How long does it take to recover from skin problems?

There is really no unified standard answer. Mild problems can be significantly improved in two or three weeks. It is also very common for serious chronic skin problems to remain stable after a year or two.

I have been an offline skin care guide for almost 6 years, and this is the question I am asked the most. To be honest, I cannot give an accurate answer every time. After all, there is a big difference between people's skin conditions, the degree of previous "work", and the execution of subsequent conditioning. I just received a sophomore girl last week. She used scrub twice to exfoliate during the season change, which made her cheeks red and stinging. She couldn't even use ordinary amino acid cleansers. I adjusted her skin care plan and only used streamlined repair essence and special formula. Cream, and she was strictly required not to put on makeup or blindly apply facial masks. She came back for a follow-up visit in 18 days, and the redness was basically gone. Even the small rash she had before was almost gone. It is a very typical mild barrier damage, and the recovery speed is very fast.

But if you have been messing around for several years, such as using acids and whitening products all year round, which has left your barrier riddled with holes, or even developed into rosacea and recurring hormonal dermatitis, then don’t expect it to be resolved in a month or two. Last year, there was a 32-year-old user who followed the trend and did the "acid peel" program in a beauty salon for more than half a year. In the end, her face was so bad that she had to wear two layers of masks when going out. She became scalded and red when exposed to heat, and she also had dense pustules. When she came here, she was still looking for a "7-day quick repair" recipe. I poured cold water on her at that time. With this level of damage, it would be impossible to return to normal without the patience of more than half a year. She had experienced redness and sensitivity from time to time in the first three months, and it was not until the eighth month that she dared to occasionally put on light makeup. It is now almost a year and a half before she finally dared to say that her face does not need to be nervous at the slightest change.

There are two opinions on the Internet that are very quarrelsome now. One is that "the skin metabolism cycle is 28 days, and all problems can be cured in one cycle." The other is that "damaged skin cannot be repaired at all and can only be maintained for a lifetime." In fact, both of them are too extreme. 28 days is the epidermal metabolism cycle of healthy adult skin. Your own skin has problems, and the metabolic rhythm itself has been disrupted. How can you still strictly stick to the 28-day node to recover? As for the ones that cannot be repaired at all, most of the ones I come across are either using the wrong treatment method or being unable to control their own hands. They start doing it again just two days after seeing them, sometimes applying acid and sometimes using high-concentration whitening drugs. Of course, there is no end in sight.

Talking about skin conditioning, it is actually very similar to nourishing stomach problems. Occasionally, if you eat something bad and have an acute stomachache, you should pay attention to your diet and take some medicine, and it will be cured in three to five days. If it has become chronic gastritis, why not treat it slowly all year round? There is no magic pill that can restore your health in just a few days. If you really want to avoid detours and get better quickly, the most important thing is not to rush for success. When you find the solution that suits you, stick to it steadily. Don’t change products every three days, and don’t blindly try folk remedies without seeing obvious results for half a month. On the contrary, it will prolong the recovery period.