Recognize the differences and pay special attention to skin care products that damage your skin

Fruit acids mainly use acids to thin your skin, thereby achieving an immediate whitening and exfoliating effect. Although the effect is obvious when you use it, you will find that your skin becomes thin and sensitive after a while.

Recognize the differences between skin care products and prevent them from damaging your skin

Alcohol

Alcohol has two fatal weaknesses that prevent us from using it on a long-term and large scale. First, alcohol is highly volatile, and as it evaporates it takes away moisture from the skin, making it dry. Secondly, high-concentration alcohol has a strong decomposition ability. While breaking down facial oils, it also destroys the skin's own water film, making the skin fragile and sensitive, and even denaturing keratin. Therefore, special attention must be paid when using alcohol-containing skin care products in the dry season.

Salicylic acid

When you first use a product containing salicylic acid, your skin will feel like a peeled egg, tender and smooth. The reason is actually very simple: salicylic acid has the effect of removing aging cuticles. However, keratin cells are renewed once every 28 days. Excessive removal of the cuticle will weaken the skin's defense ability and may cause erythema, itching, tingling or allergies. Therefore, use salicylic acid with caution and it is best to avoid contact with eyes, face, reproductive organs and mucous membranes. A small number of people may be allergic to salicylic acid and are not suitable for using salicylic acid of any concentration.

Fruit acid

Fruit acids mainly use acids to thin your skin, thereby achieving an immediate whitening and exfoliating effect. Although the effect is obvious when you use it, you will find that your skin becomes thin and sensitive after a while, and you can even see the capillaries under the skin if you look carefully. Moreover, fruit acid is highly photosensitivity, so the skin is particularly prone to tanning if used in the morning.

Mercury and its compounds

Mercury and its compounds are banned chemicals in cosmetic ingredients, but are often added to whitening, skin lightening and freckle removal products by some informal small cosmetic workshops. If such products are used for a long time, mercury and its compounds can pass through the skin barrier and enter all organs and tissues of the body, causing damage to the body, especially the kidneys, liver and spleen, thereby destroying the activity of the enzyme system, causing protein coagulation, tissue necrosis, and symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, drowsiness, indifference, emotional instability, headache, dizziness, tremor, etc., accompanied by decreased hemoglobin content and red and white blood cell counts, liver damage, etc., in addition, there are also decreased peripheral sensation, centripetal reduction of visual field, hearing impairment and ataxia, etc.