There are no two identical leaves in the world. For the same reason, there are no two identical skins in the world. Everyone's skin is affected by the environment and will show different conditions. When it comes to skin care, if you don’t even know your skin type, skin care becomes a joke. How to identify your skin type is actually very simple.
There are currently five skin types recognized in China, namely dry skin, oily skin, normal skin, mixed skin and sensitive skin . Each skin type has its own characteristics, so you can use skin care products that are suitable for you if you understand the characteristics of the skin type.
Regarding dry skin, what you know may be traditional dry skin, dehydration, etc., but this is only a small part of dry skin. The main cause of dry skin is that the skin has less secretion, dark yellow and dry skin, sensitive to external stimuli, and prone to dry lines, peeling and wrinkles.
油性皮: Oily skin is black and yellowish, greasy and shiny, with large pores, easy to adhere to the gray layer, not sensitive to external stimuli, but prone to acne and seborrheic dermatitis.
neutral skin : Neutral skin is the most ideal skin type among the five skin types. The surface of neutral skin is smooth and delicate, not dry, not greasy, and has strong adaptability to external stimuli. .
Mixed skin : Mixed skin is a combination of dry, neutral and oily skin, which is mainly manifested by oil in the T zone and dry cheeks. Uneven oil secretion and uneven skin tone.
Sensitive skin : It is more common in people with physical allergies. The skin is highly responsive to external stimuli. Wind, ultraviolet rays, cosmetics, etc. can cause skin erythema, papules and itching.
After understanding the five major skin types of skin, how can you tell which type of skin you are? Five methods will teach you to identify your skin in minutes.
Do the following three things before identifying the skin type.
一、 Remove makeup : Remove cosmetics on the face.
二、洗脸: Wash your face with a mild facial cleanser to cleanse the grease and dirt on the face
三、 Wait for : Wait one hour after cleaning.
After doing the preliminary work, we must begin the journey of identifying skin quality.
One hour after washing your face, pat the T-zone with a face towel. If the face towel is oily, it means you are oily or mixed
2. Pay attention to the skin feel. Oily skin will feel refreshed after washing, dry skin will feel tight, if it is combination, it will feel clean in the T zone but the cheeks will feel tight, if it is sensitive, it may cause some red spots on the skin Symptom
3. Looking in the mirror, if you find that your cheeks are greasy, it is oily skin. If you have dry cheeks or erythema, it may be dry skin. If you have both, it is mixed
4. After squeezing the skin, it is found that the skin is rough and easy to wrinkle, indicating that it is dry or mixed. If it is oily, it is oily skin
5. Observe the pore size, normal skin is It is normal that it does not expand under the mirror. If you see the pores in the mirror, it means oily skin. If you can’t see the pores, it means dry skin.
After understanding the skin type, friends who don’t know their skin type can now start to test their skin type
