Patient education
Sensitive Skin: Causes and Options
Written for someone deciding about their own skin rather than studying the subject. If you read only one guide, read the first, because separating a damaged barrier from a dermatosis, a contact allergy and a nerve sensitivity decides what the other nine mean for you.
All guides
10 guides
- Sensitive Skin Is Not One ConditionUnderstanding
- Why a Dermatosis Must Be Excluded FirstDiagnosis
- What a Damaged Barrier Actually IsCauses
- How Sensitive Skin Is AssessedAssessment
- Which Products to Stop, and in What OrderSubtraction
- Barrier Repair: What Actually HelpsTreatment
- Calming Treatments That Make Sensitive Skin WorseRisks
- When a Device Is Reasonable, and When It Is NotOptions
- When Sensitive Skin Needs Medical AssessmentRed flags
- Living With Sensitive Skin Without Over-Treating ItMaintenance
Start with the cause, not another product
Arrange a dermatological assessment. We will take the history that separates a stripped barrier from rosacea, eczema and contact allergy, arrange patch testing only where it is justified, and explain why the first step is usually a shorter routine rather than a device.