What is the relationship between beauty and skin health?

The two have a two-way symbiotic relationship - scientific beauty practices are an auxiliary means to gain skin health, while beauty operations that are divorced from the foundation of skin health are essentially damaging the skin.

I have been working in skin care centers for almost 8 years, and I have seen countless positive and negative cases. Xiao Zhou, a regular customer who just left last week, works in Internet operations. He often stays up late to catch up on plans. When he came here two years ago, his cheeks were sensitive and red. There were faint red bloodshot even on the cheekbones. It was as dull as a layer of dust. I bought an expensive whitening essence before and used it, which only made the redness worse. Later, we didn’t give her any fancy functional programs. We first did a non-invasive introduction of soothing once a week. At home, she only used a repairing milk with simple ingredients, and applied a soothing mask every other day. Even the facial cleanser was changed to a mild amino acid type. She stayed like this for more than two months. The redness was reduced by 90%, and even the previous yellowishness was mostly gone. She smiled to herself in the mirror and said that she didn't expect that she would look better "without doing any serious beauty treatments". In fact, this is the most effective beauty treatment - following the skin's metabolic laws to help it return to a healthy state, and a good complexion will naturally show through.

I have also seen people fall into big traps. Last year, there was a little girl who was just in her third year of college. Her skin was originally healthy and oily, but she occasionally got acne. She followed the trend and went to a small workshop to do three high-concentration fruit acid peels. After the peel, her face was immediately ruined. She became severely sensitive and itched and broke out when the season changed. The acne hurts even when the cold wind blows in winter. It took her almost a year to recover from the acne, and she slowly returned to a stable state. Now she is telling her friends about it. Don't believe in the gimmick of "skin resurfacing to make your skin look milky instantly". Any beauty treatment that doesn't care about the bottom line of skin health will be disfigured.

Nowadays, there is a fierce debate on the Internet about "Is beauty a tax on IQ?" In fact, there is nothing wrong with what both sides say. Most of the people who find it useful have accurately determined their skin type and choose operations that match the skin condition - for example, regular gentle moisturizing for dry skin can replenish enough moisture for the stratum corneum, so that it is naturally less likely to develop dry lines and stuck powder. ； For oily skin, regular deep cleansing to unclog pores will make it less likely to cause pimples and pores. Essentially, it helps the skin maintain a healthy and stable state. Of course, you can see positive effects. I think it’s because of the IQ tax. Most of them follow the trend and chase the popular ones. Regardless of whether they can tolerate it or not, they apply acid, do high-energy photovoltaics, or put seven or eight layers of skin care products on their face morning and night. On the contrary, they destroy the skin barrier. The more they take care of themselves, the more problems they have. Naturally, they feel that their money has been wasted.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the relationship between beauty and skin health is like watering flowers. You must first find out whether you are raising a drought-tolerant cactus or a moisture-loving pothos, when to fertilize and when to bask in the sun. If you follow the instructions, the flowers will grow prosperously and beautifully, which is the "beauty effect" we want. If you water and dry it randomly, the roots may rot, let alone bloom. Healthy skin is like the root of the flower. If the root is stable, even if you only apply sunscreen lipstick, you will still have a good complexion. If the root is broken, no matter how much expensive products you put on your face and how many projects you do, it will be useless.