We all love the Fall! Warm days, cool nights, great sweaters, and cute boots! With the summer behind us and the school year underway, we need to focus on getting back into routines. Whether we’re getting up earlier for the school week, planning our weekends to get the maximum relaxation, or just getting back into the swing of things! As adults, we know the importance of a routine and the importance of instilling routines into our children’s day.
An important routine that we can teach them when they are young is a good skin care routine. Teenage skin can be very unpredictable and those years are really important because this is when acne scarring as well as most premature photo damage can occur. By teaching our kids good, consistent skin care routines from an early age, we can help them avoid and manage those untimely breakouts. Teenagers tend to have oilier skin which can lead to acne, and acne scarring, if not properly treated. (For our older patients we offer treatments for acne scarring such as, eMatrix or Micro Needling)
To start, you just need the basics; cleanser, toner, moisturizer and sunscreen. With all the activities, sports, and socialization that occurs throughout the school day, it’s important to clean skin thoroughly at night to remove dirt and oil from pores. For oily skin, you could get a toner such as our Environ’s Sebutone. For normal skin, a nice rose water is good to bring the skin back to its optimal pH level. Encouraging teenagers to moisturize and use sunscreen is incredibly beneficial for young skin! Applying sunscreen is the number one thing they can do to prevent premature skin aging.
At DermaCenter, we can help by performing treatments such as light acid peels which help to gently exfoliate the skin and helps to control oil production as well as aide in reducing breakouts. We recommend using medical-grade products such as our acne-line from Environ that contains Salicylic Acid and tea tree oil which will exfoliate the skin, kill bacteria and help with inflammation and irritation.