also help your skin barrier seal in moisture.
Your skin barrier is your body’s frontline defense against everything the environment can throw at you. Keeping it healthy is much more than a cosmetic concern.
Achieve Your Best Skin by Dr. Delano
Now that you know how to fix a skin barrier, it's time to put it all into action! At Otelier by Dr. Delano, we offer a wide variety of skincare products to restore and strengthen your skin barrier.
We recommend starting with our Silk Multi-Multipurpose Essence. Key ingredients such as Allantoin acts as calming agent, it helps to relive irritation as well as helps in cell turnover. Sodium Lactate also encourages skin cells to renew and regenerate itself faster therefore helps with pigmentations and acne scars.
The Importance of Peptides:
Peptides help maintain a strong skin barrier. The skin barrier supports the skin’s elasticity, texture, and hydration retention. They help with the natural skin repair process, minimize transepidermal water loss (TEWL), and keep out toxins and impurities such as bacteria, UV rays and pollution. Peptides help build up a stronger barrier.
Our Vita Essence is made with a rich combination of peptides and 27 active ingredients. These super collagen boosters will pump, firm, brighten your skin while transform the texture of even the most stressed and dull skin.
All these super peptide ingredients will boost collagen production and actives stressed-induced DNA repair, allowing skin to be supercharged naturally and be "reborn" again t
Try a plant oil to replenish your skin barrier
Researcher suggests that certain plant oils may help repair the skin barrier and also prevent your skin barrier from losing moisture. Many of these oils have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects, too.
Our Nourishing Finish Oil combines 20+ natural oils into one luxurious blend, enriching your skin with the nourishing benefits of each oil. It includes most effective plant oils to consider using on your skin include:
