Oily, dry and more skin problems and the solution

Which skincare for oily skin?

Oily skin, actually quite to be a bit envious of. They tend to be stronger and get fewer wrinkles. But now that you are reading this, you probably find it very annoying that you have a shiny head.

Here come a few fat tips;

Don't get your head in the hot shower. You might also remember your hairdresser saying that if you also have oily hair. You trigger your sebaceous glands to make more sebum. From your scalp but therefore also from your face. So lukewarm to cold water.

Use the acidic Face Wash N2 from Rosenberg Skin Clinic. Don't use normal soaps as they can be triggers, these affect your acid mantle.

Now comes the magic word; N4 Glycolic Acid Gel. Apply and do not rinse off. For normal skin, I still recommend the N6 skin oil but I think that with the wash, Glycolic acid and your sebum production, you will have normal skin. If you still see a shine during the day, you can repeat the Glycolic acid.

 Do you need a powder?

Mmmm you often close the skin with this. Take a look in our webshop to see if our new miracle powder is already there based on the super antioxidant Resveratrol!

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Which skincare is best for my dry skin?

Dry skin
Dry skin generally produces too little sebum or the sufficient amount of sebum is disrupted by external influences. Think of a hot shower, bath, chlorinated pool, air conditioning, wrong soap or wrong skincare products that include alcohol. Check irritants for this as well. Hormones often play a role in menopausal women. Watch the video to balance your hormones naturally.

So the most important step is to protect your beautiful skin's own substances. This already starts with proper cleansing to not only remove all the dirt, but also to protect or even restore the skin's PH value (acidity).

Is your skin tight after the shower?

This is because water has a much less acidic PH value.

After proper cleansing, Hyaluronic Acid after you turn 25 is a very good idea to prevent skin ageing because of the hydration boost it gives.

But now comes the most important information for dry skin. Have you ever bought a cream against dry skin? You probably have! And then if you forgot to apply it one day, was your skin dry again? You probably did! What does this mean? It means that your cream is like a layer on your skin and is not repairing your skin!

Protect for dry skin or Protect+ (with matt finish, not at BOL)) for very dry skin ensure that the cream creeps into your skin and stays there. You don't just rinse those off. Always use lukewarm to cold water to avoid dissolving and rinsing away any current sebum.

You can find all the products mentioned in the webshop and of course at BOL

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Acne, what is it? How do pimples actually form

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Your skin has tiny holes called pores, which can get clogged by mineral (not natural) oil, bacteria, dead skin cells and dirt. When this happens, you may develop a pimple, sometimes called a pimple or pimple.

If you get pimples often, especially several at once repeatedly, you may have acne. In other words, acne is the skin condition that causes pimples.

Acne is very common. In fact, research estimates that 9.4 per cent of people worldwide have acne. In the United States, acne is the most common skin condition, according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).

Although acne does not pose a serious risk to your overall health, it can still be painful, especially if you have severe acne. Over time, acne can also cause scarring in the form of holes (craters) and/or pigment spots.

There is no denying that acne can contribute to emotional distress. Acne and acne scars on your face and other visible places on your body can affect your self-esteem and self-confidence, and they can even contribute to feelings of anxiety or depression.

If you live with acne, know that it is a common condition.

Also remember that acne is highly treatable. There are a number of effective treatments, so you have options to reduce the number of pimples you get and minimise the chances of scarring.

What are the different types of acne?

If you have acne, you may have different types of pimples.

White and black black blackheads, both also called comedones, are the most common acne lesions.

Blackheads, or open comedones, open on the surface of your skin. Oxygen in the air (not dirt) gives the top of these pimples their darker appearance.

White blackheads, or closed comedones, appear as raised bumps below the surface of the skin. They remain flesh-coloured.

Inflammatory lesions, which are more likely to scar your skin, include:

Papules. These small, red, raised bumps are caused by inflamed or infected hair follicles.

Pustules. These small red pimples have pus at the tips.

Lumps. These firm, often painful nodules form under the surface of the skin.

What are the symptoms of acne?

Acne can occur almost anywhere on your body, but you will usually see pimples on your:

Face and neck

Back

Shoulders

Chest

Pimples can give your skin a rough, uneven texture.

With acne, you may also suffer from:

skin discolouration, including dark spots or blotches (hyperpigmentation) and redness

swelling and inflammation

pain and sensitivity when touched or not touched

Acne breakouts can also cause scarring or discolouration on your skin.

Squeezing pimples can increase the risk of scarring, so avoid squeezing - no matter how tempting it feels to get rid of the pimple right away - and try these tips.

