Yonka Products for Red-Irritated, Sensitive Skin & Rosacea

I wanted to post some information to help you put together a skin care program using Yonka products if you have sensitive and/or red skin as well as rosacea. 

You’ll notice that all the recommendations for gommage and clay mask are Gommage 305 and Masque 105—both say they are for “dry” or sensitive skin. I’d like to explain. (Yonka rebranded 305 and it’s now called simply Gommage Yonka. I will leave the following information just for interest sake, but any references to gommage use will now be with Gommage Yonka.)

Gommage 303, although it says on the tube it’s for “normal to oily skin,” this exfoliator contains a lot of citrus extracts. Citrus juices contain a lot of acids and can irritate red and/or sensitive skin—and definitely skin with rosacea. Back in the day (the 80s), Gommage 305 was for “acne and problem skin.” Now, with only the two gommages in the line, the “sensitive skin” descriptor for 305 means sensitive no matter if your skin is oily or true-dry.

The clay 105 has slightly less clay in it along with less essential oils than Masque 103, both of which in higher concentrations can irritate sensitive skin. So Masque 105 is the perfect mask if your skin is sensitive even it you have oily or problem skin. And using clay on problem skin—even if you’re sensitive—is essential to keeping your breakouts to a minimum and helping to minimize redness.

Click on any product name to be taken to its corresponding article on this blog.

*Both Creme 83 and Creme 11 have been discontinued. As soon as I have the opportunity to try their replacements, I will post that information here and in a separate blog article.

You first need to determine the amount of oil your skin produces to truly understand which products to use. Please read:

• Determining Skin Type  

I have sensitive skin with breakout:

• Gel Nettoyant or Lait Nettoyant
  
• Lotion PNG
• Creme PG
• Sensitive Masque (formerly Creme 11) or Creme 15 or Phyto 52
• Gommage Yonka ((formerly Gommage 305)
• Masque 105
• Juvenil

I have rosacea with oily skin:

• Gel Nettoyant or Lait Nettoyant
  
• Lotion PNG
• Creme PG
• Sensitive Masque (formerly Creme 11) or Creme 15 or Phyto 52
• Gommage Yonka (formerly Gommage 305)
• Masque 105

 

Rosacea with true-dry skin:

• Gel Nettoyant or Lait Nettoyant
  
• Lotion PS
• Sensitive Creme (formerly Creme 83) with or without Hydra+ (formerly Hydralia) 
• Sensitive Masque (formerly Creme 11) or Phyto 52 with or without Hydra+ (formerly Hydralia)
• Gommage Yonka (formerly Gommage 305)
• Masque 105
• Sensitive Creme Anti-Red

I have very sensitive skin that is oily OR that is true-dry

For oily/sensitive:

• Gel Nettoyant or Lait Nettoyant
  
• Lotion PNG
• Creme PG or Creme 93
• Sensitive Masque (formerly Creme 11) or Creme 15 or Phyto 52
• Gommage Yonka (formerly Gommage 305)
• Masque 105

For true-dry/sensitive:

• Gel Nettoyant or Lait Nettoyant
  
• Lotion PS
• Sensitive Creme (formerly Creme 83) or Sensitive Masque (formerly Creme 11) or Nutri Defense with or without Hydra+ (formerly Hydralia)
• Sensitive Masque (formerly Creme 11) or Phyto 52 with or without Hydra+ (formerly Hydralia)
• Gommage Yonka (formerly Gommage 305)
• Masque 105

I also recommend reading articles about rosacea and sensitive skin. Here are links to all the articles currently published on this blog:

• Rosacea: all links so far
• Sensitive Skin: all links so far
• Is this rosacea? A client’s questions about her skin and using Yonka products

If you haven’t already, please read the following for more helpful information: 

• Yonka-Paris products for Your Skin Type