7 Red Flags Your Skin Barrier is Damaged (And How to Heal!)

The truth is too many ppl are doing too much, too fast on their skin in the absence of understanding skin’s physiology. Social media has made ppl believe they can frequently chop and change products and they’ll have healthy and attractive skin, that’s exactly what’s working against them. Skin needs to be respected. The mantra should be, at first do no harm. The stratum corneum together with it’s protective acid mantle knows how to defend the inner body from germicidal attacks and environmental factors. So when we impair the barrier through the use of overconsumption of chemicals on the skin we actually affect the health of our skin. Balance and prioritization is key along with a healthy lifestyle. Until then consumers who believe they need every cosmeceutical to put on their skin will be in this vicious cycle of damaging and repairing their skin barrier. Somebody needs to tell consumers they don’t approach skin in this manner.

What she says at the end of the video is SO true. I was struggling with my skin barrier (though I didn't recognize it as such because I wasn't informed enough) and I couldn't let go of mechanical exfoliation because my dry parched skin would always flake and I would exfoliate again and again cause I was exacerbated with the flakes/texture and I was just making the problem worse. I finally let go of scrubbing and embraced a gentle oat cleanser, cleaning with just my fingertips and lots of vaseline and I was shocked by how much it made a difference. Still trying to figure out my skincare, but i'm so happy I've made improvement!

Amazing Kelly as always- so many great advices in here🥰you are one of my very favorite skincare channels on YouTube 😊 Love from Germany ❤️

I love your content and despite being a long term skincare aficionado, your approach really resonates with me. Thank you for all the effort and for being you!

Congratulations on 60k Kelly and happy holidays! I have learned so much from you e.g. the moisture barrier, holy trinity, essential oils, fragrance, alcohol, hydration vs moisture, harsh AHAs like GA, etc. Been battling with acne for 11 years and ongoing and I wish I could’ve saved myself the social and mental anxiety, low self esteem, tears and depression. Love you so much!!

Every winter I think I've learned from the last year and won't slap my barrier, and every year I manage to do it anyway. Thanks for these reminders, Kelly!

Happy holidays dear Kelly! Thank you so much for this great content

Congrats on 60k! I woke up today to flaky, dry skin. I’m on my 4th week of tret combined with Midwest winter. I think I’m going to add cerave healing ointment to my routine. Perfect timing for this video!

Thank you! Your talk is motivating me and i really like the mindset thing you mention! I really needed this. Its so disheartening to damage the skinbarrier when im trying to get rid of my adult acne, and this is the second time i do so! I guess for every time my skin get more and more sensitive or it probably hasen't healed totally from last time.. Now i have to start all over again, but hopefully i have more knowledge thanks to you and other who put out videos about what to do.💜 Im so afraid to use oclusives because of my acneprone skin, but im gonna go against that fear and like you said, the important thing first, the vain cant be number one.

So educational! Thank you Kelly!!! ❤️🙏

Thank you Kelly. Your videos are not only entertaining but very informative. As someone with rosacea, living in overexfoliation nation I appreciate every opportunity to fix my barrier 😂😂😂

Embrace your mindset shift - GOLD💛 Really informative and helpful video thank you Kelly! Wishing you a happy Christmas and holiday❤

The problem though is once you cut out all the actives and get your barrier strong again, even when you slowly reintroduce those actives back in your routine, your barrier starts to slowly get compromised again. It's a vicious cycle really.

This video came at the perfect time! My skin is so itchy, irritated & angry from using tretinoin. I will definitely add these products to my routine so I can heal my skin.

I seriously think this might be the best skin barrier video I've watched, and I've watched a few. You really clarified everything for me, like literally every single point that I've had questions about. Thank you so much! I just saved it to my watchlist so I can refer back to it later. :)

You are the most adorable. We have the same skin type, so I truly appreciate the education

Thank you, Kelly! You're my first love in the world of skincare influencers ❤️ I've learned so much from you. Each video is such a joy! Congratulations on 60K!🥳 You're amazing 😘

I just found your video because I am definitely at a point where I caused to much damage to my skin and I love how vulnerable you are and give tips! I also Wanne change my mindset and listen more to my body from know on. Thanks for sharing your story and advice

I did this a few times and have finally learned to not do it and prevent it, especially as having dry sensitive skin

I needed this! I'm currently dealing with super dry, flaky and irritated skin around my eyes and it's a struggle...