How long does it take to treat skin problems?

I have been doing offline skin care for seven years, and I am really tired of being asked this question. To be honest, there is no standard answer - it can be as mild as a red pimple caused by eating spicy food, which can be invisible after applying a spot of acne cream for three or four days, to severe cases such as hormone dependence and severe rosacea, which have been treated for two or three years and occasionally recur during the change of seasons. I have a lot of cases at hand.

Many people say that the skin metabolism cycle is 28 days. If there is no effect after 28 days, the care plan is useless. This is actually half right and half wrong. 28 days is the epidermal metabolism cycle of healthy and young skin. If the problem only stays on the surface, such as spring redness, post-sun peeling, sporadic inflammatory acne, and does not damage the dermis, find the right solution. The idea of anti-inflammation can indeed be seen in one or two metabolic cycles. Significant improvement can be seen in one or two metabolic cycles. The sophomore girl who came here last month, her face was red and itchy after being sunburned during the spring outing, and she also developed a small rash. She stopped using soap-based cleansers and whitening essences, and only used repairing essences and hard sunscreen. In less than 20 days, it was all gone, without even leaving any marks.

But if the problem damages the dermis, such as dark brown acne marks and pits left by popping acne, or a damaged barrier or hormonal face caused by long-term replacement of skin care products, then the recovery period must be calculated as half a year or one year. A while ago, a customer came to make trouble, saying that he had been using it for almost a year After using repair products for a month, the acne marks on her chin were still not gone. She said we were cheating. I showed her a skin tester and found that her acne marks had sunk to the dermal layer. It would have taken 3 to 6 months to slowly metabolize them. You can’t force your skin to skip the repair steps and grow them right away, right? There is also a more extreme statement, saying that as long as you have skin problems, you will never get better in your life and you cannot use any effective products. This is too exaggerated. I have many clients who had acne breakouts before, but now they are fine. They can occasionally use mild whitening and anti-aging products without any problem.

In addition to the severity of the problem itself, what most affects the speed of recovery is actually your own cooperation. Many people come to me for repairs while staying up late every day dancing to the disco and eating spicy hot pot, drinking two cups of full-sugar milk tea a day, and applying a cleansing mask every once in a while to exfoliate. , no matter how good the repair plan is, it can't handle this. Last year, a male college student was treated for acne. He used the ointments and oral medicines prescribed by the doctor on time, but he couldn't quit milk tea. The inflammatory acne that should have been almost gone in 3 months, took almost half a year to stabilize.

To put it bluntly, skin care is like caring for a sick kitten. You can’t expect it to be lively and active immediately after taking medicine once it catches a cold, nor do you think it will be sick for the rest of its life just because it recovers slowly. Find the right plan, don’t put a burden on the skin by doing random things, and leave the rest to time. There is really no need to stare at your face every day and count the days with anxiety. On the contrary, a bad mood will aggravate skin problems.