I've always had dry skin, which gets drier and redder (and occasionally spotty) if I put a product on it that it doesn't much like, and properly rash-y and itchy if it really doesn’t like it. This has only got worse with age (I’m in my 50s). Over the last few years I kept things really simple so I could tell exactly what it was reacting to if it flared up. Most recently I've been using micellar water to cleanse and Aveeno to moisturise but lately I've noticed my cheeks, forehead and jawline can be very dry and tight in the mornings so I think my skin is either objecting to the cleanser now or the Aveeno just isn't enough to moisturise it any more. I've also started getting hot, red, lumpy, dry skin on my cheeks occasionally if I have a glass of wine which makes me wonder if I'm developing rosacea - although so far it’s only reacted that way to wine, so it’s possibly a mild allergic reaction to something in that instead.
I started using CeraVe instead of the Aveeno to moisturise am/pm. It's only Day 2 but it is stinging a bit when I first put the cream on and as well as being dry and tight this morning, my skin had tiny but visible lines all over it which is new and not in a good way! It settles quickly so I’ll give it a few more days unless the stinging gets worse/skin flares up but I’m already considering the next thing to try if it doesn't work. I’ve seen Embryolisse lait-creme - apparently you can use it as both cleanser and moisturiser which sounds appealing. Anybody with difficult skin tried it? Also considering Avene which I used to use years ago.