Sensitive combination skin

What is sensitive combination skin?

Sensitive combination skin is a specific skin type that has both dry and oily areas. This skin type is often prone to blemishes, blackheads (comedones), and redness, as seen in rosacea-sensitive skin.

• T-zone: The areas of the forehead, nose and chin are typically oily and shiny due to increased sebum production.
• Cheek and neck area: These areas tend to be dry, which leads to skin imbalance.

Causes of blackheads and pimples

Blackheads develop when an sebaceous gland produces excessive sebum and clogs the pore. When this clogged pore becomes inflamed, a pimple develops. The most common causes of blemishes include:

• Hormonal imbalance
  Fluctuations in hormone levels can affect sebum production.
• stress
  Stress can put additional strain on the skin and promote blemishes.
• Unhealthy diet
  An unbalanced diet can have a negative impact on the appearance of your skin.
• Disturbed intestinal flora
  Inadequate detoxification through the intestines can also lead to skin impurities.
• Comedogenic ingredients
  Certain substances in cosmetics can irritate the skin and promote pimples.

Sensitive combination skin - This really helps

Avoid emulsifiers

Products containing emulsifiers weaken the skin barrier and make your skin more sensitive to external stimuli, especially with regular use. A compromised skin barrier and the altered skin environment caused by emulsifiers can also disrupt the natural skin microbiome. The microbiome protects the skin from harmful microbial germs and environmental factors. When this balance is disrupted, the skin becomes more susceptible to inflammation and hypersensitivity. Therefore, all myrto facial care products for sensitive combination skin are free of emulsifiers, providing optimal skin protection.

Look for anti-comedogenic ingredients

Choosing the right skincare products is crucial for the health of sensitive combination skin. Products with non-comedogenic ingredients are essential. Cold-pressed plant oils, which help balance the skin, are especially recommended:

• Grape seed oil: Strengthens the skin's natural protective barrier, ensures an even complexion, and combats calluses. It also has anti-inflammatory properties.
• Jojoba oil: Regulates sebum production and accelerates the healing of existing pimples because it cannot be metabolized by the P. acnes bacteria.
• Argan oil: Has an antibacterial effect, increases moisture retention and improves the appearance of acne-prone skin.
• Black seed oil: Contains linoleic acid, has anti-inflammatory properties and relieves itching and allergic reactions.
• Tamanu oil: Soothes impure and reddened skin, has a healing effect on wounds, scars and eczema.

In addition, the highly dosed plant extracts in myrto facial serums have an anti-inflammatory and soothing effect, with ingredients such as beta-glucan, licorice root, willow bark and green tea.

Strengthen your skin's acid mantle

The grape seed care series has a pH-neutral value of 5.0 to 5.5, which strengthens the skin's natural acid mantle. This stabilizes the skin's moisture content and inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria and viruses that can cause blemishes and inflammation.

Avoid drying & irritating additives

The myrto Organic Grape Seed Facial Care M is specially formulated for sensitive combination skin and contains no drying ingredients or irritating additives. Potentially irritating preservatives, fragrances, or alcohol are avoided. While alcohol can balance oily shine in the short term, it leads to compensatory increased sebum production in the long term, which exacerbates the problem. Therefore, we recommend, among other products, the mild, pH-neutral Grape Seed Cleansing Cream and the Grape Seed Facial Cream, which is alcohol- and fragrance-free.

Sensitive combination skin requires targeted and gentle care. By choosing the right products and ingredients, the skin's appearance can be improved, imperfections minimized, and the skin's balance restored. Myrto products offer effective solutions for the specific challenges posed by sensitive combination skin.