How to Cleanse Your Face Properly (According to Dermatologists)

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Emma Craythorne (1:00)

If they're using the wrong kind of cleanser, that is just enough to disrupt that barrier, and then all of the other stuff doesn't work so effectively.

Ellie Rashid (1:07)

People might think, oh, double cleansing, I can use one that's for pigmentation, one that's for rough bumpy skin, then actually.

Emma Craythorne (1:14)

Actually, you are the queen of this. You do this on the street to people.

Ellie Rashid (1:18)

I did it on the street and I've done a master class on how to wash your face.

Emma Craythorne (1:21)

It does not need to be very expensive to find the right cleanser.

Hello and welcome to the After Hours Skin Clinic. I'm Dr Emma Craythorne, a Consultant Dermatologist and Fellowship Trained in Skin and Laser Surgery.

Ellie Rashid (1:36)

And I'm Dr Ellie Rashid, a Consultant Dermatologist with a PhD in Regenerative Dermatology.

Emma Craythorne (1:42)

We work at St. John's Institute of Dermatology and one Wellbeck here in Central London.

Ellie Rashid (1:47)

But right here is our favourite clinic where we unpack the evidence, challenge the trends, and we answer the questions that don't necessarily fit into a 10 to 15 minute consultation.

Emma Craythorne (1:55)

This is the other side of dermatology where we answer the questions you want to ask your dermatologist but don't have time. And if you don't have one, you do now.

Do you know one of the things that I keep seeing everywhere is whenever people have washed their face, they're trying to get this squeaky clean. I mean, when did that become a thing, the idea of trying to get your face squeaky clean after you've cleansed?

Ellie Rashid (2:20)

It's been a thing forever. I remember like growing up wanting that squeaky clean feeling because I thought that was associated with a good thing. Like, I'm really clean now.

It is so stripped.

Emma Craythorne (2:34)

I mean, I know that it's been around for forever, but I actually thought we'd gone through the period of realizing that it wasn't a good thing and then it was, you know, then coming back into the world again. Whereas I'm starting to see it like, why is this coming back?

Ellie Rashid (2:47)

I think it's because people are inadvertently getting a squeaky clean face because they're just using so many different ingredients in their cleansers.

Emma Craythorne (2:57)

I just was wondering whether it was related to, you know, the whole glass skin trend.

Ellie Rashid (3:02)

Oh, don't.

Emma Craythorne (3:03)

It's quite nice when your glasses are squeaky clean.

Ellie Rashid (3:06)

I was like, oh, your windows.

Emma Craythorne (3:07)

Oh, your windows.

Ellie Rashid (3:09)

The car.

Emma Craythorne (3:10)

Yeah, I'm like, oh, it's lovely. My dishwasher's done that so well.

So it's like, is that where this has come from? But it's not a good thing being squeaky clean.

Ellie Rashid (3:19)

It's not a good thing to be squeaky clean. And I think if someone is squeaky clean, then you know they've probably overdone it. But I think the other thing is, like before, if someone said they were using a cleanser, there weren't that many different types of cleanser.

But nowadays, there's a cleanser that's got exfoliating acids and it's a cleanser with glycolic, a cleanser with salicylic, a cleanser with benzoyl peroxide, you've got a cleanser. There's so many different cleansers with so many different ingredients. And if you just think, oh, it's a cleanser.

Emma Craythorne (3:46)

Hang on, you missed out the epigenetic regenerative.

That's a joke, by the way. Cleanser. I'm sure there's one out there that's doing absolutely nothing.

Ellie Rashid (3:55)

The longevity cleanser.

Emma Craythorne (3:56)