Which Part of Your Face Is the Most Sensitive/Reactive?
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free skin care · Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:44 pm

Other than the eye area, which part of your face is the most sensitive and/or reactive?

For me, it's the chin & nasiolabial area. If I wash my wash/scrub too vigorously, that area is usually the most likely to hurt. That area is also the most prone to hyperpigmentation. (For some strange reason, unlike most people, my eye area is not sensitive at all to most products, and generally gives me no problems whatsoever.)

free skin care · Sat Oct 19, 2013 2:42 pm

For me, it's the area below my bottom lip. Not exactly my chin area but a little bit above that. That peels more with Retin A and is the most sensitive part of my face. Other than that, it's my eye area like many people.

Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:27 pm

Its chin for me too. Its get red and i it burns sometimes. Is there any cream to apply to the chin?

free skin care · Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:30 pm

jamesrobert wrote:

Its chin for me too. Its get red and i it burns sometimes. Is there any cream to apply to the chin?

I often apply oil (namely rice bran oil) to my chin area. It's soothing and cuts down on friction--especially while sleeping.

Since my skin is no longer acneic, I don't have to worry too much about oils breaking me out.

Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:35 am

These days it has been my nose. I have been using tea tree oil mixed in with my moisturizer to treat.

Tue Oct 22, 2013 1:50 am

Heartened to hear people say the chin! Mine is on the chin, just below the corners of the mouth. Also the upper lip area as well!

Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:59 am

The most sensitive part of my face is my nose. It gets hurt very easily.

free skin care · Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:30 pm

Chin for sure. All I have to do is look at it funny and I seem to break out.

free skin care · Thu Dec 05, 2013 3:21 pm

lagay wrote:

Heartened to hear people say the chin! Mine is on the chin, just below the corners of the mouth. Also the upper lip area as well!

I also thought that I was the only one.

free skin care · Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:29 pm

For me it's my forehead - I have always struggled with the skin texture in that area, ever since I was a kid. It's either bumpy or red or flaky etc. etc.

free skin care · Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:37 pm

Upper cheeks. I avoid applying Retin A there.

Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:57 pm

It seems I'm opposite most who have replies... I'm very resistant on my chin and most sensitive on my cheeks.

free skin care · Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:01 am

Agree with lala and russian sunshine. Me its my cheeks. Very Happy

I am guessing it depends on the skin type and where your sebaceous glands are concentrated. I have combination skin so notice my cheeks can become quite dry and sallow in winter whilst my nose and forehead continue to shine to high heaven. Laughing

free skin care · Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:08 am

ShiningStar77 wrote:

Agree with lala and russian sunshine. Me its my cheeks. Very Happy

I am guessing it depends on the skin type and where your sebaceous glands are concentrated. I have combination skin so notice my cheeks can become quite dry and sallow in winter whilst my nose and forehead continue to shine to high heaven. Laughing

So, do fewer sebacious glands=more irritation?

free skin care · Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:26 am

VeronicaM wrote:

ShiningStar77 wrote:

Agree with lala and russian sunshine. Me its my cheeks. Very Happy

I am guessing it depends on the skin type and where your sebaceous glands are concentrated. I have combination skin so notice my cheeks can become quite dry and sallow in winter whilst my nose and forehead continue to shine to high heaven. Laughing

So, do fewer sebacious glands=more irritation?

I have no idea - just a guess specific to my skin - lol. Sensitivity is likely based on a number of factors incl skin type. I just notice that my cheeks are significantly drier and more sensitive than my t-zone, chin and jaw.

It's also just *my* perception that oilier/ combination skin also tends to have less sensitivity issues. This however is just based on my personal perceptions i.e. my nordic/ Scandinavian friend has very dry and sensitive skin and therefore can only use brands such as avene and la roche posay in order to avoid all hell breaking loose. Whilst my skin can happily tolerate moderate 40% glycolic peels she is unable to get past 20-30% lactic acid peels on the whole of her face.

That said she is constantly using balm like moisturisers which I would never dream of using for fear of a breakout nightmare. Shock

So I suppose there are different types of sensitivity as I also cannot tolerate some things her skin could not live without.
Laughing

free skin care · Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:31 am

Cheeks for me. I am always trying to balance between using tretinoin and treatments to combat aging and avoid irritation that creates wrinkles. Tretinoin definitely plumps up the skin and makes it look younger so I don't want to avoid applying on the cheeks. If someone knows a good regime using tretinoin, would love to hear it!

free skin care · Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:20 am

ShiningStar77,

That's a very interesting theory. Perhaps that might be something worth investigating.

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