Nothing ruins a good skin day like redness, especially when it comes out of nowhere. The frustrating thing about redness and skin irritation is that there are many different factors that can contribute to it.
It is important to know the difference between temporarily looking flush and a persistent redness that is longer-lasting.
Understanding what may be causing the skin irritation and redness goes a long way to treat it. There are so many different balms, creams, and masks out there to choose from and each has specific applications.
So, let’s delve into common causes of redness and how to get rid of it.
The Main Causes Of Skin Redness
Redness of the skin usually happens when your body is too warm, or something inflames the skin. Both will cause blood to flow towards the surface of your skin; either to cool you down or to soothe the inflammation.
For example, when exercising, redness will occur because your blood will carry heat to the surface of your skin in order to radiate it (and cool you down). Another more common example is coming into contact with a chemical that causes a mild inflammatory reaction or getting burned when in the sun.
But this isn’t the redness that we’re focusing on, other more extreme redness can be caused by medical conditions such as eczema, which require a more clinical approach.
So, How Do I Treat Redness?
The key to treating most types of skin redness, regardless of the cause, is down to keeping the skin cool, clean, and hydrated. Obviously knowing what the cause is will go a long way to helping with treatment.
Thankfully companies like Skinsider stock a range of high-quality skincare products for different types of redness.
One example is their Klairs Midnight Blue Sheet Mask that is designed to lower the surface temperature of the skin. This can be useful for extensive bouts of redness related to exercise or hot weather.
What About Prevention Of Redness?
The issue when it comes to preventing redness from occurring is that skin can react differently to different chemicals, environments, and irritants. What can work for one person may not work for another.
That being said, creams that promote hydration can stop your skin from becoming dry which is a common source of skin redness.
If you’re out in really warm weather; keeping yourself hydrated, covering the skin, or using sun creams can help reduce redness. If you have already gotten redness after being in the sun then sun aftercare treatments would be your go-to in order to prevent long-lasting redness.
In terms of exercising and prevention related to that, taking a lukewarm or cold shower can help cool your skin down and wash away sweat. Both can prevent redness resulting from exercise to last as long as it may usually do.
A Final Note
The best, surefire way to treat and prevent redness on the skin is finding a skincare product that works for you. Everybody is different and so finding a product that works in harmony with your skin is vital.
