Look for a cleanser made for sensitive skin that includes anti-inflammatory ingredients like calendula and centella asiatica. Avoid cleansers with alcohol or sulfates, which will dry out your skin.
Look for a moisturizer made for sensitive or irritated skin, ideally containing ceramides or antioxidants like feverfew or licorice extract. For example, you might use Cetaphil Redness Daily Moisturizer or CeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion.
The cucumbers will cool your irritated skin, while the moisturizer will help rehydrate it.
Grind the oatmeal until it’s fine and grainy, which will make it easier to stir into a paste. Leave the mask on for 15-20 minutes, then gently scrub it off.
These masks can cause your skin to dry out. Make sure you wash your face and moisturize after using 1.
Green tea masks are especially helpful for soothing redness caused by rosacea, a skin condition that causes redness, visible blood vessels, and sometimes small bumps on your face.
To fight your acne in the meantime, try at-home clarifying and hydrating tricks like mud masks and Manuka honey.
Keep your nose warm when you’re out in the cold by wrapping a scarf around your face. Breathing into the fabric will keep a pocket of warm air and moisture around your nose.
Avoid spicy foods and alcohol, which can often cause redness. Avoid refined and processed carbohydrates. Your body needs more water to digest carbs, pulling it away from your skin and causing dryness and irritation.
Try adding some flavor to your water with lemon or lime wedges, or slices of cucumber, strawberry, melon, or other fresh fruits and veggies.
Rosacea, a form of acne that causes redness, irritation, and small bumps. Perioral dermatitis, which causes small bumps on a patch of red skin. Your skin might also be scaly. Allergies.
Avoid blowing your nose into rough materials like napkins and paper towels, which will scratch up your nose and make redness and irritation even worse.
Don’t rub petroleum jelly on the inside of your nostrils, as you may accidentally breathe it in.
You can do this several times a day to ease your breathing and help your skin heal.
Try turning down your heat at night as well. Central heating dries out the air of your home, which can irritate your skin. Keep your humidity below 60% in the summer, and between 25%-40% in the winter.
