Bathing suit season brings up some skin care concerns that might not appear on your face. Aside from your complexion, there are other skin-surface areas of your body that can benefit from some routine TLC. Your backside and bikini line are two of those often-ignored areas – until irritation, bumps, and breakouts occur.
Bathing suit season brings up some skin care concerns that might not appear on your face. Aside from your complexion, there are other skin-surface areas of your body that can benefit from some routine TLC. Your backside and bikini line are two of those often-ignored areas – until irritation, bumps, and breakouts occur.
Blemishes on your derrière may look like typical acne, but the bumps can also be caused by inflammation in the hair follicles, a condition called folliculitis. Sweat, impurities, clogged pores, dead skin, and tight or wet clothing make the perfect breeding ground for these bumps. As for the bikini line and inner thighs, shaving, waxing, depilatory creams, and other methods of hair removal can case redness, irritation, itchy bumps, and pesky ingrown hairs.
Including some of your body’s lower regions in your weekly skin care goals can help heal and prevent these types of flare-ups. Korean skin care is all about repairing, strengthening, and hydrating your skin barrier with clean, health-respecting ingredients from nature and science that are gentle on your skin, yet powerful in results. A safe and friendly approach to the delicate skin on other parts of your body, here are 3 ways K-Beauty can tackle skin care “down there.”
- Exfoliating Is Essential: K-Beauty is a big fan of exfoliating, and with good reason: it helps sweep away dead skin build-up and impurities, smooths skin texture, and encourages new cell turnover. Using a gentle exfoliator on your buttocks or on the bikini line and inner thighs post-ladyscaping will help pores and hair follicles stay clear of bump-causing bacteria. Our own GLOW Exfoliating Soft Peel is formulated with an exfoliating duo of Papaya Fruit enzymes and plant-based Microcrystalline Cellulose, plus replenishing ingredients like Sodium Hyaluronate, Lipidure® PMB, and Argenine to keep the skin barrier moisturized.
- Ingredients Matter: K-Beauty is known for harnessing the powers of nature-derived ingredients that have been proven effective over centuries in skin care, while typically avoiding irritating ingredients such as retinols, harsh acids, and synthetic fragrances. Aloe is one of Korean Beauty’s superstar ingredients. It’s a superhero when it comes to healing, soothing, and minimizing redness and discomfort (such as burns). It also helps repair your skin barrier, thanks to moisturizing properties like vitamins, essential fatty acids, amino acids, and nutrients. To help take the sting out of razor burn or relieve butt-ne discomfort, try an aloe-based spray that’s soothing without being sticky, like our DEEP HYDRATION Aloe Gel Mist. It uniquely transforms from a gel to a mist and includes Aloe plus Aloe Water, along with calming Green Tea and Cica (another K-beauty fave), and mild antiseptic Witch Hazel.
- Moisture is a Must: Preserving moisture is a fundamental of K-Beauty, and also of banishing booty and bikini line bumps! Not only does moisturizing improve skin barrier function and protection, it also stops hair regrowth from burrowing down and becoming trapped under dry skin. Look for gentle products that are enriched with ingredients like Polyglutamic Acid (PGA), which can hold up to 10x more moisture than hyaluronic acid, and moisture-attracting Sodium Hyaluronate, to give these sensitive areas a moisture boost.
We hope these tips help expand your skin care horizons to other parts of your body. But above all, if a bump seems stubborn or worrisome, or if irritation and inflammation do not subside, always reach out to your dermatologist!
-The Aloisia Beauty Team
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