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How can you take care of sensitive skin?

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Dr. Glynis Ablon answered

Specializes in Dermatology

Use gentle non-soap: cleansers like cetaphil, avoid scrubs or acids and use sunscreen with zinc oxide a physical block not the chemical block avobenzone every morning.

Answered 12/7/2014

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