What is the relationship between beauty and skin health?

The essence of beauty and skin health is a symbiotic relationship between each other - healthy skin is the prerequisite for all beauty methods to work, and scientific and reasonable beauty operations can, in turn, help maintain and repair skin health. The two are never mutually exclusive.

There is a lot of quarrel on the Internet about this matter now. Some people think that all beauty treatments are a "face-ruining IQ tax" made up by businesses. It is best to use only natural products. Others think that you can sacrifice the comfort of your skin in order to look good. Both opinions are actually extreme. In the five or six years I have been doing skin management, I have seen too many people who fall into these two pitfalls.

A 30-year-old female programmer who came here a while ago is a typical "anti-beauty party". She always thought that applying skin care products and doing projects was a scam. She usually used ordinary soap to wash her face and didn't even apply sunscreen when she went out in the summer. When she came, the dry lines on both sides of her cheeks were so deep that they looked like they were carved into them. She also had mild solar dermatitis, and her skin was itchy and peeling when the season changed. She always said that she was born with poor skin. The plan we gave her was very simple. First, she changed the soap to a mild amino acid cleanser. She must wear low-irritation medical sunscreen every day when going out. She also introduced soothing ingredients once a week. In just over a month, she said that her face no longer itched and the dry lines were mostly faded. Colleagues also asked her if she had changed to expensive foundation. In fact, she didn't even put on makeup during that time. She just did the most basic beauty care correctly, which brought her skin health back on track.

Of course, I have seen many counterexamples of putting beauty before health. Last summer, there was a little girl who was a sophomore in college. She saved three months of living expenses and went to a small workshop to do a project called "acne removal by microdermabrasion". Originally, there were just a few light acne marks on her forehead. As a result, the person who performed the operation was very energetic. If the setting is too high, the cuticles will be thinned. After that, the face will turn red when the heat is high. Even when eating hot pot, I have to wear a mask. Later, it took almost half a year to repair it and then slowly returned to normal. This kind of beauty that is divorced from the premise of health is essentially putting the cart before the horse.

In fact, there is no completely unified conclusion on this matter in the industry. Some experts believe that a three-piece set of cleansing, moisturizing, and sunscreen is enough for daily skin care, and the extra money spent is IQ tax. There are also some experts who believe that as long as the skin tolerates it, moderate Using anti-aging essences and doing light medical beauty treatments such as photorejuvenation can help delay aging and maintain better skin condition. Both arguments are actually valid. The core dividing line is whether the beauty method you choose breaks the healthy balance of the skin itself. To put it bluntly, it is like charging a mobile phone. Use a matching regular charger to charge slowly. Although it is not fast, it is friendly to the battery. If you insist on using low-quality fast charge, it may seem efficient, but it is actually consuming the battery life in advance.

It is very easy to judge by yourself at home. Whether you are applying skin care products or doing projects, if your skin does not have any uncomfortable feelings such as redness, stinging, or itching after use, and the condition becomes more and more stable after long-term use, then it is a good method for you. If you use it, even if the advertised effect is over the top, as long as you feel discomfort on your skin, it means that it is already hurting your health. But don't insist on "building tolerance". In the end, it will damage your good skin, and the gain will outweigh the gain.