Facial imperfections: everything you need to know

Blemishes are inflammations that need to be treated gently

In the course of our lives, nearly 80% of us have experienced (or are experiencing) at least one episode of pimples... Far from being a blemish reserved for our teenage years, adults - especially women, thanks to hormones - are easily affected by facial facial imperfections.

The redness of a pimple indicates an inflammatory state. Sanitize with an anti-blemish cream obviously helps to speed up its disappearance, but forgetting to soothe slows down the tissue regeneration process. Not only does this make the skin uncomfortable, it also makes the pimple more visible and increases the risk of leaving a trace.

The product we need : SOS Mask Oh My Cream Skincare

To treat blemishes, start by rebalancing your skin's flora.

Propionibecterium acnes: this is THE bacterium at the root of blemishes, the one which, among the colony of bacteria that make up our skin flora, feasts on our excess sebum and proliferates. And just like a destabilized digestive flora, it takes a long time for the skin to recreate a "healthy" environment. When you look at the problem from this angle, you can see why one of the wisest solutions is to give your skin a helping hand by providing it with good bacteria.

The product we need : Microbiota & Skin Aurelia

Stop being afraid of fat to treat imperfections

Often demonized, fats play a more-than-essential role in the proper functioning of our skin, even if we have combination or oily skin. Rather than rushing to astringent skin care products that eliminate excess sebum and, on the contrary, push the glands to produce more to defend themselves, applying a vegetable oil allows you to mimic your skin's own sebum. In this way, the sebaceous glands gradually reduce their production. Not all plant oils are equal when it comes to this problem. Some oils are more or less rich and/or comedogenic. The must-have? Jojoba oil, the closest in composition to our sebum.

The product we need : BioRegenerate Wild Rose Oil Pai Skincare

A simple foundation can make your imperfections worse.

Bad silicones, petrochemical-derived active ingredients (mineral oil, kerosene...) and even animal waxes such as lanolin, are the ingredients most commonly found in foundation, blush and concealer formulas. Highly comedogenic, applying them on a daily basis and wearing them all day can really throw off an already unbalanced skin.

The product we need : Mineral Powder SPF20 Oh My Cream Skincare

Using an astringent make-up remover every day is not a solution for blemishes.

This goes back to what we explained earlier: by wanting to eliminate oil at all costs, you destabilize your skin even more, which will produce more of it to defend itself (after all, that's the 1st role of sebum). To start with, we rely on an ultra-complete double cleanse to perfectly eliminate all impurities, withoutboosting sebum production. The first oily cleanser attracts deep-seated impurities like a magnet, while the second gel cleanser refines make-up removal and begins to gently treat imperfections.

The duo you need : Cleansing Oil & Cleansing Gel Oh My Cream Skincare

And what about food?

A 2015 study pointed the finger at the Western diet, and in particular at our high consumption of dairy products, saturated fats and foods with a high glycemic index. The latter would disrupt our hormonal system and in particular increase our levels of androgenic (male) hormones... And therefore favor imperfections. But this remains to be proven.

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