r/SkinbarrierLovers

I recently damaged my skin barrier and have been trying to rebuild my skincare routine for the past few days… My face is sooo red throughout the day, stinging and itchy. Worst redness I’ve ever had, even worst than my after microneedling sessions I’ve had in the past.

My beloved ingredient, The Ordinary Hyuronic Acid, suddenly makes my skin sting!!! I thought it was Dokdo Toner that was stinging my face this morning! So I didn’t apply it this evening but when I applied HA my skin was on fireeeee. Would it be best to completely not use any products with HA at this point? Most of the products I use have HA… How would I hydrate my skin now? I have dry, sensitive skin.

Possible skincare routine now:
AM
• Water cleanse only
• Skin1004 Centella ampoule
• Purito soothing gel cream – however this cream isn’t ideal as it’s not hydrating enough throughout the day… (Other options: The Ordinary Natural Moisturiser, Anua 3+ Barrier Cream and Dr Althea 345 but they all contain HA…)
• Skin1004 Hyalucica sun serum (Other option: Haruharu Wonder Airfit sunscreen)

PM
• The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser – would this be too harsh? (Other option: Skin1004 Gentle cleansing milk)
• Haruharu Wonder Moisture 5.5 Soft Cleansing Gel
• Skin1004 Centella ampoule
• Purito soothing gel cream (Other options: mentioned above)

Use as needed:
• Skin1004 quick calming pads
• La Roche Posay Cicaplast B5 Spray

I also have Round Lab Dokdo toner and Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Hyaluronic toner (free of alc and fragrance) Would it be best to not include them in my routine for now?

Is my routine? What needs changing? Please help 🫪

Winter is coming!!

I’m a dry skin girly using tretinoin living in a dry climate in Canada. Right now things are relatively humid but I’m anticipating the cold, dry, sunny days ahead. Fun fact we have some of the most sun days in the world!

So I’m thinking about only replenishing with products that do not have hyaluronic acid. Should I include sodium hylunerate (SH) in that? I know not all HA is created equal!

Current products with HA:

Cosrx 6 peptide serum
Saturday Skin Yuzu vitamin c serum - impulse buy and wasn’t going to replace it anyway
Dieux Air Angel sample - so lovely under cicaplast! It has the SH
Dieux Instant Angel - SH

So not a ton of products to replace but I’m still curious if you think this is a reasonable idea? And the Sodium hylunerate question.

I want to buy a new hydrating serum or toner because my skin is PARCHED. The best one i've tried so far is cezanne toner but it's no longer available where i live :") other hydrating products i have tried: iunik beta glucan serum, cosrx snail mucin essence (?), hada labo gokyujun premium (lotion/toner and serum), roundlab dokdo toner, torriden dive serum. Crazy enough none comes close to cezanne. Also please write down other products you've tried for reference aside from the best one!!

Edit: added more products that I remembered i have tried.

Is this a sign that my skin barrier is damaged?

I have dry, sensitive, eczema-prone skin

I use the first aid beauty, auto gentle cream to foam face cleanser and then I switched to the isntree yam root vegan milk cleanser

I noticed that my skin started to feel very dry when I would rinse with water. I think it has also been affecting my eyelids and creating additional creases when I wake up and it’s still being there for the rest of the day unless I fix it myself.

I spoke to my doctor and he said I should use the Cerave hydrating foaming oil cleanser, and then the hydrating facial cleanser, but my eyelids still have additional creases in them and my skin still feels dry after I rinse with water

What products should I be using to help restore my skin barrier and to be able to cleanse my face without feeling so dry after?

I use sunscreen and makeup so I need to cleanse my face, but I don’t know if I should take a break for a week?

Hello. I’m currently using the SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Probio-Cica Enrich Cream - 50ml

My skin absolutely loves it but it’s becoming too costly to repurchase constantly.

Is there a potential dupe for this product? It’s the only thing that healed my skin barrier.

Neutrogena dropped Hayden Panettiere after speaking up about postpartum depression and used her “moral clause” as a contract reason to drop her. Yeah no thank you. A brand that won’t support women on women’s health. Never support this brand — they show where they actually stand as a brand.

I have fungal acne prone skin and have been using light skincare that I feel like is drying out my skin now so I’m looking for a moisturiser that will repair my skin barrier and is also fungal acne safe .
I’ve been using tret and azelaic on alternate nights with purito oat in gel cream which is not moisturising enough and cosrx ultralight sunscreen.

