Why should you not wash your face for more than one minute? Have you followed the three "don'ts" when washing your face?

The premise of maintenance is cleansing, but girls always ignore the importance of washing their faces when it comes to cleansing their skin. Experts say you shouldn't wash your face for more than a minute. So, why can’t you wash your face for more than a minute?

Why can't you wash your face for more than one minute?

Experts say you shouldn't wash your face for more than a minute. In the eyes of many people, the more carefully and meticulously you wash your face, the better, and the longer you wash your face, the better. Therefore, every time you wash your face, you will rub the facial cleanser on your face repeatedly. Many people think that only in this way can they wash away the dirt on their face. In fact, no matter what brand of facial cleanser you use, you can only wash away the dirt on the surface, which usually takes about twenty seconds to clean. Sometimes, the longer you wash your face, the more it will damage the original mechanism of our skin, causing water loss, and causing damage to the skin that is invisible to the naked eye.

Do you follow the "three don'ts" when washing your face?

1. Don’t use a towel

In fact, many people think that face towels, which have become popular in recent years, are just dispensable things. People used to wash their faces with towels, so why not use towels to wash their faces now? In fact, some people used to pay more attention to washing their faces cleanly and did not care about the condition of the skin. But now we are more pursuing good skin condition, so we pay special attention to it.

Towels are very easy to breed bacteria and mites. Especially when it is often placed in the bathroom, the air circulation is not strong and the humid temperature is particularly prone to breeding bacteria. How can our skin be in good condition if we use a towel full of bacteria and mites to wipe our face every day?

2. Don’t exceed one minute

Many people have a misunderstanding when using facial cleansers. They think that the longer the facial cleanser stays on the face, the better the cleansing effect will be, and the better the moisturizing or other effects of the facial cleanser will also be. In fact, this is wrong.

Whether it is a soap-based facial cleanser or an amino acid-based facial cleanser, they actually contain a small amount of alkaline in their ingredients. The longer it stays on your face, the more it will cause minor damage to the skin on your face. It may not be noticeable once or twice, but if you do it every day it will accumulate. Therefore, do not leave foam on your face for more than one minute. After washing, rinse it off with clean water as quickly as possible to avoid cumulative damage.

3. Don’t use very hot water

What should be the temperature range of water for washing your face? In fact, the correct range is 32 to 37 degrees, which is the warm water to use for washing your face. It can effectively remove facial oil without damaging the skin barrier. Too cold or too hot water will damage the skin barrier. At the same time, do not use hot water and cold water alternately, as this will cause great irritation to the skin. Moreover, alternating between hot and cold water will make the skin particularly fragile and easily become sensitive skin. Especially people with dry skin should not wash their face with overheated water, because dry skin itself cannot secrete much oil. If you wash your face with hot water, it will accelerate the drying of our skin and even cause peeling. In other words, although you wash your face with water, it does not have any moisturizing effect.