Will washing your face with handmade soap make your pores bigger?

Handmade soap is a very common skin care product on the market. Many people have used it, and handmade soap has many benefits for our skin, but it also has certain effects. So will washing your face with handmade soap make your pores bigger? Does your face feel dry after washing with handmade soap?

Does washing your face with soap make your pores bigger?

There is a growing possibility of pores becoming larger when washing your face with handmade soap. Therefore, it is recommended to use firming products after using handmade soap. The environment on the face is mainly acidic, and the ingredients of handmade soap are mostly alkaline. Using alkaline handmade soap to wash the face will cause the facial skin to be irritated and become red and sensitive. Handmade soap contains natural glycerin, which has an extraordinary moisturizing effect and is very gentle and non-irritating to the skin. The foam is fine and rich, which can thoroughly remove the oil and dirt deep in the pores. Using handmade soap to clean your face for a long time will cause the pores on your face to shrink more slowly, making the pores become larger and larger. The production process of handmade soap is not as perfect as that of perfumed soap. Its production is entirely based on personal preferences and habits, and the craftsmanship cannot be compared with perfumed soap.

Wash your face with handmade soap and dry it

Most of the friends who experience dryness after using handmade soap have been using synthetic cleansing products containing chemical detergents for a long time before using handmade soap. They are not easy to clean when washing their faces, and although the residue on the skin feels slippery after washing, the normal sebum film of the skin has been destroyed over time. When weak alkaline handmade soap comes into contact with the skin, the sebum membrane loses its normal function and cannot restore the acid-base balance in a short period of time, so it feels dry and tight. Everyone's recovery period is different because everyone's skin condition is different. Generally, after a few weeks of persistence, the skin's healthy moisture-locking ability will be restored, and you will feel the moisturizing effect of handmade cold-process soap. The general skin regeneration cycle is 28 days. Most friends with dry skin can basically completely eliminate the dry and tight feeling of washing their face with handmade soap after 28 days.

Reasons why handmade soap is not recommended for washing your face

Handmade soap has a gorgeous name called "natural cleansing surfactant". Many handmade soaps contain certain ingredients of this additive, so you should pay special attention when purchasing. Because among detergents (surfactants) that cause the most damage to the skin, soap bases (soaps) are the most serious. Others are cleansers made from oils and strong alkalis and are called "synthetic cleansing surfactants." Synthetic cleansing surfactants are the culprits that have caused sensitive skin discomfort, wrinkles and redness in recent years. Soaps are the surfactants that have been used for the longest time in human history. They are also the surfactants that cause the most damage to the stratum corneum of the skin, and soaps cause greater damage to the stratum corneum. The damage that soap causes to the skin was once believed to be due to its high pH value. However, studies have shown that pH value is not the most important factor leading to dry and damaged skin, because the skin has a strong ability to adapt to pH value. The damage of soap to the stratum corneum of the skin lies in its unique surfactant properties.

Is it okay to wash your face with handmade soap during the season change?

Now is the special period of transition from autumn to winter, and the skin tends to become dry. At this time, you can also use handmade soap to wash your face, because handmade soap contains natural glycerin, has a good moisturizing effect, and will not irritate the skin. However, for girls with sensitive skin, it is recommended to do a skin test on the arm or behind the ear before use. It can be used only if no allergic reaction occurs. If any allergic reaction occurs, stop using it immediately. Cold-process vegetable soap contains many natural ingredients and unsaponified moisturizing oils, so the soap should be stored in a cool and dry place to preserve the moisturizing ingredients in the soap.