Once a pimple develops, it can take a few days to a few weeks for it to go away completely.

An acne breakout can take much longer to heal and pull away, especially without treatment.

What causes acne?

Acne occurs when the pores of your skin become clogged with oil, dead skin cells or bacteria.

Each pore of your skin opens into a follicle. The follicle consists of a hair and a sebaceous gland (oil gland).

The sebaceous gland secretes sebum (oil), which passes through the hair, out of the pore and onto your skin. Tallow keeps your skin smooth and soft.

One or more mistakes in this lubrication process can contribute to acne.

For example, acne can occur when:

Your follicles produce too much sebum

Dead skin cells accumulate in your pores

Bacteria accumulate in your pores

All these problems can lead to pimples, which occur when bacteria grow in a clogged pore and oil cannot escape. These are also the 3 steps that the acne specialist addresses in acne treatment. Thinning sebum, removing dead skin cells and making the skin more acidic which bacteria do not like.

What are the risk factors for developing acne?

Experts still do not know exactly why some people suffer from acne and others do not.

However, they do know that a number of risk factors can cause or worsen acne, including:

Hormonal changes due to pregnancy or puberty

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and other endocrine disorders

Smoking cigarettes

Poor sleep

Stress

Cleansers, creams, moisturisers and other beauty products with high mineral oil or wrong PH levels. Keep skin acidic with products with low PH content

Certain drugs, including lithium, some types of hormonal contraceptives, anti-epileptics and steroids

A family history of acne

The risk of acne is highest during puberty. During this period, your body undergoes many hormonal changes. These changes can trigger sebum production, leading to an increased risk of acne. Hormonal acne related to puberty usually improves as you mature, and your pimples may even stop altogether.

According to research, certain foods or diets can have an effect on acne:

Low-glycaemic index diets. Cutting out processed meat and refined carbohydrates can help reduce acne lesions. So prefer not to eat too much pizza, pasta, biscuits and if you eat bread choose wholemeal with preferably "green" toppings

Dairy products. Consuming certain dairy products, such as milk and ice cream, seems to worsen acne in some people (lactose-free sometimes already helps. Non-dairy dairy products, such as cheese, do not seem to worsen acne.

Fat and fatty acids. Omega-3 oil (nuts, olive oil, oily fish) can help reduce acne.

Vegan and vegetarian diets. Although vegan and vegetarian diets can offer many health benefits, there is little evidence that they are specifically suitable for treating acne.

Probiotics. Although probiotics - found in yoghurt, other fermented foods and supplements - could help improve acne, experts have yet to find conclusive evidence for probiotics as a treatment for acne.

Getting a diagnosis

If you suspect you have acne, a good next step is to get diagnosed by an acne specialist. This may be covered by insurance.

The skin is cleansed. This means dead skin cells are removed using Glycolic acid. Depending on your skin type, we determine the %. Then we gently and painlessly ensure that any whiteheads and blackheads are removed. This is followed by a repairing cream and any red spots are touched up with Egaliserwhich immediately reduces the redness. Both the peeling and the removal of impurities are done with extremely gentle care so that you immediately look better and not like you sometimes hear that people leave the salon more damaged than they entered. Besides faster recovery, the Rosenberg method also eliminates scarring or acne pigmentation. Of course, you will also be given information on how to best care for your skin at home.

The care you can do at home

All the products below can be ordered from the Rosenberg Skin Clinic webshop.

If you use make-up, cleanse it with a natural oil that is so healthy you can simply apply it to your skin, such as the N1 Cleansing oil.Step 2 is called N2 Face wash. This is lactic acid-based. Your skin is acidic and has an acid mantle. This is important to protect because the acid mantle keeps bacteria out. The N3 is the Toner. An acidic "water" to make skin even more acidic and healthy. The N4 is Glycolic Acid for home as we discussed earlier. To nourish your skin if it does feel a bit dry, use the N6. There is also a mix of N4 Glycolic acid and N6 and this is called Acne N9

If you apply the Power Mask once a week in addition to this care, you may not need an acne specialist!

What else can you do to prevent acne?

Avoid touching your face with your hands

Do not squeeze pimples

Do not take a (too) hot shower with your face

Turn over your pillowcase every day, replace it on day 3

Do not use foundation and otherwise water-based. Even better, just camouflage pimples using a cotton swab with half a drop of Egliser that immediately dries out your pimple and repairs your skin

Avoid powder or rouge and if you do...wash your brushes regularly!

