I started my career as a cosmetics consumer advocate by warning women about the damage
being done to their skin by using irritating skin-care ingredients that trigger chronic
inflammation when used day in and day out. Over the years my fears about irritation and
the resulting inflammation it causes have been reconfirmed over and over by numerous
scientific studies. Indeed, chronic irritation and the inflammation that results are a bigger
problem for the skin than even I had suspected. Irritation immediately causes inflammation
whether you can see it or not, and just as quickly can cause an abrupt breakout response.
Or it can cause redness, flaky skin (which can clog pores), or rashes, and it can even cause
capillaries to surface on the face.