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Have you ever used a facial cleanser, lotion or soap, that leaves your skin feeling tight, pulling and slightly sore? - we are sure you have. Some facial cleansers, and especially facial cleansers formulated for problem skin, sometimes have this unfortunate effect.
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People with problem skins sometimes mistakenly think that this effect and feeling means that their skin is properly clean, and that all dirt, grime, pollution, bacteria and any other unfriendly particles have been removed - and although the skin may be clean - but that is not a certainty, you can certainly know that such a face wash or soap is causing your skin severe distress, and does not mean that your skin is clean.
When a facial wash or soap is incorrectly formulated it means that the wash has in actual fact - through being too acid or too alkaline - dehydrated the horny layer (Stratum corneum) of the skin.
When this outermost layer of the skin is so dehydrated, it shrinks and diminishes in volume, and in doing so, contracts over the layers of cells found immediately below it.
Since the cells found underneath the Stratum corneum do not alter in volume nor dehydrate, (they are irrigated and hydrated by interstitial fluid which would prevent it from happening), this layer is then compressed into the shrunken outside layer, which has become dehydrated because of incorrect cleansing methods.
This results in the skin not only feeling tight, but will in actual fact look stressed, over-taut and pulling, with resultant soreness. It is not only the resultant pulling etc. that is detrimental to your skin, but the natural protective acid-mantle of the skin would also have been disturbed by the use of such harsh cleansers, which can leave your skin prone to infections and inflammation.
It is not just incorrect cleansers that can rob this skin layer of moisture. Moisture loss is also caused by environmental factors, such as very low humidity in air-conditioned buildings, wind, sun, as well as the cold. To look at our very popular, gentle yet effective, face wash - called Rejuvenating Face Wash, please click here - or if you have a problem skin, you can look at our Problem Skin Wash, by clicking here.
Our face washes will not cause the unpleasant and unwanted feeling described above, and both have proven to be highly effective and popular.
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