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Summary: Sensitive skin has smaller pores and is generally fairer in color. Learn about sensitive skin and how to care for sensitive skin in this free video from a licensed medical aesthetician.
Mary Elizabeth Thinnes has been a licensed medical aesthetician for the past six years. She is medical board certified with the federal academy of medical aesthetics. Thinnes...read more
"Hi. My name is Mary Thinnes. I'm a skin care expert and I'll be going over now the third type of skin, which is sensitive skin. With sensitive skin, generally speaking, they have smaller pores. Generally, there skin can tend to be the fairer of the colors of the skin types. The really don't have much oil. Obviously, no blemishes really present, but there skin can only tolerate so much. There, like I said, usually fair-skinned. They can't tolerate a lot of harsh chemicals, harsh products on there skin, and for that matter they can't really do that many professional treatments, as well. They have to be very careful. They do have a tendency to reactions to a lot of products as well. So, that being said, definitely sensitive skin types need to use appropriate skin care because they will aggravate conditions and then they will start to have something that wasn't there before. As far as maybe some blemishes that were a reaction to a certain product because there skin is so sensitive. So, that would be the sensitive skin type."
eHow Article: Treating Sensitive Skin