If you can't remember when you bought the item or if the expiration date was on the packaging you have long since gotten rid of compared to the product itself, you can use your intuition to tell if a product needs to be tossed. Does it have a different smell? Does it seem like it's separated? Is it a slightly different color than it was when it was new? Does the texture feel a bit off from what you know it should feel like? These can all be signs that it's time to buy new ones.
It's not just an issue of effectiveness when it comes to expired skincare products, it can also become an issue of safety. What can happen with older, expired skincare products "is that they can decompose," Debra Jailman, board-certified dermatologist, told Dermstore. "I have seen burns and irritation from old products. They can also harbor bacteria and cause a skin infection or even worse: they can have viruses and cause a herpes outbreak." We can all agree those are things that we want to avoid!
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