How long does it take to treat skin problems and restore good skin texture?

There is really no unified standard answer to this question. I have been doing skin conditioning for almost 8 years. I have seen that the fastest 7 days can restore the bad face of the season to a stable state. It took 2 years of slow conditioning to completely get rid of the hormonal face that has been repeated for 10 years. The difference can be very big.

There are currently two opinions on the Internet. One group says that by strictly following the 28-day skin metabolism cycle, even if you have acne-prone and sensitive skin, you can regain good skin quality in a month. The other group says that skin care is just a placebo and no amount of conditioning will help. In fact, both sides are a bit extreme. Think about it, the skin is like the succulent we planted, but we forgot to water it and it dried out. If you water it correctly, it will recover the next day. If the roots are rotten, you can't prune the roots little by little, let them dry and repot them? How can I accurately predict the day when I will be able to return to my full state?

A while ago, a junior girl came to me. She just followed the trend of applying high-concentration fruit acid to close her mouth. After the application, she did not do any repair. Her face was swollen like a peach. It turned red and itchy when exposed to heat. She also broke out a dense rash. She applied anti-aging and whitening essence at home for a week, but it became worse and worse. I asked her to stop all functional products and use ceramide cream with simple ingredients. She only wore a mask and an umbrella when going out without applying sunscreen, and only used facial cleanser once at night. On the 9th day, she sent me a message saying that the redness was gone and the rash was gone. After less than two weeks, her face hurt even when applying lotion, but now she feels no discomfort when applying sunscreen.

But if you have been suffering from skin problems for several years, there is no need to rush. Last year, there was a male customer who worked in sales. He had been suffering from cystic acne since high school. He couldn't help but squeeze it with his hands. His face was covered with red and black acne marks and pits. He also stayed up late drinking on business trips all year round. His sebaceous glands were extremely active. When he first came here, his face was shiny. Even when he took off the mask, he could smell the smell of oxidized oil. When I adjusted it, I first controlled the inflammation. It took more than three months just to suppress the new acne. Then it slowly eliminated the acne marks. The acne pits also needed to be combined with fractional laser. It took almost 14 months of back and forth before I finally got to the point where my face was no longer oily, the acne marks were so light that they were almost invisible, and I would not break out even if I stayed up all night.

To be honest, many people think that treatment is slow. In fact, half of it is because the problem itself is serious, and the other half is caused by themselves. I have seen too many people adjust their products for half a month and then start changing products without changing their face, or they just start to stay up late drinking milk tea and applying heavy makeup as soon as their face is stable. The problem that was supposed to be cured in two or three months has been delayed for more than half a year. After all, everyone’s age, metabolic rate, degree of damage, and ability to obey the doctor’s instructions are different. How can there be any unified recovery timetable? If you really want to get better quickly, it is better to put aside the eagerness for quick success and instant benefit of "changing your face in 7 days", find the right problem and then persist, it is worse than anything else.