The relationship between beauty and skin health

Beauty and skin health are never antagonistic. The essence is a symbiotic state in which "the basics determine the upper limit and the method affects the results" - beauty behaviors that conform to the physiological laws of the skin are themselves part of skin health management, while wrong beauty operations that violate skin logic are the culprits of damaging skin health.

Not long ago, a 1998-year-old girl came to my studio. Half of her face was red and flaky, and it hurt when she touched it. When I asked, I found out that she had been using high-concentration salicylic acid at home for three days in a row. She broke out and became itchy. She thought it was "detoxification". She added two bottles of whitening essence and blasted it. In the end, her face was so bad that she couldn't go out, so she came to ask for help. I have seen too many such examples in the past few years. Many people either think that beauty is a tax on IQ, and they can be world-famous by applying baby cream, or they think that in order to become beautiful, they have to be "ruthless" and dare to put all kinds of powerful drugs on their faces. In essence, they put beauty and skin health on opposite sides.

The two factions currently quarreling fiercely on the Internet actually have their own reasons. One group is the minimalist skin care group, which advocates not applying anything on the face except moisturizing and sunscreen. They say that the skin has its own ability to repair itself, and applying too much will destroy the skin microecology. This is really not nonsense. I have read a survey by the Chinese Dermatology Association before. People who cleanse too much and use more than 5 kinds of skin care products have a transepidermal water loss rate that is 2.3 times that of people with normal skin care. The probability of acne and sensitivity is also nearly twice as high. I met a girl last year who thought that all skin care products contain preservatives. She simply washed her face with water every day and didn't apply anything. In the end, her face was covered with skin, and she said that she was "giving up on skin care." It really made people laugh and cry.

The other group are fans of functional skin care. They believe that skin metabolism goes downhill after the age of 25, and that we must rely on strong medicines and medical beauty treatments to survive aging. This is also supported by data: after the age of 25, the human body loses collagen at a rate of 1% every year. Simply relying on the amount of self-synthesis of the skin cannot make up for the loss, so use it rationally. Using low-concentration retinol and regular photorejuvenation and other mild medical aesthetics programs can indeed improve the problems of spots and fine lines caused by photoaging. There is a 40-year-old sister next to me who has insisted on photon treatment once a month + daily mild antioxidant skin care for 5 years. Her skin condition is much better than that of many 30-year-old girls who stay up late and apply random things every day. But there are many people who go to extremes. There was a 30-year-old girl who had fractional laser treatment once a month for half a year. Her skin was so thin that you could see red blood streaks. She felt hot when exposed to cold or heat. She even had to wear a mask when using the air conditioner in summer. Her healthy skin was suddenly allergic.

When I attended the last skin management industry summit, a dermatology professor from Peking Union Medical College also said that people now have too deep misunderstandings about beauty, and either regard it as a scourge or a miracle cure. In fact, the first rule of beauty is always "not destroying the healthy foundation of the skin." If you think of your skin barrier as your own security door, you will understand. If you bang on the door every day, no matter how many expensive skin care products are piled in the house, external irritants and bacteria can easily get in. In the end, no matter how expensive beauty treatments are, they cannot save your bad face.

To be honest, I have been doing this for almost 8 years, and the good skin I have seen has never been achieved through extreme methods. Some people are born with skin that is resistant to acne, and occasionally use high-concentration essences without any reaction. Some people are born with sensitive skin, and even alcohol-based toners turn red. Is there any unified beauty formula? Just like if you have oily skin, you have to apply heavy creams to dry skin to avoid getting acne. ； You are already sensitive, so it would be strange if you have to imitate other people's acid peels and your face won't look bad.

In the final analysis, beauty is never about having to deal with your skin. You should take care of it as a living organ, rather than a canvas that can be polished and painted casually. Moisturize when it needs to be moisturized, and use sunscreen when it needs to be protected from the sun. If you have anti-aging needs, choose a program that suits your skin type. Only when you have a healthy foundation, beauty can add points to you. If you ruin the foundation for temporary whitening, then you have really picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon.