What is the difference between beauty and skin health?

The core is that the underlying logic of the two is completely different - beauty is an "outward, result-oriented beautification action" with the goal of "looking good" in line with the current public aesthetics, while skin health is an "inward, function-oriented homeostasis maintenance". The core is that the skin's barrier, metabolism, immunity and other functions are all functioning normally. The former serves aesthetics, while the latter serves the survival needs of the skin itself.

In fact, the industry has always had different opinions on the priorities of the two. One group believes that all cosmetic actions cannot be at the expense of health. After all, once the skin has problems, the cost of repair is unimaginably high. The other group believes that beauty itself allows moderate "controllable damage", such as short-term redness and scabs after medical beauty. As long as it can be fully repaired later, it is completely worth it for a better appearance. Both opinions have applicable scenarios, and it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong.

I have been doing skin management for almost 7 years, and I have seen too many clients who confuse the two. Not long ago, there was a little girl in 1998 who went through high-concentration peels every week for three consecutive weeks in order to have a flawless appearance in her wedding photos. During that time, her face was so smooth that even her pores were invisible. However, she developed contact dermatitis on the third day after the photo was taken. Her entire face was so swollen that she couldn't even open her eyes. It took more than three months of treatment before it went away. Instead, two light patches of pigmentation were left behind. It was really not worth the gain.

Speaking of which, the relationship between the two is particularly similar to daily exercise and competitive sports: healthy skin means that you usually take a walk after meals and run twice a week. The goal is to have good physical fitness, less illness, and to feel comfortable after exercising.； Beauty means that you have to run a marathon to get a ranking. In order to achieve high performance, you have to train intensively, but you also have to bear a certain risk of sports injuries. If you have bad joints and poor cardiopulmonary function, and you insist on competing for a ranking, something will definitely happen.

Of course, this does not mean that beauty must be opposed to health. I had a client who had suffered from rosacea for many years. She originally wanted to repair the barrier and solve the problem of perennial redness and hotness on her cheeks. When I gave her a plan, I added low-energy DPL photons, which can help fight inflammation and reduce redness in the dermal layer. By the way, it also eliminated the obvious redness on her face. After three months of using it, she said that her face was no longer as hot as a baby warmer all day long, and she no longer had to apply thick concealer to cover red marks when she went out. It was considered to be both healthy and beautiful.

Many people struggle with the difference between the two, and essentially still cannot figure out their core needs. If you just want to have comfortable skin and less acne and allergies, then you are right to prioritize your health. ； If you have specific beauty needs, such as being on camera or attending important occasions, it’s absolutely fine to find a reliable professional to evaluate and do some beauty projects that don’t break your health bottom line. The biggest fear is not knowing anything, following the "skin care tutorials" on the Internet, taking the zero pores and cold white skin in the microdermabrasion filter as the standard of "healthy skin", and finally recovering from the bad face. That would be a big loss.