Eat lots of vegetables and some fruit, fish, nuts every day

Exercise and sports provides an inflammation-inhibiting substance

More about Acne

Acne sounds very serious. It can be but acne is the big umbrella under which the barred grain, blackhead and pimple also falls. So prevention is indeed better than cure Preventive Acne treatment is therefore a very good idea!

Who gets Acne?

Acne Vulgaris is the most common Acne. Vulgaris means youth but also occurs later in life.

Almost everyone gets it. 85% between the ages of 12 and 25 and after the age of 40, 1% of men and 5% of women still suffer from it. Apart from being the most common skin problem, we should not underestimate the psychological strain.

How does acne occur?

Often caused by hormones, you produce more sebum. That in itself is not so bad, but if that same hormone also causes your top layer of skin to become tough, the sebum cannot find its way up. The blockage manifests superficially as black black blackheads (commedones) or with deeper blockages of the outlet (pore) and those are white commedones. At that point, nature causes inflammation to take place. The Propioni Acne Bacteria also gets involved and happily eats away at the sebaceous gland wall and breaks it down. Sebaceous gland follicle inflammation. The many bacteria present in the sebaceous gland cause the sebum to be converted into free fatty acids that are highly irritating. Eventually, these acids cause the sebaceous gland follicle to rupture and the pus to spill out.

What other causes are there, from outside, for the development of Acne?

Medications such as Prednisone can cause Acne.

Furthermore, if a lot of pressure is exerted, for example by a helmet or a lot of leaning on the jaw, Acne can develop. 

Compulsive scratching, especially by young girls and young women

We also frequently see that when having Acne Vulgaris and someone keeps scratching it that this maintains the Acne. (Scratching Acne...officially Acne excoriée)

 What is Milia (barbed grains)

A millia is a barred grain. It is a white hard pinhead with no other noticeable redness, warmth or swelling (the 3 characteristics of an inflammation) The barb grain has actually passed the inflammation period. The body has encapsulated it. There is a tight skin membrane around it and the sebum bud has hardened. The gerstein grain will rarely disappear on its own. The acne specialist can use a needle to open up the membrane and the gerstekorrel can then come out.

In Acne Conglobata, the pus runs under the skin. If this inflammation takes a more severe form with fever and possibly blood poisoning, we call it Acne Fulminans. 

Acne Inversa (the name used by dermatologists) is a severe chronic form of Acne that affects 1% of the population. Acne is located in the skin folds, armpits and groins of overweight people, mostly women. Another name is Acne ectopia and "hidradenitis suppurativa. The latter name means festering sweat glands.

Acne keloidalis nuchae is not inflammation of the sebaceous gland but of the hair root. It leaves a trail of scar tissue. Usually occurs on the neck and also results in hair loss. It usually occurs in negroid men but also occurs in white men. It has nothing to do with ingrown hairs. Acne neonatorum is baby acne caused by hormones from the mother and usually goes away after a few months but treatment can speed it up.

Irritating

Removing the cause of an irritation is the basis for calm skin. Main irritants;

Perfume, the N1 in skin irritation. Research shows that even 88% of products for babies and toddlers contain perfume.

Soap with too high a PH value (Use the N2 Face Wash)

Water (has a higher PH than your skin)

Parabens

Alcohol irritant; in the ingredient list are ethanol, ethyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol.

Alcohol little or not irritating; cetyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol and behenyl alcohol. 

Fabric softener

Chlorine pool

Nickel (think belt buckles)

Naturally, the Rosenberg Skin Clinic brand contains no irritants

Pigmentation spot removal

Rosenberg specialises in removing pigmentation spots. This can be done with the with the Cryopen. A thin jet of -89 degrees comes out of that and within 2 weeks it is totally gone! If you have larger areas of sun-induced pigmentation spots, there is the Glycolic Acid Peeling and the PIGMENT product for at home in our webshop + bol.com

We cover the most common pigmentation spots here.

Melasma

Sun spot (Lentigo Solaris)

post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation

These are usually caused by the sun, hormones sometimes play a role (melasma), perfume use or skin damage such as after acne or a fall. We also treat age-related warts. They look like pigment spots but feel rough to the touch.

Besides pigment spots, we also treat all benign warts and acne

The pigment spot, the new wrinkle

Pigmentation disorders have several causes, the sun being the most common. Because we travel more far than 30 years ago, hyperpigmentation has become the new wrinkle. And you can't just spray these away with Botox or a Filler.

What is hyperpigmentation?

Hyperpigmentation is not a condition per se, but a term that describes skin that appears darker.

