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Skin, Aesthetics & Healthy Ageing Journal

Evidence-based advice from Dr Caroline Warden, NHS GP and aesthetic doctor in Hale, covering facial ageing, menopause skin, regenerative aesthetics, skincare and natural-looking aesthetic treatments.

Damaged Skin Barrier: Signs, Causes and How to Repair It
Caroline Warden Caroline Warden

Damaged Skin Barrier: Signs, Causes and How to Repair It

Tight, stinging, flushed, flaky skin that reacts to everything is usually not sensitive skin you were born with. It is a damaged barrier, and unlike most skin complaints it is genuinely fixable. Here is how to recognise it, what causes it, what the trial evidence says repairs it, and when it is something that needs your GP instead.

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