Question: Hi I need another doctor’s opinion. I have a question for a dermatologist. Lately my face has been very hypersensitive to everything. It burns and it feels tight, mostly in my lower cheeks. I didn’t do anything different in my skincare, no over exfoliating, and no new skin products. Week of April 11, I started to feel my face getting a little more sensitive day after day. On April 20, I noticed it became extremely hypersensitive. Since then, I have only been washing my face with water because that’s the only thing it can tolerate. I have no rash, no visible signs of irritation. Just a very hypersensitive feeling, a tight feeling, and irritating feeling. I have been moisturizing with La Roche Posay Toleraine Ulta Cream made for hypersensitive skin. I was previously using their Foaming Toleraine Cleanser (with niancinimide) which maybe it was drying my skin out without me knowing. I have since stopped the cleanser.

I’m not sure what has caused this. Could it be indoor heat that caused further dryness with the Foaming cleanser? Could it be the face masks we have been made to wear because of Covid19? I’m not a healthcare worker so I don’t wear the mask often. Only when I go to grocery store. I do remember in early April, I sprayed perfume on my wrists. Later on in the day, I took a nap on the couch and my head was resting on my arms. Do you think the perfume rubbed off onto my face and ruined my face? I’m so nervous Doctor.

One time a dermatologist told me our skin can go haywire at anytime for no apparent reason.



Do you think I could actually ruined my skin barrier with perfume on my wrists? I’m so nervous. Or skin become hypersensitive from a Foaming cleanser? Indoor heat? Stress? (which my boyfriend thinks it’s from)

How long does it take for skin barrier or acid mantle to improve?

Also, if perfume (Clinique Happy) did rub onto my face from my wrists, can perfume go deep into the skin like the dermis? Or is it just on the surface?

I will say the burning has somewhat lessened. But I still can only use water right now to wash face. The tightness feeling is still there.


Thank you!

Ok thank you Doctor! Regarding to perfume making contact with the face, does it go down deep into the skin and damage it? Or does it stay on the surface or superficial?

I’m so nervous perfume damaged my face.

Ok thank you Doctor! Regarding to perfume making contact with the face, does it go down deep into the skin and damage it? Or does it stay on the surface or superficial?

I’m so nervous perfume damaged my face.

Also, can the skin be dry/dehydrated without any visible dryness? I have no flakiness. Is the tightness feeling a XXXXXXX of dehydration?