Sunscreen, a gentle cleanser and a moisturiser cover almost everything. Add one active ingredient at a time if you want to, and give it twelve weeks before judging it.
The skincare industry sells complexity, and most of the expensive complexity has very little evidence behind it. A small number of things are genuinely well established, they are cheap, and they are the same ones dermatologists have recommended for decades.
What it covers
Every tip in skin
Daily sunscreen, a gentle cleanser and a moisturiser that suits you. Everything else is optional, and sunscreen is the one with by far the strongest evidence behind it.
Roughly a teaspoon for the face and neck, and about six to eight teaspoons for a whole body. Most people apply less than half of that, which means they get less than half the stated protection.
Generally not. The ingredients that do the work are cheap and common, and the price difference is mostly packaging, fragrance and marketing.
A thick ointment rather than a lotion, applied at night under cotton gloves, and gloves on for any wet or chemical work during the day.
Not really, and over-exfoliating is one of the commonest causes of irritated skin. If you do, a chemical exfoliant once or twice a week beats a scrub.
This is general information, not medical advice, and it does not replace a GP, a pharmacist or NHS 111. Call 999 in an emergency. Full disclaimer.