How long does it take to recover from skin problems?

There is really no standard answer to this question. A minor problem can be cured in 1-2 weeks. If it is a chronic skin problem that has been suffered for many years, it is not uncommon for it to take half a year or even a year or two.

Just last week, I met a little girl who had just entered college. She was covering her face tightly. When she took off the mask, her face turned red as if she had just finished a sauna. She said that she had followed the trend and applied 30% salicylic acid, and now it hurts even when touching warm water, indicating that her barrier was slightly damaged. I asked her to stop all functional products, use mild amino acid cleansers every day, apply a repairing ceramide-containing cream, and don’t even put on sunscreen when going out. She relied on a hat and a mask to cover her face tightly. After only 10 days, she sent me a picture back, saying that the redness was almost gone, and her face was no longer tight or painful when touched. But a client I followed up in the past two years was not so quick. When she was young, she used a lot of Sanwu whitening essences from Weishang for cheap, and she always went to the beauty salon to do the kind of skin resurfacing once a week, and she had a hormonal face. This was her first time. At one time, my face was so swollen that my eyes almost squinted, and I would get red rashes, feel hot and itchy all the time. After more than 8 months of treatment, I finally dared to apply ordinary moisturizing creams normally, and my face would not be ruined by a blow drying when the season changes.

There must be someone who sees this and wants to argue. Doesn’t it say that the skin metabolism cycle is 28 days? How could it take so long? Hey, 28 days is the epidermal metabolism rate of healthy young skin. Your barrier is broken like a leaky wall. Why don't you repair the wall first and then talk about interior decoration? Some people say that I had an acne before and it went away after applying ointment for 3 days. They said it would take several months to collect IQ tax. It depends on what your problem is. A temporary red and swollen acne is normal for it to disappear in 3 days if it is symptomatic. But if you have recurring acne for three or four years in a row, the inflammation has penetrated into the dermis, and there are a lot of brown acne marks and bumps. You can’t expect all these problems to be solved in 3 days, right?

In fact, skin conditioning is particularly like nourishing the stomach. Occasionally, if you eat spicy food or eat cold food, you will get acute stomach pain, which can be relieved by drinking warm porridge for two days. However, if you have chronic gastritis or even gastric ulcer, why don't you just take care of it for half a year? There is no unified recovery timetable. I have seen too many people who are too impatient. They have just applied repair products for three days, and when they look in the mirror and feel that the redness has not gone away, they immediately switch to another powerful medicine called "Redness Reduction in 7 Days". This tossing back and forth puts extra burden on the skin. The problem that was supposed to be cured in half a month has been dragged out to two or three months. On the contrary, those who have a stable mentality, streamline their skin care step by step, and do not do anything blindly or change products randomly, often get better faster than expected. If you really want to avoid suffering less, you should first figure out what level your skin problem is at. It is much more useful than asking everywhere "how long will it take to get better?"