Common skin care mistakes: How do you damage your skin?

The key point is that after spending so much money, my skin is not as smooth as a boiled egg as I imagined. I can't help but question my life. In fact, what you think is careful care may be a burden of love that your skin cannot bear!

Frequent exfoliation

How many young ladies think it’s time to exfoliate their face once they notice it’s a little rough? You are so naive. I feel sorry for your face.

Exfoliation is to remove aging stratum corneum cells, not to thin the stratum corneum itself. If you exfoliate frequently, a new stratum corneum will not have time to form, the skin's ability to lock in moisture will become worse, and the skin barrier will be damaged... directly turning into sensitive skin.

Everyone knows that when exfoliating, you must choose products that are as gentle as possible. As for the frequency, oily skin should do it once a week at most, and generally speaking the cycle is more than two weeks. And now that we are entering autumn and winter, we should also gradually reduce the number of times we exfoliate~

Addicted to facial masks

When it comes to skin care, young ladies love facial masks particularly deeply! Stocking up on boxes is never enough! Fan Bingbing, Jiang Shuying and others never leave their facial masks and just keep them on while they go out!

Except for purely hydrating masks, other masks cannot be applied every day. However, this does not mean that applying a facial mask every day is worth encouraging. Doing so for a long time may cause overhydration and skin inflammation, which will be troublesome.

Celebrities use facial masks as a hydrating first aid tool for work purposes, but there is really no need for us ordinary people to follow suit. Facial masks are just auxiliary. Just do a good job of hydrating during daily skin care!

Wall-mounted skin care

For girls, maintenance is the first priority. For skin care every day, I want to apply eighty or ninety layers of it on my face, as if the more and thicker it is applied, the fresher the skin will be!

Is this really the case? In fact, if you apply too many layers of skin care products, the skin will not have time to absorb them, the stratum corneum will become thicker, and there will be an excess of nutrients. Over time, you will fall into a vicious cycle, your skin will become dehydrated and aged, and may also be accompanied by skin problems such as closed comedones and even allergies.

Skin care is not a hodgepodge. In addition to basic moisturizing, other products should still be targeted. The general skin care steps can be in the order of cleansing + toner + essence + eye cream + lotion/face cream, and add sunscreen during the day.