Sensitive skin

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Do any of you have very sensitive skin? I can't wear makeup because my skin starts to itch and my eyes water. Earrings (even high quality ones) make my ears become inflamed and bleed. Most hair and skin products irritate my skin, which is really annoying!

I don't wear makeup or jewelry or use hair and skin products either. They are all like big things that sit on my skin and screw me up all day. My brain shuts down from too much stimuli on my skin. My brain even shuts down when my face gets too dirty after eight hours of not washing my face, after I washed it in the morning. At the same time, I hate washing my face, having water on my face, when I am not in the shower, and there is water eberrywhere. I hate both washing my face and having my face feel dirty and my brain shut down because my face feels dirty and I need to wash my face.

Earrings also inflame my ears, yuck yuck yuck. Face washes cause breakouts too.

I used to have very sensitive skin. One thing that I learned to do was to cleanse my face with oil. It sounds gross, but your skin will feel incredibly soothed and clean if done correctly. You take organic oil; it can be olive oil, sesame oil, jojoba or almond. Add a tad of castor oil to about a tablespoon full of your oil of choice. Gently massage this oil into your face and neck right before bed. After about five minutes of massaging, take a clean washcloth dipped in very warm water, wring it gently out, and drape it over your face. Let it sit for a minute, then began gently wiping the oil from your face. Rinse the cloth thoroughly and keep wiping until every trace is removed. Your skin will thank you.

I also swear by the oil cleansing method, and I've gotten compliments on my complexion after I started using it. I do have a nickel allergy, especially with earrings, so I have to be careful that anything I wear is either gold, or specifically nickel free. That's also true for any other jewelry, I have to make sure it's nickel free. At least, I'm involved with someone who cares about my allergy, as he's made sure jewelry he's bought for me is nickel free.

My skin is white as a ghost in places and soft as a baby and what's worse is I'm a man. Even my hands are soft as butter and get cut very easily to the point I've had to start wearing gloves more and more for routine things. Other than my feet which are hard as rocks I'm very sensitive and bruise very easily to the point I was suspected of having childhood leukemia. Literally a one finger touch is enough to bruise me in certain places and boy did the bullies take advantage of that!