Oily skin or dehydrated skin: two states, two protocols
Oil and water are two different things. Skin can shine and be short of water at the same time.
· Hajar Atila, registered nurse
Skin can shine at midday and feel tight in the evening. The two coexist perfectly well: sebum and water follow two separate circuits, and you can have too much of one while lacking the other.
The difference, in one sentence
Thetypeof skin — oily, combination, dry — depends on how much sebum it produces. It is largely genetic and it shifts little. Thestateof the skin — dehydrated or not — depends on the water it holds. It changes with the season, the heating, sleep, the products used.
In other words: the type, you live with; the state, you correct.
How to tell them apart
- Oily skin.Shine from the middle of the day, visible pores on the T-zone, a tendency to blackheads. Make-up “slides”.
- Dehydrated skin.A feeling of tightness, dull tone, fine lines that appear in the evening and fade by morning. Products sting more than usual.
- Both.It is common, and it is often the result of cleansing that strips too much: the protective film goes, the skin loses its water and produces more sebum to compensate.
The circle we keep going without knowing it
Shiny skin → very foaming cleanser → damaged barrier → water evaporating → skin producing more sebum → shiny skin. You enter it trying to do the right thing, and you leave it by doing less.
What helps, simply
A gentle cleanser, morning and evening, no more than that. Light hydration even on oily skin — rehydrated skin calms down. A sebum-regulating active if the shine really bothers you, but not every day to begin with. And a sunscreen, which is also a barrier treatment.
At the practice, the point of an infusion of actives is to bring hydration in deeper than a cream spread by hand, without adding any oils. This is precisely the case where oily skin needs water.
When to see a doctor
Persistent redness with visible vessels, flaking patches, skin that burns at the slightest product: these are inflammatory pictures — rosacea, seborrhoeic dermatitis, eczema — that are treated medically. Aesthetic treatments come afterwards, and only once the skin has calmed.
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The questions we are asked most often.
How much does it cost?
All prices are on the treatments page, from €55 to €175 depending on the treatment and its length. The number of sessions is decided during the history-taking, and you are given the priced protocol in writing at the end of the first appointment.
Does it hurt?
The DermoOne™ works without a needle: a jet of compressed air drives the serums in. Microneedling does use sterile micro-needles, with cool air for comfort. Both are explained to you beforehand.
What happens at the first appointment?
Twenty minutes of intake, and a written protocol at the end. Bring the list of your current treatments, creams and supplements included: it is what guides the choice of active ingredients.
How is the session paid for?
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