Skincare.com posted "Derm DMS: How Important Is It To Take A Break From Products To Let Your Skin Breathe?" featuring Dr. Purvisha Patel and Visha Skincare .
The article includes Dr. Patel's expert commentary on why it's important to take a break from skin care products and how it can be beneficial for your skin.
Between your morning skin-care routine, evening skin-care routine and wearing makeup during the day, it can feel like you’re constantly slathering products on to your skin’s surface. Beauty devotees are not known to go without their precious products. But it raises the question: How good is this habit for your skin? To answer this burning skin-care inquiry, spoke with two board-certified dermatologists to find out just how important it is to let your skin breathe by taking a break from products.
There are differing professional opinions around this subject. While Craig Kraffert, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and President of Amarte Skin Care, doesn’t advise his patients to take part in the practice of skipping out on their skin-care products, Purvisha Patel, MD, another board-certified dermatologist and founder of Visha Skincare, does.
“It’s very important to let your skin breathe, or go without products for at least a few hours a day,” says Dr. Patel. “A good time would be when working out. Going product-free lets the sweat come out of the pores.”