What is the difference between beauty and skin health?

Beauty is a result-oriented approach of "aesthetic first", while skin health is a basic orientation of "functional priority". The two paths occasionally overlap, but the underlying logic is completely different.

I met a 27-year-old girl two years ago. She started doing beauty treatments three months in advance for her wedding. She did a high-concentration fruit acid peel with whitening water once a week. On the day of the wedding, her face was so translucent and glowing. She and her makeup artist all praised her good skin condition. Who knew that it would only take less than half a month after the wedding? He came to me with a red face and complained that he felt hot when exposed to heat and stung when using skin care products. He went to a dermatologist and was tested and his barrier function was only one-third of normal. Even the basic water-locking and sun-resistant functions were broken. All the repair work done at this time was for the health of the skin.

In fact, there are always different opinions in the industry. Most of the teachers in the field of beauty care will say that "the skin looks bright and delicate, which means it is healthy. Even the complexion is not good to talk about health." Doctors in the dermatology department of public hospitals always emphasize that "all temporary beauty must be based on normal skin function. Durability is ten thousand times more important than good looks." In fact, there is nothing wrong with both opinions, but they are just from different standpoints.

Speaking of which, it is easy for ordinary consumers to confuse the two. For example, if you go out and put on sunscreen with a brightening effect every day, do you think it is beauty? It prevents ultraviolet damage and avoids photoaging, which indeed maintains skin health. Do you think this is health care? You deliberately chose a model with a touch-up effect. You want to cover up the yellowish look on your face, but you are essentially doing it for beauty needs. If I have to make an analogy, the relationship between the two is a bit like ordinary fitness and bodybuilding preparation: ordinary fitness is to keep your heart and lungs normal, your joints flexible, and you can climb stairs without getting out of breath or get sick during the change of seasons. You must first complete the basic functions. ； Preparing for a bodybuilding competition is based on controlling water, brushing fat, and sculpting muscle lines. In order to have the best visual effect when you finally go on stage, you are definitely wrong to say that it doesn't matter at all. But if you over-control water in preparation for a competition and cause electrolyte imbalance and injury to the body, then you have lost the foundation and chased extra profits.

I have seen too many people fall into the trap of treating the short-term beauty care programs in the hospital as daily maintenance, such as doing exfoliation once a month. In order to maintain the delicate peeling feeling, for more than half a year, they have developed sensitive skin, which turns red when exposed to cold or heat. At this time, they spend several times the time and money to repair it. In fact, they have not clearly understood the boundary between the two. Of course, it does not mean that beauty is the same as damaging the skin. If you have an important occasion and need to improve your condition in a short period of time, do a tolerance test in advance, do repairs honestly afterward, and do a proper beauty treatment. There is no problem. I am afraid that you will regard the method of "temporary beauty" as a method of "daily skin care", and finally pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon.