Thesis example on the relationship between beauty and skin health

Beauty behavior and skin health are not a black and white opposition or subordinate relationship - scientific and appropriate beauty intervention is an important support for maintaining and improving skin health. Non-compliant, excessive or inappropriate beauty behavior is one of the core causes of skin barrier damage and high incidence of problem skin in young and middle-aged people. The correlation between the two depends entirely on the suitability, compliance and sustainability of beauty behavior. There is no absolute conclusion that "beauty will inevitably damage the skin" or "expensive beauty must nourish the skin".

I have been following patients at the Dermatology and Beauty Center of a tertiary hospital for three months, and I have seen too many patients who have gone to extremes: Xiao Zhou, a 27-year-old Internet operator, saved three months of salary and wanted to do the Thermage anti-aging, so he found a studio downstairs in the community for a cheap price. The counterfeit, the operator didn’t even have a medical certificate, the energy was set too high, and the face became red and blistered on the day after the treatment. After more than half a year of use, the original healthy skin turned into sensitive skin that gets hot when exposed to cold or heat, and even the commonly used skin care products cannot be used. I also met Sister Lin, a 35-year-old college teacher. She has strictly followed the doctor's advice since she was diagnosed with rosacea three years ago. During the fragile barrier period, she only used mild amino acid cleansers and ceramide repair creams. She went to the hospital once a week for Shumin Star. After her skin tolerance improved, she then did low-energy DPL photon redness removal once a month. Not only has her rosacea not recurred, but the redness and surface stains have also faded by half, and her condition is much better than that of people of the same age who have not undergone any medical aesthetic intervention.

There have always been two voices in the industry regarding the relationship between the two. Most clinicians in traditional dermatology prefer the "less fuss principle" and believe that as long as the three basic steps of cleansing, moisturizing, and sun protection are done, healthy skin does not require additional cosmetic intervention. This conclusion is not unreasonable - "Diagnosis and Treatment of Sensitive Skin in Chinese Women with White Skin" released by the Dermatology Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association in 2023 "Book" shows that the incidence of sensitive skin in domestic women aged 18-45 is 36.7%, of which 62% of secondary sensitive skin is caused by inappropriate beauty behaviors: frequent exfoliation, applying facial masks more than three times a week, using fast-acting whitening products that illegally add heavy metals, and blindly following the trend of using high-concentration acids are all common causes of skin damage. A patient asked me before why her face was so bad when she used the same 30% concentration salicylic acid as the blogger. In fact, the answer is very simple. The blogger tolerates oily skin, while she has sensitive and dry skin. The skin types are different, so the suitable products are naturally very different.

Practitioners in the field of medical beauty and functional skin care prefer the idea of "reasonable intervention". After all, the skin's own metabolic capacity has an upper limit, such as chloasma in the dermis, static wrinkles that have formed, and old acne marks. Skin care products that are applied simply cannot penetrate into the corresponding skin layers to solve the problem. Compliant photovoltaic projects and medical-grade functional skin care products can indeed achieve effects that basic skin care cannot achieve. I used to have a stubborn post-inflammatory skin condition, and it would take half a year for the acne scars to disappear. Later, I followed the doctor's advice to undergo low-energy phototherapy once a month, combined with the application of tranexamic acid essence. The metabolism of the acne scars doubled, and no sensitivity problems occurred.

Many people think, "If I buy the most expensive skin care products and do the most expensive projects, my skin will definitely be better." This is not the case. I met a little girl not long ago. Her family was in good condition. She had to undergo a high-energy anti-aging program every month, and applied ten layers of skin care products to her face every day. As a result, when she came to the doctor, her face was covered with shut-up, and her transepidermal water loss (TEWL) was three times that of normal skin. To put it bluntly, it was over-nourishing and over-intervention, and the skin simply couldn’t bear it. Beauty is the same as wearing shoes. Fit is the most important. No matter how expensive the shoes are, the wrong size will hurt your feet.

To be honest, ordinary people don’t need to go to the extreme between “no beauty at all” and “spending money crazy on beauty”. If you have healthy skin with no problems, it is enough to do basic skin care and do photorejuvenation three to five times a year to maintain the condition. There is no need to follow the trend and do 7-day acid rejuvenation and 10-day whitening gimmicks. If you have problems such as acne, spots, or sensitive skin, first go to the dermatology department of a regular hospital to register for a professional skin test to find out the root cause of your skin problems, and then follow the doctor's instructions for corresponding care or medical beauty projects. It will be more effective than reading a hundred Xiaohongshu notes.

In the final analysis, the essence of beauty is to serve the health of the skin. If you damage the skin in order to "become beautiful", that is putting the cart before the horse. There is no need to sneer at beauty, and there is no need to regard beauty as a magic medicine. Finding the right rhythm that suits you is better than anything else.