Best ways to treat allergic reaction from Skincare?

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Thanks everyone for the recommendations! I have simplified my Skincare for the time being and just sticking to simple/ gentle Skincare. I’m finding that the dermaveen facial moisturiser is helping a lot, as well as the Avene cicalfate repair cream.

On the general subject of skin irritation, I also recommend the products by MooGoo:

https://moogoo.com.au/skin-problems

I sometimes experience a mild reaction when trialling a new product for BH (usually with synthetic ingredients). The reaction is tiny spots, blemishes, blocked pores or pimples. When this occurs, I stop using the product (obviously), and I keep my skin care simple and use something like rosehip oil, cold-pressed golden Australian jojoba oil or calendula oil.

NOTE: Some people are allergic to plants such as chrysanthemums, marigolds, daisies etc, so avoid calendula oil if you have an allergy to this family of plants. The product that I mentioned previously (Hope’s Relief Premium Eczema Cream) contains calendula.

I can’t take antihistamines, so for me it means going back to tried and true basics already in my arsenal, or off to the chemist to buy them.

Nice, safe options if you don’t already have them are the simple range – particular;y the light moisturiser – and a micellar water without any extras added.

To deal with the reaction I also find Hope’s Relief Premium Eczema, Psoriasis, Dermatitis, Itchy Dry Skin Cream better than anything available on prescription. A pharmacist recommended it to me more than 10 years ago, and to this day I still swear by it and I always have some available for situations like this. All natural life saver.

Perhaps get it checked by a skin specialist??? Other than that no products on the area… Maybe an antihistamine may help??? Simple products on the area if the itch is driving you crazy…

Back to basics – for me it means a cream cleanser and a basic moisturiser, until skin is back to normal.

My GP used to prescribe Phenergen for my last reaction in 2016, but I didn’t need it until my head was twice its usual size.

Antihistamines can be good for rashes, but I don’t do anything except avoid further use and after a couple of days my skin looks and feels better.