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Cleanser ($35.50; reneerouleau.com) or The Body Shop
Aloe Calming Facial Cleanser ($14.50; thebodyshopusa.com).
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Your Sensitive Symptoms: Burning and stinging
It might mean: Anti-aging product overload. Packing too
many anti-aging ingredients into your routine can make
skin misbehave. First, it's a simple matter of probability,
explains Macrene Alexiades-Armenakas, MD, PhD,
assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Yale School
of Medicine: "The more products you use, the greater
chance one won't agree with your skin." Second, mixing
different anti-aging ingredients, like retinoids and alpha
hydroxy acids—both of which work by sloughing off
dead, dull cells to reveal healthier and more youthful skin
underneath—means that you're essentially exfoliating
twice, which can seriously strip skin and increase the
potential for irritation, she says. (Prevent a skin disaster
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The fix: Stick to one moisturizer or serum fortified with
anti-agers. Those that include ingredients that build up
skin's barrier, like peptides or niacin, will help reduce risk
of irritation, notes Dr. Marmur. Two gentle choices:
StriVectin-SD for Sensitive Skin ($72, strivectin.com),
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