Cleansing Your Skin

Dry skin feels tight and can be flaky. Many people dry out their face with soaps that are too harsh mistaking that tightness they feel after washing for cleanliness. If your face is dry, avoid soaps. Use a non-foaming facial cleanser or non-foaming facial cloth.

You might be tempted to scrub away those pimples, but don't. People who get acne have to walk a fine line when it comes to facial cleansing. If your skin gets too dry, it can get irritated and crack allowing bacteria to cause pimples. If your skin stays too oily, the oil clogs the pores, causing pimples. Find out what your best options are if you have acne.

Don't think you have to scrub hard to get rid of excess oil if you have oily skin. Irritation plus oil equals acne. You can use a wider variety of facial cleansers than most people. Find out what your options are if you have oily skin.

Do you know what the most important guideline is for choosing a soap to wash your face? With all the options out there, it's easy to get confused about something that seems so simple. Cut through all the hype and learn about choosing a facial cleanser.

You can use several tool to clean your face. Some of these tools can dry your skin out and others can get it cleaner without a lot of irritation. Find out if any of these face cleaning tools are right for you.

Soaps for the face are different than soaps for your body. This article on facial cleansing is one in a series about facial skin care from About.com Guide to Dermatology Heather Brannon, MD.

The face cloths are one of the newer types of facial cleansers. There are several different types of face cloths that can be used for different types of skin.

Most soaps, especially bar soaps, dry the skin out. Liquid cleansers are much less damaging to the skin and several types of liquid cleansers are on the…

Liquid cleansers are better for the skin than bar soaps. Find out why in this article about the types of liquid cleansers and their effect on the skin.

Bar soaps come in different types - some are more irritating than others. This graph shows the ingredients in different types of bar soaps.

Is it any surprise that the most cleansing soaps can be the most damaging to the skin? This article describes the chemical make-up and clinical effect of various types of bar soaps

Cleansers are designed to remove dirt, sweat, sebum, and oils from the skin, however some cleansers can cause harm to the barrier function of the skin leading to redness, irritation, and dry skin. Learn more about how cleansers interact with the top layer of the skin.