Face beauty tips : Facial care: Renew your skin with Dermo-Cosmetics

On the frontier between cosmetics and medicine, Dermo-Cosmetics products improve your skin's general condition and boost its appearance. Atopic skin, which overreacts to stress and is subject to eczema, irritation and redness, particularly benefits from these products, which must meet both pharmaceutical manufacturing standards and medical requirements. 

The three main purposes of creams, serums, lotions, balms and other products made by the Dermo-Cosmetics industry are to protect skin, moisturize it and correct defects. Because Dermo-Cosmetics brands engage in research and use patented, high-tech methods and effective ingredients—the Quebec-based company IDC, for example, uses a record concentration of active ingredients in its products—you know they can be trusted.

Dermo-Cosmetics provide intensive care to all three layers of your skin: the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. By creating a barrier against external aggression, pollution and UV rays while providing an appropriate level of moisture, many of these products help prevent aging, while others fight problems such as dryness or sensitivity.

Face: What problems can Dermo-cosmetic products fight and prevent?

• Dehydrated, sensitive skin (effective against discomfort, redness and soreness)
• Dry or very dry skin (effective against soreness and redness)
• Intolerant skin (effective against tingling, redness, soreness and hypersensitivity)
• Redness (effective against red patches)
• Oily, imperfection-prone skin (effective against the overproduction of sebum, enlarged pores and blemishes)
• Irritated skin (effective against dry patches, chapped skin, flaking and other types of irritation)
• Irregular pigmentation (effective against hyperpigmentation)
• Skin aging (effective against wrinkles, loss of firmness and elasticity)

What's the best way to improve your skin's appearance?

In order to choose products that meet your needs and to get the best possible results, it's crucial to know your skin type. If you're unsure, make an appointment with a Jean Coutu esthetician, who will perform a personalized skin analysis and determine your ideal level of hydration.

Dry skin: At the end of the day, use Avène's Ultra-Rich Soap-Free cleansing bar with cold cream, which provides rich foam to fight dryness and remove impurities. Then, moisturize with Avène's rich Cold Cream, designed to quench skin's thirst for hours. Don't hesitate to apply more moisturizer whenever you experience discomfort.

Oily skin: To clean skin thoroughly and tighten pores, we recommend La Roche-Posay's Effaclar Deep Cleansing Foaming Cream, followed by Effaclar Mat Sebo-Regulating Moisturizer, from the same brand. Make it a routine both morning and night.

Mature skin: First, exfoliate with Vichy's Skin Renewing Creamy Scrub, followed by the  brand's Liftactiv Serum, which penetrates deep into skin to fight aging.