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Chlorine water and skimcare (self.skincareaddiction)

submitted 3 days ago by Droggelbecher to c/[email protected]

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Hello skincare friends! Do any of you swim regularly?

I'm wondering how to synchronize my twice-weekly swimming sessions with my skincare routine. Chlorine is quite drying and can cause breakouts.

I usually do: am: Wash with water-sunscreen pm: wash with cleanser, retinol, moisturise (5 times a week) wash with cleanser, bha, rinse, moisturise (other 2 days)

How would you coordinate this with swimming? No bha on the swim days to avoid drying out too much? No retinol either to avoid breakouts?

I have noticed that my skin has been feeling more tight pretty much every day since I've started swimming.

If anyone has additional advice on preventing ear infections in eczema filled ears (ie the skin in the outer ear canal has eczema) when swimming, let me know!

TIA!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do you apply your skincare routine immediately after you swim? Something that helped a lot for me was to rinse my face with water immediately after getting out of the pool and applying a super basic moisturizer to tide me over until I could take a real shower and do my skincare routine at home!

[–] Droggelbecher 1 points 3 days ago

This is what I do, more or less. Some barrier type cream on my face and hands before and after swimming, after I rinse in the shower. Then a proper shower and skincare routine once I get home. I'll need to add body lotion.