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Q: Why do you recommend “pressing” Cleansing Cream into the skin rather than scrubbing?
A: Scrubbing can be abrasive to the surface layer of skin. By lightly pressing on the face with palms and fingers, the lymph system is stimulated, deep cleansing is activated and surface dirt and impurities are removed. Treat your skin with gentle care.

Q: Why do some of the Dr. Hauschka Skin Care preparations contain alcohol?
A: Herbs and flowers are the core of Dr Hauschka Skin Care preparations and a mixture of alcohol and water (20/80%) is used to extract plant materials. The alcohol used is of the highest pharmeceutic quality and is solely derived from plants. The alcohol content in our Face Care preparations (approx. 7 – 12%) is the amount contained in the end product. This percentage is not considered harmful in any way; it is not drying the skin (alcohol only dries out the skin if its percentage is more than 30%).

As our preparations do not contain synthetic preservatives, the alcohol acts as a preservative. Aqueous alcoholic extracts vitalise the skin. These extracts have a vitalising impulse on the veins which stimulates the return flow of the blood towards the heart. Furthermore the vitalising effect improves the elasticity of the skin.
The vitalisation (stimulation of the living) enable the skin to absorb the plant extracts more easily.

Q: What exactly do Rhythmic Conditioners do?
A: The Rhythmic Conditioners get results

Rhythmic Night Conditioner
- Normalises skin conditions that are too dry or too oily, sensitive or combination skin, all one- sided skin.
- Balances uneven pigmentation
- Brings vitality, life and colour to the skin
- Beneficial for skin that shows signs of premature ageing
- Especially important when transitioning to Dr Hauschka Skin Care

Rhythmic Conditioner Sensitive
- Helps soothe sensitive, blotchy, red, sunburned skin or even frosted skin
- Visibly restores form and elasticity
- Diminishes the appearance of coupe rose (broken cappilliaries) and roscoe
- The tone of the veins and the blood flow are regulated
- Suggested for over sensitive reactions
- The warmth organisation of the skin is regulated

Q: Why aren’t alpha-hydroxy acids included in any of your products?
A: Dr Hauschka Skin Care preparations treat the skin holistically and promote long lasting healthy skin
Alpha-hydroxy acids are not a holistic process of the skin, even if Alpha-hydroxy acids are derived from a natural source. They dissolve the intra-cellular cement of the epidermis and skin cells are sloughed away. Acid use is a controversial quick fox that addresses a symptom rather than treating the skin as an organ connected to the immune system. T-cells, the cells of immunity live at the base of the epidermis. With concerns today about sun-sensitivity and other environment allergies and sensitivities, damaging the epidermis needs to be questioned.
For a holistic exfoliation, we recommend Cleansing clay mask, a deep cleansing purifying mask, to be used in combination with Facial Steam Bath. Cleansing Cream, used morning and evening will gently and slowly exfoliate in keeping with the natural processes of the skin.

Q: Why shouldn’t I use moisturiser at night?
A: The skin is a major organ of elimination which functions as a complementary organ if the other organs of excretion need support. Like the kidneys and lungs it plays an active role in getting rid of the body’s toxins and impurities. If fat containing moisturisers are applied at night, the time the skin is most active in metabolism, the skin is not able to do its function. The Dr Hauschka ampoules which are fat free stimulates the skins evening functions, the plant extracts chosen in these ampoules stimulate the skins regenerative processes.

At night skin should be cleansed, then toned or conditioned. Rhythmic Night Conditioner, a dynamic preparation for the night, is especially effective when making a transition to Dr Hauschka Skin Care preparations. It normalizes skin that has become dependant upon using a moisturiser at night; it activates the skin forces “against lazy skin”.