Board-certified dermatologist Shereene Idriss explains why makeup flakes on dry skin and what actually helps. Skip aggressive scrubbing. Instead use a hydrating exfoliant with glycolic acid overnight. If flakes are from seborrheic dermatitis, acids will make it worse.
Makeup looks like dry, textured, separating and cakey. I'm going to tell you exactly what I'm a board certified dermatologist and here's how you fix this problem overnight. Your first instinct is going to want to be to scrub your face and scrub the hell out of those flakes. But the reality is think of a croissant. If you're scrubbing the croissant, you might be creating other flakes that might appear over time throughout the day and not necessarily in the moment. How are you going to smooth the base out overnight? Utilizing an exfoliating acid that is also a hydrating one, AKA my favorite glycolic acid. But beware, if the issue is due to a yeast, also known as seborrheic dermatitis, and you have dandruff of your face, you might actually irritate the matter and make it worse.
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