Symptoms

Mainly subjective symptoms, such as burning, tingling, itching and tightness. Some objective signs exist, such as skin redness and fine scales.

Typical symptoms

Usually, after being stimulated by physical, chemical, mental, etc., the skin will experience different degrees of burning, stinging, itching, and tightness symptoms, which last for several minutes or even hours, and often cannot tolerate ordinary skin care products.

The appearance of sensitive skin is mostly normal, and a few people may have paroxysmal redness, erythema, and telangiectasia on the facial skin, which may be accompanied by dryness and fine scales.

Patients with symptoms with or without objective signs should seek medical attention in time if they do not relieve or worsen. Avoid exposure to stimuli to further aggravate symptoms, conduct self-subjective assessment, and perform lactic acid stimulation test and skin physiological index test. Actively treat primary skin diseases, adjust mentality, and follow up for a long time.

Diagnosis process

Under normal circumstances, after the doctor initially asks the patient's medical history, he will ask the patient to fill out a questionnaire to assess whether it is sensitive skin.

The main content of the questionnaire is: patients are exposed to physical factors (such as seasonal alternation, temperature changes, sun exposure), chemical factors (such as cosmetics, cleaning products, disinfection products, retinoic acid and other irritating external medicines), as well as smog, dust, exhaust gas, etc. Environmental pollutants) or mental factors (such as anxiety, depression, etc.), whether the skin is prone to burning, tingling, itching and tightness.

In addition, doctors will conduct lactic acid stimulation tests or various non-invasive skin physiological index tests on patients to assist in diagnosis.