Q: What’s the best skincare for teenagers?

FAQs

Wondering what to buy for the teenager in your family, or if teenagers really need a ‘skincare routine’? Are you a teenager with unpredictable, changing skin, and you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the choices out there? Want to try ‘something’ but don’t know where to start? Maybe you’re wondering how best to treat spots without actually making things worse…

Here’s your guide to choosing wisely from the very beginning.

[Spoiler alert: teenagers, in my view, don’t need much (and often doing ‘too much’ can cause more problems), just the right things.]

Sensitive Leafology

7 Tips: What to do if you’ve got sensitive skin

Leafology Journal: Leaves, Shoots & Roots

Firstly, ‘sensitive skin’ is a bit of an umbrella term; everyone’s skin is different and what people are sensitive to can, of course, vary, but some common symptoms of sensitive skin include dryness, redness, rashes, inflammation, itchiness and even breakouts.

You might find your skin’s sensitivity fluctuates, triggered by food, stress, the weather, sleep pattern, products used or hormonal changes which happen generally over time or within the normal course of your monthly cycle… You may find your skin is ALWAYS sensitive, or that there is seemingly no rhyme or reason to it at all!

Here are 7 tips for you if you’re suffering from sensitive skin: