The past ten years have been particularly informative in the skin care industry. Dermatologists now have a better understanding of what damages skin, how to prevent it, and who should be the most vigilant. The truth is, a significant amount of skin damage that occurs to a person's skin happens in the younger years of their life. That means tweens and teens have to be especially careful when caring for their skin if they want to avoid the unseemly wrinkles of the middle aged and older generations. However, positive skin care cleansers for tweens do not come in the same formulations that are suitable for adults.
Tweens' skin is more sensitive than an adult's skin. Common chemicals found in harsher adult cleansers, such as salicylic acid, can damage sensitive, youthful skin, provoking the very effects that tweens are trying to avoid. Instead of buying generic skin cleansers and using them indiscriminately, parents of tweens should be certain to purchase cleansers that are free of harsh acids and instead use gentle cleansing ingredients such as glycerin, which breathes vitality into the skin of their tween children.
It can be easy for tweens who are worried about blemishes, acne, and zits to go running to the nearest drug store for a bottle of toner or facial wash, but if tweens begin using those products with harsh, drying ingredients, even though they may see an improvement in the blemishes, the intended effect will also lead to dry skin and possibly under-producing oil glands in the long run. Acids lead to future breakouts because these ingredients unbalance skin too soon in a child's life.
Ingredients in skin care cleansers such as Coco-Glucoside, Sodium Benzoate and Gluconolactone are all gentle on a tween's face and reinforce healthy, hydrated skin. Citric Acid and Dehydroacetic Acid are both mildly acidic on the pH scale and help to exfoliate the skin safely. Parents who teach their tweens to wash their faces with gentle cleansers on a daily basis will help their young ones build positive habits that pay off in the long run. Keeping skin healthy at a young age equals vibrant, youthful skin in later years.