I just started using 20% vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum for one week and my skin is not loving it. My skin gets red and irritated even after I apply moisturizer after.

I think I made a mistake by using vitamin c in high concentration. I just wanted my dark spots to disappear quickly.

If you guys have any gentler recommendation of vitamin C that is effective, it would be much appreciated.

For context, I'm in my late 30s, have super sensitive skin, and most of the marks are around my cheeks and jaw.

Hi guys,

skincare can be expensive. Of course there are top tier products like AESTURA ATO BARRIER.

However, not everyone want to pay 💰 a lot for these kinds of products because often, other products get you “90% there”.

Thus my question; is there any product that beats illyoon ato moisturizer price to performance wise? Is there any moisturizer at that price point that can keep up?

I’m looking for a moisturizer that doesn’t feel as if I had a thick film in my skin so no CeraVe

May it be k beauty or western beauty products

Just bought the US version from Sephora and my eyes are stinging from it. Could something else be the culprit or has anyone experienced the same?

NOTE: THIS IS LONG. BUT PLEASE IF YOU HAVE TIME PLEASE READ IT AND GIVE ME SOME THOUGHTS OPINIONS FACTS ANYTHING- PLEASE. 🤍

CONTEXT OF MY SKIN: Hormonal acne that is inflammatory- and lowk randomly got worse in the last year? (Used to just be during week before my period and now more) , fungal little acne too those ones that aren’t inflammatory. Big ass pores that get clogged up and no matter what I use or try the only thing that stops them being clogged… is squeezing the sebum out. Sigh. Skin is textured. My acne scars are flat and dark. im in my early 20s, female, brown skin.

CURRENT ROUTINE:

AM: cleanser, azelaic acid, moisturiser, spf.

PM: oil cleanser, cleanser, barrier serum, tret 0.025 (just started and every 3 nights ish) moisturiser.

Okay. - OIL CLEANSERS.

1. i don’t get it. Everyone says different. Do oil cleansers cause breakouts?

2. Why do ppl say they r essential in acne prone skin skin care routine?

3. are any actually all three- hormonal acne safe, clogged pore safe AND fungal acne safe? Because every time I find one they can cause one type of acne.

4. anua oil cleanser is apparently acne safe completely- I’ve been using it- I fear it’s giving me acne and if it isn’t the cause of my acne, it definitely isn’t doing anything good either- see no difference in sebum dots and pores etc- what is the actual verdict.

4.b) IS anua oil cleanser acne safe or not. Apparently yes, according to ppl’s experiences- varies widely.

4.c) DO OIL CLEANSERS ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING💔💔💔

5. any recommendations. I beg.

next. MOISTURISERS.

1. apparently u want a hydrating moisturiser especially on tret which ive just started.

2. Cerave moisturising lotion is what I use rn- but according to ppl on Reddit this gives them acne too?!?!🫩😭 - i don’t feel like it’s good or bad. I got it cause I assumed cerave was super stripped back ingredients- now im lost.

3. any recommendations- PLEASE. For moisturiser.

NEXT. - cleanser

1. I have combination skin and use cerave foaming normal - oily cleanser : leaves my skin feeling slightly tight and clean which I thought was good but apparently is not?!

2. any recommendations? I’m starting to think cerave is lowk crap?

FURTHERMORE. - azeliac acid.

1. does this acc do anything like wth… everyone raves about it I use the ordinary one and have done for so many months now and bruh imo it does legit nothing. Doesn’t break me out or anything but doesn’t do anything

LASTLY- 2x cleanse debate and tret

1. I’ve always cleansed twice but apparently ppl r saying it’s best to just double cleanse in the PM and just use water AM- is this true?

2. JUST started tret. Ik tik tok says it’s a miracle gel- does this actually work. nothing has ever worked for me lmao, including salicylic acid my skin hates it. I am purging currently and don’t mind as long as this is actually going to improve my skin. so does it ACTUALLY work, especially for hormonal acne?

2.b) once ur skin hypothetically clears on tret, do you stop using it? Or is this something u remain on because ur acne comes back if u stop?

THANK YOU ALL FOR READING THIS FAR IF YOU HAVE AND PLEASE REPLY I TRUST REDDIT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE😂.

Thank you-

A girl in her 20s very sick of acne.