As you well know, the acne bacterium (Cutibacterium acnes, formerly called Propionibacterium acnes) is a bacterium that is present on all skin but feeds and reproduces at a faster rate under specific conditions. This bacterium loves oily follicles, with keratin present and moreover it is rich in dirt. Clean skin and a healthy diet are the basis of your treatment.
First Care Protocol
OILY-ACNEIC SKIN
You wake up with shiny skin, you never feel tightness and you see pimples on your skin almost every day. So, let's get to work eliminating the acne bacteria.
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A PRACTICAL AND EFFECTIVE STEP-BY-STEP
Cleansing is an indispensable step morning and evening to wash away all bacteria and reduce the grease present.
These cleansers can be in gel, foam or milk but we must take into account that they should have a pH around 7 so as not to alter the natural flora and if possible that they have probiotics, cucumber extract or witch hazel to seboregulate in a natural way.
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This is the most important step for oily-acneic skin. You will use the toner to wash away dirt, morning and night. We are going to provide the acids that will help us to eliminate keratin and regulate the sebaceous gland. I always recommend that they are rich in salicylic, boric or glycolic acid.
The serum can be in a punctual format if we are reaching the end of the treatment or in a general format for the whole face.
Serums for oily-acneic skin can be diverse and we can change them depending on the stage of the treatment.
We will start with azelaic and salicylic acids and change them to hyaluronic acids, collagen or epidermal growth factors as we progress to improve healing and avoid future marks.
Creams should be chosen oil free and with very light textures, rich in vitamins and moisturizing factors.
We can choose Vitamin C or light creams with hyaluronic acids.
Indispensable every morning. If we are using acids but do not use sunscreen, we are sentencing the skin to possible scarring spots.
Do not hesitate, it is an ally to get the result you want in a few months.
Choose them free of oils.
What does your skin need?
CLEANSING AND GOOD NUTRITION
BOOST YOUR RESULTS
Optimize the results of your protocol for oily and acne-prone skin with these complementary cosmetics.
TIPS EXTRA PARA PIELES GRASAS-ACNEICAS
Perform a chemical peel
Once a week, perform a chemical peel with AHAs. It will help to remove surface keratin and make the treatment more effective. It will also give your skin a natural glow.
Mask for occasional blemishes
Use white clay masks (Kaolin) to remove the oil inside the pore and help dry the pimple quickly and effectively. If you apply it all over your face, do not leave it on for more than 15 minutes.
Do not use hand soaps
Hand soaps remove the skin's natural lipid film. This causes the sebaceous glands to become imbalanced and more oil is produced. Do not use them to wash your face!
Take care of your diet
If you want to achieve optimal results, take care of your diet. Drink plenty of water, eliminate sugars, milk protein and wheat protein from your diet. That small sacrifice is well worth it.
If you also find on your skin
LARGE PORES AND COARSE WRINKLES
If you notice thick skin, large pores and horizontal wrinkles on your forehead, your case should follow a 100% personalized protocol with a strict and meticulous follow-up. We would love to see your skin for a better evaluation.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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This is very common in oily skin, don't worry. Skin that produces a lot of oil tends to accumulate more layers of keratin externally.
Keratin is naturally shed naturally in normal to dry skin, but in oily skin, the oil produced is amalgamated to prevent cell shedding.
As the skin thickens in the upper layers, it feels drier to the touch and cosmetics take much longer to penetrate and, in some cases, never penetrate at all.
How can we act?
By decollecting the superficial keratin epidermal cells through peelings. If you use an enzymatic peeling every night or every other night after cleansing, as a second hygiene step, you will notice a spectacular change.
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Oily skins suffer from greater waterproofing of the skin surface due to the increased oil they generate.
This oil causes the cells of the last layers of the epidermis that should be shed to remain and thicken the surface.
The skin must continue to excrete fat and debris through the pores, so that the pore appears larger and larger, but it is not that it is larger, but like a volcano, the walls around it are getting taller and visually more striking in size.
Do not worry, because if we help to progressively eliminate the excess keratin, in addition to reducing the size of the pore, we will obtain a more flexible, permeable and luminous skin.
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If you have bought a very light cream but you still get shiny skin, it is because you are not regulating oil production.
Oily skin produces excess sebum. We should not cut oil production in a radical way, since the skin must maintain its metabolism, but we can regulate the oil that is produced in a gradual way.
We should also check the ingredients of the creams. Sometimes creams are light in texture but have a lipid base or have a formulation based on silicones, this will produce a film effect on the surface and the sensation of discomfort will be much greater.
Use light but water-based creams that moisturize and balance the water-oil ratio in the skin.
The more moisturized the skin is, the less oil it will produce and the more elasticity and comfort it will feel.
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Horizontal wrinkles on the forehead is another easy way to identify oily skin around the age of 30 and older.
Especially if peels are not performed on a regular basis.
As we have seen in the previous questions, oily skin tends to accumulate more skin on the surface of the epidermis, due to the fact that oil acts as a glue between the dead epidermal cells, preventing their natural detachment.
This makes the stratum corneum higher and higher, so that a small wrinkle of gesticulation in the areas that we move more, such as the forehead and the eye contour, wrinkles instead of being fine and inconspicuous, are thick and deep.
Daily peeling with enzymatic products is a perfect solution for these skins. They will do a progressive natural sweep to prevent the horny layer from thickening so much.
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Cuticubacterium acnes is the bacterium that causes acne.
This bacterium is naturally present in the epidermal flora, but when there is an imbalance of oil in the skin, its presence increases, decreasing the presence of other flora populations.
C. acnes is a bacterium that loves the low pH of oily skin, these bacteria colonize inside the pore of the pilosebaceous glands and generate colonies.
In addition, in oily skin, the shedding of dead cells is lower, as they remain more "stuck to the skin" due to the oil itself.
These dead cells enter the pores, infect, bacteria increase their populations even more, more infection and more inflammation occurs.
This leads to even more oil production and thus continues to feed this unbalanced function of oily skin.
We can act on it and control it, in Cosmeticos24h we are here to help you eliminate acne.
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The skins need to treat 4 fundamental pillars derived from acne:
- Sebum production.
- Bacterial infection.
- Inflammation.
- Keratin excess.
So we should look for active ingredients:
- Anti-inflammatory such as chamomile, chamomile, camellia, etc.
- Antibacterial and antiseptic such as alcohol, thyme, tea tree, etc.
- Sebum balancing agents such as salicylic acid, hyaluronic acid, etc.
- Keratolytics such as BHA's, AHA's, retinols, etc.
