What is the relationship between beauty and skin health?

The essence of the two is a two-way binding dependence - scientific and compliant beauty practices are themselves daily maintenance methods for skin health, which can help the skin maintain or even restore its health. However, beauty practices that violate the physiological laws of the skin will directly overdraw and damage the health of the skin.

A while ago, I met a 26-year-old girl in a theater. She was holding a box of high-concentration vitamin A alcohol essence and asked me why my face became redder the more I used it. After careful questioning, I found out that in order to pursue the dual effects of "anti-aging + whitening", she applied strong medicine all over her face without establishing a tolerance. , I also go to a small studio for exfoliation every week. What was originally a healthy combination skin has turned into a sensitive skin. It turns red and hot when exposed to heat, and cannot even absorb ordinary moisturizer. It completely reverses the priority of beauty and health.

However, there are indeed two extreme voices in the industry. One side believes that "skin is all determined by nature, and beauty is a tax on IQ. No matter how good you are, it doesn't matter." The other side advocates that "beauty requires strong medicine, and only if it is not broken or established can the effect be achieved." In fact, both of them are a bit biased. Think about it, the basic beauty steps we talk about every day: cleansing, moisturizing, and sun protection, which one does not guarantee the health of the skin? The skin barrier is like the skin's "anti-theft door". Gentle cleansing will not damage the surface sebum film. Moisturizing can help the skin lock in necessary moisture. Sunscreen can block the damage of ultraviolet rays to the dermis. To put it bluntly, these actions are maintaining the normal physiological functions of the skin and are not considered "extra trouble" at all. There was a little girl who just went to college. She was born with fair skin and never liked to wear sunscreen. She went to Hainan for a week and developed solar dermatitis. She also had two symmetrical sun spots on her cheekbones. Her skin, which did not require extra beauty, instead spent a year or two repairing health problems.

Speaking of this, some people may ask, is it unnecessary to do beauty programs in theaters? In fact, it’s not the case. Advanced beauty treatments that suit the skin’s condition can help us solve minor health problems that cannot be solved with daily skin care. Last month, a 32-year-old regular customer came for a follow-up consultation. After giving birth, she had endocrine fluctuations, chloasma on her face, and repeated skin inflammation. We started a whitening program for her before she came in. We first arranged three times of soothing repair to stabilize the barrier, and then used low-energy photons to gradually improve the pigmentation. After three months, most of the spots were faded. She herself said that the previous problems of itchiness and roughness during the change of seasons were gone. This is a typical example of beauty replenishing health.

Of course, there is a mixed bag of beauty concepts on the market, and there are many people who take advantage of them. The propaganda that advocates "seven-day skin rejuvenation" and "acid-based face replacement" are basically routines that ignore health and only pursue short-term results. Previously, a high school student secretly bought a household acid-based product of unknown concentration. After applying it all over his face, his skin broke out and his face was damaged. When he came to us, it hurt even to wash his face with warm water. It took him half a year to repair the barrier.

If you have been in this business for a long time, you will find that the "good skin" that everyone is looking for is never a hard-fought beauty effect, but a good complexion that naturally comes from a healthy state. If you regard beauty as regular skin care and minor repairs, rather than a drastic "makeover", you will naturally be able to find the most comfortable balance between the two.