Types of hyperpigmentation

There are several types of hyperpigmentation, the most common being melasma, sun spots and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

Melasma. Melasma is believed to be caused by hormonal changes and can develop during pregnancy. Areas of hyperpigmentation can occur on all parts of the body, but most often on the abdomen and face.

Sun spots. Sun spots, also called liver spots or sunlight lentigines, are common. They result from overexposure to the sun. Generally, they appear as spots on areas exposed to the sun, such as the hands and face.

Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. This results from an injury or inflammation of the skin. A common cause of this type is acne.

Dark spots on the skin are the main symptoms of hyperpigmentation. The spots can vary in size and develop anywhere on the body.

The biggest risk factors for general hyperpigmentation are sun exposure and inflammation (e.g. acne), as both situations can increase melanin production. The more you are exposed to the sun, the greater the risk of increased skin pigmentation.

Depending on the type of condition, other risk factors for hyperpigmented spots may include:

use of oral contraception or pregnancy, as seen with melasma

darker skin type, which is more prone to pigmentary changes

medications that increase your sensitivity to sunlight

trauma to the skin, such as a wound or superficial burn injury

What causes hyperpigmentation?

A common cause of hyperpigmentation is excessive production of melanin. Melanin is a pigment that gives skin its colour. It is produced by skin cells called melanocytes. Several conditions or factors can alter the production of melanin in your body.

Certain medications can cause hyperpigmentation. Some chemotherapy drugs can also have hyperpigmentation as a side effect.

Pregnancy changes hormone levels and can affect melanin production in some women.

A rare endocrine disease, Addison's disease, can cause hyperpigmentation that is most evident in areas exposed to the sun, such as the face, neck and hands, and in areas exposed to friction, such as the elbows and knees.

Hyperpigmentation is a direct result of increased levels of a hormone in your body that results in increased melanin synthesis.

Excessive sun exposure can also cause an increase in melanin and is the most common cause. In addition, the use of perfume on the skin is considered to cause pigmentation as well as cosmetics with non-natural ingredients.

Protecting the skin

Home care also includes the use of sunscreen. Sunscreen is the single most important factor to remedy most causes of hyperpigmentation. Look for:

A physically blocking sunscreen, preferably with zinc oxide as the main active ingredient at least an SPF 30 to 50

Use a sunscreen daily. Reapply it every 2 hours if you are in the sun - more often if you sweat or swim.

Wearing hats or clothes that block sunlight

Avoiding the sun at the time of day when it is strongest, usually between 10am and 4pm.

Avoiding certain medications can also help prevent hyperpigmentation.

Protecting the skin is important for prevention but even more important after sunspot treatment. The various treatment methods stimulate increased cell division that generates new skin. We compare the new skin to a baby's skin. Silky soft, unblemished but vulnerable.

Zinc oxide

Zinc oxide is the white visible in healthy sunscreens. There is now also pure zinc oxide available that you can mix yourself through your cream or use it pure. Apply pure zinc oxide with a brush or cotton swab to your (just treated) sun spot.

Glycolic acid

Glycolic acid comes in different strengths. For home use, a % of 12% is recommended. At Rosenberg, 20% is available which is usually only used to touch up the sunspot with. Going forward, % higher than 10 are better to leave to the professional. Rosenberg offers peels in soft, normal and strong. An additional benefit is that Glycolic acid promotes cell division and has as a "side effect" a younger silky smooth skin. Also, Glycolic acid makes the skin produce collagen. Also, "weird" cells that come up and plan to make a wart on you are usually eliminated immediately. A skin also often already contains pigmentary disturbances in depth that are not (yet) visible. Glycolic acid solves this problem in depth. The beauty of Glycolic acid is that it removes all dead skin cells. Often also a cause of congestion and acne. Be aware that it makes the skin a bit blotchier as a result, so protect it well in the sun.

The treatment of (pigmented) sun spots

If the face, décolleté or hands are completely full of spots, it is preferable to do a peeling first. However, the extra prominent spots can be removed directly via freezing.

The CryoPen

The CryoPen, the name says it all, is a pen where a very narrow ice-cold (-89 degrees) jet blows. The pen does not touch the skin. It is important to work very precisely and not to touch the healthy skin. Rosenberg ensures faster recovery and a minuscule chance of scarring due to the precise method that is also accompanied by the special recovery-promoting cream applied and given afterwards.

Prevention is better than cure

Do the hydrofacial regularly

Use glycolic acid

Do not spray perfume on the skin

Take care of the skin without chemicals

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Order Vitamin A Glycolic Acid and Pure Hyaluronic Acid for home at rosenbergskinclinic.co.uk or Bol.com