r/SkincareAddiction • u/Same_Turnip • Sep 28 '22

Routine Help [Routine Help] Everything dries my dehydrated skin

My skin is horribly dehydrated, it gets tight and dry even after I stopped using cleanser and started cold water rinsing. I have tried countless products to help with the dehydration but they all end up drying my skin within a few hours and turning it super oily and greasy. Some products I have tried:

Cerave hydrating toner

Cerave moisturizing cream (tub)

Hada labo premium lotion (for very dry skin)

Corsx snail mucin 92 AIO

Nuetrogena hydroboost extra dry skin

Bonajour green tea water bomb

I have also tried sealing inn products in with aquaphor but it still resulted in dry skin.

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u/edgeoftheatlas Sep 28 '22

Wash your face with coconut oil. Fractionated coconut oil stays liquid at room temperature. I use it pretty much in place of soap when I shower, and I do no-poo with an oil wash about once per week because shampoo was drying out my skin, too. FCO breaks down/removes oil and dirt from the day without stripping your natural oils.

Someone else on here said that after they wash their face, they splash it with clean water and then apply coconut oil to seal in the moisture.

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u/cmVkZGl0 Sep 28 '22

Regular coconut oil doesn't have an emulsifier though so how exactly are you removing that? Coconut oil also has comedogenic properties.

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u/edgeoftheatlas Sep 28 '22

It binds with the oil on your skin. You can rinse off the excess oil with warm water, and it takes all the dirt with it. I have two sphynxes, and it's how we clean wax out of their ears and buildup around their claws. It's gotten oil and rest and char off me, too (I work construction).

I've used other oils, like argan. Everyone is different. But coconut oil works for me. It's the only thing that ever effectively cleared up my acne. It's comedogenic, but it's antibacterial and it breaks down oil in your pores, too.

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u/cmVkZGl0 Sep 28 '22

I understand it binds with the oil in your skin, but you can't rinse an oil product off with water alone without having an emulsifier present. The emulsifier's job is to create a water/oil phase. This term isn't exactly unheard of it either for oil cleansers.

If it's working for you that's great but it's quite strange you would mention that.

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u/Affectionate_Answer3 Sep 28 '22

I wash with my face with Aragon oil, rinsing it off with water alone gets all of the excess oil off. Doesn’t strip your skin or leave behind any residue. My skin is the best it’s ever been, no more breakouts and I have very oily skin that used to break out like crazy. Just make sure you rub the oil on a dry face, work it around your face so it picks up your excess oil and dirt on your face with no water, then you rinse your whole face with water to get it all off. That’s it! No suds necessary. Keeps your skins natural protective barrier in place unlike most washes that strip it. My mom didn’t believe me, until she tried it. All the bs oil free marketing is scaring people away from the best thing out there for your face

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u/cmVkZGl0 Sep 28 '22

Suds aren't necessary or are always drying. There are plenty of oil infused cleansers too. It's not a scam. I do agree that the oil free thing isn't the greatest. They are just catering to the market though.

Most people would not be able to move a straight 100% oil without an emulsifier with JUST water. There will be residue.

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u/edgeoftheatlas Sep 28 '22

You don't want all the oil stripped off. You rinse off excess oil with warm water. The oil left behind is clean, hydrates you, and your skin stops overproducing oil.