1) Dry Skin: If your skin has a strong tendency toward dehydration, lacks oil, and has few breakouts if any at all, it is considered dry. In more extreme cases, dry skin lacks elasticity ( firm youthful apparance ) and can be extremely sensitive to the sun, wind, and cold temperatures.
Treatment:
Wash your face once a day with a rich, creamy cleanser and lukewarm water. Pat your skin dry. Use toner to help with that tight and flaky feeling of dehydration. Avoid toners and makeup that contain alcohol as alcohol-based products have a drying effect on skin. Use a cream-based lotion to hydrate your skin and keep it rejuvenated. Use one specifically for dry skin. One a week, use a cream based exfoliator to get dead skin cells off your skin. Also a hydrating facial at least once a month will go a long way in restoring moisture to your skin.
2) Oily Skin:
If your skin is oily, it usually has a lot of shine to it very soon after cleansing and the pores are generally slightly enlarged. It is more prone to pimples, blackheads, and whiteheads than other skin types and is coarser in texture and has a sallow and uneven complexion.
Treatment:
Your skin tends to attract more dirt than dry skin, so wash your face twice a day with a gentle foamy cleanser and warm water. Rinse with warm water. Use an alcohol-free, hydrating toner to help remove additional residue. Oil blotting sheets through out the day can help control shine, and it takes as little as 3 minutes after lunch. Although your skin's oily, you still must moisturize it with a light moisturizer daily, or your skin will become dry underneath and overcompensate by producing more oil. You can use phillips' milk of magnesium as a mattifier before your makeup. This will keep shine away for some hours. A granule-free exfoliator and charcoal konjac sponge is best for exfoliation.
Please be advised that it is imperative that this skin type does a blemish control or a purifying facial at least once a month, where extractions will be done to help reduce blemishes.
3) Normal Skin: Some consider normal skin to be combination skin, but it is not. If your skin is oily in the "T zone" and your nose while dry and taut on the cheeks, it is considered normal. It's also considered normal if it changes with seasons (dryer in winter, oilier in summer). Normal skins can also be 'Normal-To's' as in normal to oily or normal to dry.
Treatment:
Wash your face with cleansers that are designed for your normal/normal-to skin type. Wipe an alcohol free, hydrating toner all over the face. Apply moisturizer more frequently to dry skin. Exfoliate once in a week with any good exfoliator to resurface your skin. Facial treatment is recommended monthly. Facial analysis has to be done so that the best facial trwatmdnt your skin rwquires is what is offered.
4) Combination Skin: Combination skin is comprised of two extreme skin types on one face. These situations occur when there is acne and a lot of oil in one area when the rest of the skin is generally dry (no oil).
Two common examples are dry skin with papular and pustular acne on the cheeks or a normal skin with inflamed papular and pustular acne in the chin and mouth area.
Treatment:
Tend to each area appropriately as described above. If the acne is severe, consult a dermatologist or esthetician.
5.Sensitive Skin: Please note that you may have sensitive skin and normal, oily, or dry. If your skin has allergic reactions to beauty products and is usually sensitive to the sun, wind, and cold weather, it is sensitive. Sensitivity can show up in rash, redness, inflammation, acne, and dilated capillaries.
Treatment:
Look for cleansers, toners, makeup, and moisturizers that are fragrance-free , paraben -free and hypoallergenic. Cleanse, tone and moisturize with gentle products everyday. The idea for your skin is to always choose products with a soothing benefit. Some common ingredients to look for are: chamomile, azulene, bisabolol, allantoin, lavender, camphor, calamine, rosemary, thyme, aloe vera, coconut oil etc.
Note to all skin types:
The use of sunscreen is very important, no matter what skin type you have.
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