I asked dermatologists why my skin can't seem to handle some of the most popular and highly recommended ingredients.
Until I was 28, my skin was a checkerboard of super-oily and super-dry patches, united by Whac-a-Mole acne; as soon as a pimple would go away, it seemed to reappear on the opposite side of my face. I imagined my hormones running frantically from one side of my body to the other, as though aboard a severely unbalanced boat.
Still, I badly want to participate in fancy, or even just messy, skin-care culture. As early as the ’90s, I looked forward to growing up and letting a mask harden on my face like Julia Roberts in. In middle school, my friends and I would mash up avocados and egg whites and let the stuff sit on our faces until it turned brown. My mask obsession was resurrected in 2017, when every woman on Instagram simultaneously discovered Korean skin care and began sharing their 12-step regimens..
Besides coveting the stress-relieving capabilities of an involved routine, I felt alienated from what has started to seem like a feminine rite. A many-layered skin-care routine is to age 29 what a Limited Too bra was to age 9: I don’t really need it, and I probably can’t afford it, but I want it because everyone else has it.
I have learned to avoid the following: coconut oil, most artificial fragrances, glycolic acid, salicylic acid, “rich” moisturizers, and anything that promises to “illuminate.”
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