What is the relationship between beauty and skin health?

The essence of the two is a symbiotic relationship between the outside and the inside. Appropriate and compliant beauty practices are an important help in maintaining and repairing skin health. Wrong beauty practices will directly penetrate the skin's health defense line and even cause irreversible damage.

Last week, I was helping to sort out cases at the dermatology clinic I work with, and I met a 21-year-old sophomore girl who went to a private studio every week for two months to get rid of blackheads. Her stratum corneum was so thin that it turned red and itchy even when a willow breeze blew in spring. She even felt a sting when applying basic moisturizing lotion. The doctor said that she had completely destroyed the originally healthy sebum film, and it would take at least half a year to restore it to its original state. Isn't this like turning the beauty that was supposed to add points to the skin into destroying it?

In fact, many of the basic beauty actions we do on a daily basis are actually laying the foundation for healthy skin. For example, using a mild amino acid cleanser every day to wash away the dust and oil on the surface, applying a corresponding multiple of sunscreen according to the light intensity when going out, and applying some ceramide-containing essence to repair the barrier when the seasons are dry. Sticking to these small things is much more cost-effective than waiting for skin problems and then taking a lot of medicine and ointments.

Nowadays, there is a lot of debate on the Internet about "Is there an IQ tax for beauty salons?" In fact, both sides of the argument have a basis in reality. If you choose a regular medical institution and do projects that match your skin type, such as using red and blue light to fight inflammation when inflammatory acne occurs repeatedly, or using yellow light to repair sensitive skin when the seasons change, the results will indeed be faster than trying to figure it out at home.； But if you are deceived into going to Sanwu Studio to do "7-day skin whitening" or "hand-grinding to slim down the face," let alone healthy skin. There were news before that someone received unknown fillers, and their whole face was swollen like a steamed bun. In the end, they had to be surgically removed, which is not worth the gain.

In fact, I often tell people who come for consultations that your skin is like the exterior wall of an old house you have lived in for decades. When it is healthy, it has a smooth and waterproof real stone paint surface. Proper beauty care is to regularly sweep the dust and replenish the waterproof coating to make the wall durable and look good.； If you just go up and scrape off a layer of the surface and apply paint of unknown origin to the wall, the wall will become moldy, peeling, and pitted in less than half a year, and it will take several times the effort to repair it.

I once had a 38-year-old client who came to me for skin care consultation. Her skin condition was so good that everyone thought she was only 28. Her beauty habits were very simple, that is, she would wear sunscreen every day for ten years, and make simple hydrating masks twice a week. She never followed the trend of popular Internet celebrity projects. She always said that as long as the skin itself is healthy, even if it is not exaggeratedly white and glowing, with zero pores, it will look more comfortable and natural than a face covered with ten layers of functional ingredients.

In fact, there is no need to separate beauty and skin health so much. All the actions you take on your face will eventually be clearly reflected in the condition of your skin. If you choose the right one, you will be blessed with health, if you choose the wrong one, it will harm the skin. Spend more time understanding your skin type, which is more useful than following the trend and grabbing ten bottles of internet celebrity essence.