Sensitive and Sensitised Skin in Cold Weather
The news has been full of dramatic warnings about cold fronts and “snow bombs”, which frankly, I am taking with a pinch of salt.
Despite that, I and many others are dealing with the effects of cold winds, central heating, hot showers, and the like. These are environmental stressors which can cause sensitisation of otherwise happy, normal skin.
Maybe your skin is just feeling a little tight and dry.
If your skin is usually fragile, irritated, inflamed, hyperreactive, red or has burning sensations, then it’s definitely a sensitive skin.
Other concerns such as acne, post inflammatory pigmentation or menopausal skin will benefit from some TLC designed to treat sensitivity.
Or perhaps you’ve just returned from getting in some winter sun and your skin is dehydrated and feeling tight.
In The Clinic
There are a few options for dealing with cold stressed skin. My absolute fave is Nimue’s NEW Smart Micropeel and Smart Micropeel Deluxe, both found on naturalbalanceleeds.com/booking under New Treatments. These use a gentle Lactobionic peeling agent to refresh, repair and rehydrate the skin, improving skin health and reducing redness. There is no flakiness or downtime following your treatment, just gorgeous, glowing skin! Personally I would have the Deluxe version, with a soothing algae- gel mask, and my signature neck and shoulder massage.
The Smart Micropeel treats:
- Redness
- Irritation
- Burning sensations
- Dehydration
- Skin barrier damage from sun or cold exposure
So book yours today!
