Skin type: Mature skin
Skin type: Mature skin
Your skin type is: Mature skin
Everyone gets mature skin in the course of their lives. Some sooner, others later. Many different factors determine when your skin will start to show the first signs of ageing. These could include your genes and hormones as well as your lifestyle and diet. And, of course, the way you deal with the sun’s rays. Mature skin has wrinkles and lines and gradually slackens as it loses hyaluronan and collagen. Mature skin can be supplied with external active ingredients to restore smoothness and plumpness, e.g. in the form of spilanthol, retinol or hyaluronic acid.
Characteristics of mature skin
- rougher, drier skin with fine lines and wrinkles
- increased UV sensitivity
- poorly healing wounds and susceptibility to infection
Normal skin
The term "normal" is generally used for a balanced complexion. The T-zone (forehead, nose and chin) can be slightly oily, but the sebum and moisture levels are balanced and the skin is neither too oily nor too dry.
Oily skin
Oily skin tends to produce more sebum and sweat, which makes it shiny and increases pore size. It often leads to unwanted blackheads, which unfortunately can also develop into acne.
Dry skin
Dry skin is also referred to as a low-lipid, dry condition or sebostasis. It usually is [missing] It also belongs to the category of problem skin, sensitive or delicate skin. Your skin doesn’t produce enough sebum.
Combination skin
It is typical for combination skin to show symptoms of dry skin and those of oily skin in different areas. In most cases, the forehead, nose and chin (called the T-zone) are shiny, oily and possibly even blemished, while the cheeks are dry, dull and flaky.
Sensitive skin
Symptoms of sensitive skin mainly include redness, flaking, itching, and a sense of burning or tightness. Sensitive skin can also quickly develop rashes with pustules, papules or swelling.
Blemished skin
Blemished skin is prone to blackheads, so-called comedones, that sometimes form inflamed, small reddish pustules. Blemished skin most often occurs in adolescents starting in puberty, but it can also recur later in life.