face cleanser for teen

arabrab
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:43:19 +0000

I second the Cetaphil suggestion; particularly since her skin probably needs to settle down. Cetaphil can also be used as a very light moisturizer – I just wet my fingertips and put some on. (This was at the rec of my derm, who says that she just doesn’t see people have bad reactions to Cetaphil, ever.) I have rosacea, and I need to be careful to use only very, very gentle products on my face – not salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide formulations. The reason I mention rosacea is that you can get it as a teenager, and you can get a very red face that looks just like a sunburn even if you’ve not been much in the sun (or religiously use sunscreen.) Could she be taking oral tetracycline or minocycline? These drugs can also cause a red face like you’ve described. Eucerin makes a redness relief moisturizer with some green tint (to counteract the red) and I find it very gentle.

January is a hard month to get dermatology appointments, but if your insurance offers some other dermatologists it may be worthwhile phoning around to see if someone else can fit her in more quickly.