What does purging skin look like and how to treat it?Updated a year ago
Purging simply looks like a slightly worse version of your normal breakout. Your skin shouldn’t be more inflamed than usual (if it is, there’s likely also some underlying irritation), but you may notice more closed comedones or blackheads.
How to treat purging skin?
So you know that your skin is purging from retinol or some other active. What can you do? Here are our suggestions.
- First of all, breathe. This is normal and expected, so it’s no cause for concern.
- Be patient, since the best way to deal with retinol purging is just to let it run its course.
- Keep using your products. Avoid making any drastic changes to your skincare routine (unless it contains a lot of superfluous products) since that just takes away your ability to judge things objectively.
- If you experience any raised, inflamed, or painful blemishes, consider using pimple patches. They’ll help individual blemishes heal and they’ll also reduce the temptation to pop your pimples.