The relationship between beauty and skin health

Beauty and skin health are by no means a one-way cause and effect of "beauty can lead to healthy skin", but a two-way selection relationship - scientific beauty that follows the physiological laws of the skin is a positive aid to skin health. Wrong beauty practices that are divorced from the foundation of skin quality and violate metabolic logic will instead become the primary culprit in destroying skin health.

To be honest, in the 7 years I have been doing skin management, nine out of ten cases of bad faces I have seen were caused by "excessive beauty". I just received a girl who is a sophomore last month. When I browsed Xiaohongshu, I saw a note on "High-concentration salicylic acid for 7-day skin peeling." Originally, it was just a sporadic break in the T-zone that caused oiliness, but I continued to use 20% concentration of salicylic acid at home for 21 days. When I arrived, my entire face was swollen like a steamed bun, and it was itchy and red when exposed to heat. A skin test showed that the transepidermal water loss rate was three times that of normal skin. It was already a typical barrier-damaged type of rosacea. It took almost three months of repairs before the redness faded.

On this point, practitioners in different fields have been arguing for many years without reaching a conclusion. Most of the doctors in public dermatology departments are "minimalist" and they will advise you "Don't mess around, just do the three things of cleansing, moisturizing and sun protection". They feel that 80% of the beauty programs on the market charge IQ tax, and additional intervention will destroy the homeostasis of the skin itself; most of the institutions that provide daily beauty care are "active interventionists" and often do things like this. They just say, "If you don't do anti-aging programs at the age of 25, you will be too broken by the age of 30." It boasts that photon, water light, and matrix programs can cure all diseases. The precision skin care group that has emerged in the past two years is stuck in the middle, advocating "depending on the dish" and using whatever method suits your skin type and condition. There is no need to kill all beauty methods at once, and you can't do it blindly.

On the contrary, I think both sides are reasonable. A 42-year-old sister came to me last year. She had damaged her face by doing a freckle removal program because of melasma. Later, she stopped all functional products according to the dermatologist's advice and only used mild repair cream + hard sunscreen every day. After a year of treatment, her chloasma was half faded, and her skin condition was much more stable than when she did the program every day. But turning around, I also have a 26-year-old client. Because of the acne that left his face full of post-inflammatory discoloration, he was so low self-esteem that he didn’t even dare to go on a blind date. He did 5 times of DPL photon + tranexamic acid introduction according to the treatment course. In three months, 80% of the acne marks disappeared, and the whole person felt relaxed. Later, even the aunt’s acne that had been recurring before was reduced. Do you think this beauty treatment is good or bad? It all depends on whether it is used correctly.

Many people’s misunderstanding about beauty is that “you have to put expensive products and expensive procedures on your face to call it beauty.” In fact, this is not the case at all. I often tell my clients that the skin is like a little ancestor with its own temperament. If you follow it, it will look good for you. If you forcefully stuff it with a bunch of things it doesn’t need, it will immediately show you a bad look. Real scientific beauty often involves subtraction. For example, when you are sensitive during the change of seasons, stop all whitening and anti-aging essences and only apply repair cream on your face. This is beauty. If you have oily skin in summer, don’t apply too heavy creams and switch to refreshing gel. This is also beauty. Even if you stay up late, don’t blindly apply functional masks and only apply moisturizing masks at room temperature for 10 minutes. This is all helping to maintain the health of your skin. There are so many fancy gimmicks. To put it bluntly, it just follows the temper of the skin.

I have dry skin, which tends to get red when the seasons change. I never follow the trend of using Thermage or Fractional Therapy. I do DPL three times a year to remove redness, and do a needle-free hydrating treatment once a month to replenish hyaluronic acid. I usually use amino acid cleansers, and always wear a hat when going out. My skin condition has always been very stable. Even my former dermatologist asked me what expensive skin care products I used when he met me.

After all, skin health itself is a dynamic state. It is normal to have acne today due to spicy food and redness due to the change of seasons tomorrow. Beauty is never a magic pill that can lead to healthy skin. You have to treat your face like a living, changing friend. Don’t listen to the wind and follow the online tutorials. It is much more useful than spending tens of thousands of dollars to buy a box set or get an annual pass. If you are really not sure what is suitable for you, go to the dermatology department of a regular hospital for a skin test first, which is more reliable than the advice of any blogger.