Targeted care

Some problems do not call for changing the whole routine, only for acting in the right place: an isolated spot, a dry patch, a clogged pore.

Hydrocolloid patches remain the most useful Korean invention of the lot: worn overnight on a spot that has come to a head, they absorb, protect, and stop you touching — which is half the work.

These products are used occasionally, alongside a base routine, never instead of one.