These are my own thoughts and learnings as an esthetician and wellness enthusiast. Always consult your doctor or physician with serious skin or diet needs. 

Let’s get really specific today and focus on a specific area of the face that very commonly has issues. Our cheeks! For so many people, the cheek area of the face can get red, sensitive, & have small bumps, or break out without warning. So if this is happening to your skin, don’t feel alone because it’s super common.

Since our skin is a living organ, it works dynamically when every other system in our body (circulatory system, digestive system, lymphatic system) it is affected when something internally isn’t working correctly. Many times when breakouts, pimples, or cystic acne are confined to the cheek area, it’s our body’s way of telling us something is going on with our digestive system or diet. Even excessive redness can sometimes be caused by dietary factors. There are other instances where red, dry, and/or textured cheek skin can be caused by external factors like products that sensitize your skin.

scrub me secret: when I talk about diet related to problematic skin on the cheeks this doesn’t necessarily mean we should only look at the junk food’ that we eat. we should look for foods that can be causing an allergy or foods that don’t work well with our body specifically.

What factors are causing issues in my cheek area?

Here is a list of the 3 most common cheek area related I see as an esthetician. Plus tips on how to remedy your skin!

scrub me secret: When I am treating a facial client with redness or flushing in their cheeks I find lymph drainage gua sha massage to be so helpful. I always have such success in diminishing redness via gua sha massage and other facial massage techniques.

scrub me secret: not sure what broken capillaries look like? they show up as tiny, red, uneven lines at the skin’s surface. these lines are small but visible to the naked eye and can sometimes occur in clusters. broken capillaries are caused by damage due to blood vessel dilation.