What special care does hypersensitive skin need?
Do you actually know what really matters when it comes to good skin care? Especially when you are struggling with sensitive, dry or dehydrated skin, with redness, impurities or pimples, choosing the right ingredients for your cosmetics is the be-all and end-all.
It is about using ingredients naturally occuring in our skin. These can be integrated particularly well into the dermal system. Skin-identical ingredients strengthen the body’s protective shell in its healthy structure, regenerating the skin’s functionality.
The importance of a healthy skin barrier
The primary goal of any effective skin care product is a healthy skin barrier. It forms the protective shield of our skin. How can we imagine the skin barrier? The structure of the barrier layer is similar to that of a brick wall: so-called horny cells form the top layer of skin, the stones of the protective wall. They are held together by lipids (fats), like the mortar in a brick wall. The lipids consist mainly of ceramides. Not only do they hold the barrier layer together, they also prevent foreign bodies from penetrating the skin from the outside and prevent moisture from escaping from the skin.
Skin-identical facial care
In order to give sensitive skin exactly what it really needs, a high-quality face cream should take the skin barrier itself as a model. Above all recommendable are ingredients also being components of our skin. Skin-identical cosmetics is also highly valued as "biomimetic care" or "corneotherapy".
Skin-identical face creams imitate the skin's own hydro-lipid film. The hydro-lipid film as part of the skin barrier is the natural protective film of lipids and moisture on our skin. The components of such creams are connected to each other via the skin's own emulsifiers such as hydrogenated lecithins. Being part of each cell membrane, they regenerate the skin's protective layer.
Particularly valuable skin-identical ingredients are:
- Ceramides ✓ they are contained in hydrogenated phoshatodylcholine, the skin's own emulsifier, used in all myrto face creams and serums.
- Linoleic acid ✓ high levels are contained in grape seed oil or argan oil.
- Linolenic acid ✓ is mainly a component of pomegranate seed, evening primrose or hemp oil.
- Hyaluronic acid ✓ binds up to 1000 times its molecular weight to water
- Phospholipids ✓ occur as skin-identical active ingredients in hydrogenated lecithin or lysolecithin.
- Squalene ✓ unsaturated form in amaranth seed oil, saturated in olive squalane.
- Beta-glucan ✓ builds up the skin barrier, binds moisture deeply and for a long time, has an anti-inflammatory effect.
What are the main advantages of skin-identical cosmetics?
- Optimal compatibility
Skin-identical creams have maximum skin compatibility. The explanation: Components naturally occurring in our skin in this way or similar can be integrated particularly well. - Strengthening the skin's own protection
The skin's own protective film as part of the barrier layer is an elementary prerequisite for healthy, long-term youthful skin. On the other hand, aggressive surfactants, harsh peelings and a multitude of different products damage our skin‘s natural protective function. - Depth effect
Skin-identical lipids such as phosphatodylcholine are able to "fuse" with the skin membrane. At the same time, they have the ability to lead particularly aqueous active ingredients into the deeper layers of the skin. The skin-identical active ingredient phosphatodylcholine is an elementary component of all myrto face creams and serums. - Minimalist ingredients
We recommend looking at the ingredients list of your cosmetics at first. A good face cream or serum should not contain more than 20 ingredients. A well-formulated, skin-identical facial oil gets by with about 4 to 7 different ingredients.
Conclusion
Skin-identical facial care is our insider tip, not just for hypersensitive skin. Skin-identical creams and serums, as long as they are well formulated, are recommended for all skin types without exception. Remember: You only have one skin and the better you take care of it, the more comfortable you will feel in it.
