There’s more wiggle room than you think.
The only steps you’re guaranteed to find in a given skin-care routine are cleansing, moisturizing, and sunscreen—but what if your routine has two or three or five more steps to it? It makes sense that there would be some kind of order to layering different serums, creams, toners, and essences, but all the conflicting information and skin-care pseudoscience out there makes it difficult to decide what products you actually need and how to apply them.
That said, “nothing is totally impenetrable,” Evan Rieder, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology at NYU Langone Health, tells SELF, “[so] unless you’re using something like Vaseline—and most people don’t put Vaseline on their faces—you’re probably going to get some sort of penetration.” Applying a pH 4 serum over a pH 3 serum over your pH 4.5-ish face creates a mixture that’s in between all three pH values—not just between 3 and 4. Reverse the serums, and you’d get the same thing. So knowing the pH of your products isn't really something you need to care about, unless you're using a prescription treatment as well . But if you're curious about an exact pH, you can always contact the manufacturer.
Applying a serum or moisturizer before a topical medication basically dilutes your medication. That said, if you’re using something that’s known to be irritating , your dermatologist may actually recommend mixing it with a moisturizer or putting it on after moisturizer to soften the blow a little. But for other treatments, you want to be sure you’re getting the full dose every time.
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