SENSITIVE SKIN CARE TIPS

Sensitive skin care tips for those with sensitive skin.

Are you allergic to your beauty products?

MarieClaire Magazine

By Fiorella Valdesol

"I would say that at least 50 percent of women think they have sensitive skin," says dermatologist Dr. David Bank. "They have a hard time finding products that won't cause a reaction." That reaction, called contact dermatitis, falls into two categories: allergic and irritant. Allergic indicates that the immune system is displeased, while irritant reactions stop at the surface. It's something Lynne Greene, Clinique's global president, became all too familiar with on a recent trip to Asia.

"I went to Singapore, which is one climate; Japan, which is another; and finally Shanghai, which has a lot of pollution," she says. "By the time I boarded the plane home, my skin was tremendously red and reactive." But while the detrimental effects of environmental aggressors may be beyond our control, what we put on our skin can be monitored, says Greene. And a number of reactions, both allergic and irritant, can be traced back to one of these culprit ingredients:

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