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Do You Really Know Your Skin Type?
by: Sherry Frewerd
You’re born with it in pristine condition and are taught by your
parents how to take care of it as you grow up. You lament over
it throughout adolescence; carefully tending to each and every
blemish, hell-bent on preventing another breakout. You obsess
over your skin, but do you really ‘know’ it? I mean, can you say
for sure what ‘type’ skin you have?
Just like every other part of your body, know the conditons of
your skin is the first step toward keeping it healthy and
looking its best. Basically, there are four common skin tipes,
normal, oily, dry and combination. Dermatologists identify other
skin types such as acne prone or sensitive as well.
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Knowing your skin type puts you in the right direction, and with
this knowledge you can make educated buying decisions when it
comes time to shop for facial products. However, just because
you are able to label your skin type as dry or oily, is not a
guarantee that the products you buy will alleviate your skin
problems or be the best for your complexion.
Why is it that the expensive beauty cream you purchased at the
mall does not do for your skin what the ads say that it should?
First of all, the advertisement is a general statement, meant
for the general population. Your skin is not general, and is
never the same from one season to another, or even from one week
the next. Everyone goes through hormonal and environmental
changes as they go through life. Women experience problems with
their complexion due to menstruation and various other hormonal
conditions. Your diet and lifestyle can also affect how your
skn responds and its appearance.
Because your complexion is an ever changing, constantly turning
over organ, the product that worked great last month may cause
irritation or simply no longer work as well as it once did. If
your skin suddenly experiences an increase in oils, then using
your intensive moisture cream may not be the best idea.
Dermatologists suggest checking your skin for tipes changes every
few months and adjusting your products accordingly.
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To determine your true skin type, make sure
that you do the following a few hours after washing your face, when it’s
showing its true nature. Press a piece of tissue on different areas of your
face. If oil appears on the tissue then your skin type if oily. A good idea
is to do this test when you have not worn makeup or moisturizer on your
face. If, after pressing the tissue on your skn, you see no oil, then you
have dry skin. Consequently, if you see oil in some areas, and none in
others, then naturally you have combination skin.
Now that you have determined your skin type, you can use this information to
notice the changes that will ultimately occur in your complexion and make
proper adjustments in care, decreasing your number of ‘bad complexion’ days.
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