How to determine facial skin type?

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For proper and effective skin care, determining your skin type is very important because if you don't know what skin type it is, no matter how carefully you take care of it, it won't make your skin better, but sometimes worse. . The way to identify facial skin type below will partly help you distinguish your skin type.

1. What factors affect your skin type?

Everyone's skin is not the same and there are many different factors that affect and determine your skin type:
Genetics Genetics is one of the factors that affect your skin, this which means you will inherit the same skin type as your father or mother.
Hormones Each different stage of the body hormone levels also have certain changes and affect your skin. Puberty and pregnancy and menopause are the three main times when your skin undergoes significant changes.
Medications Medicines can cause some side effects on your skin that cause changes to your skin.
Climate In each region with different climate, your skin also has certain differences. So if you change your environment to a different climate than where you lived before, your skin will change in two ways, either for the better or for the worse.
Diet Eating helps provide nutrients for both the body and the skin. Therefore, if you eat foods that are not good for your skin, it will make your skin worse even if you take great care of it.
Skin care Improper skin care and the use of substandard cosmetics or causing various irritations on the skin can cause imbalanced skin conditions and change the original structure of the skin .

2. The fastest ways to identify facial skin type

2.1 How to determine dry facial skin type?

The typical feature of dry skin is the feeling of tightness and dryness when touching the skin, besides that, dry skin is easy to peel and crack, especially in the dry season. The elasticity on dry skin is very low and rough patches or spots may appear on the skin

2.2 How to determine the type of oily facial skin?

The condition of skin that is always shiny and oily is typical of oily skin. The pores in people with oily skin are also very large, the skin is often thick and prone to acne more than other skin types.

2.3 How to identify sensitive facial skin type

Sensitive skin is easy to recognize because they often make you feel itchy, dry and easily irritated by many different factors. Besides, sensitive skin pores are often quite large, but they can vary depending on the type of cosmetics you are using or change when there are different irritations on the skin.

2.4 How to determine normal facial skin type?

Normal skin type is easy to recognize because the pores on the skin are usually very small and difficult to recognize, the skin condition is not too dry or too oily. Normal skin has a smooth, silky texture, is even-toned, and usually has very few imperfections.

2.5 How to determine combination facial skin type?

The fastest way to identify combination skin is based on the T-zone including the forehead, nose and chin on the face, where the skin will have an oily state and the rest of the skin on the face is drier. In short, if you feel that different areas of your face have different states, your skin will be classified as combination skin. In addition, there are some other ways to recognize combination skin such as the skin around the nose with larger pores than other skin areas, after washing the face, the skin around the nose is clean and not oily, but the other skin areas are dry and tight.

3. Skin care secrets according to each skin type

3.1 Dry skin

For women with dry skin, maintaining moisture is the secret to a beautiful smooth skin. There are many different ways to moisturize the skin such as using a daily moisturizer, moisturizing mineral spray whenever the skin feels dry. Besides, you should choose cosmetics with high moisturizing ingredients, limit the use of products that cause dryness because it will make your skin worse.

3.2 Oily skin

Oily skin with frequent oil spills makes girlfriends uncomfortable and makes the skin more prone to acne. To limit oil secretion, you can use facial cleansers or other cosmetics that control oil, prevent the skin from secreting sebum, and limit the use of oil-containing cosmetics to avoid more oily skin. You can also use blotting paper to remove excess oil from your skin throughout the day.

3.3 Sensitive skin

This is the type of skin that needs the most care because sensitive skin is very easily damaged.
If you have sensitive skin, choosing skin care cosmetics is very important, learn and choose cosmetics specifically for sensitive skin to use. Besides, factors such as environment, diet, stress, menstrual cycle, lifestyle habits will also have a certain influence on sensitive skin.

3.4 Normal skin

If you have normal skin, skin care is somewhat simpler, but that's not why you don't care about your skin. You should moisturize daily for the skin and use more anti-aging products for the skin after the age of 25 because regardless of skin type, there will be signs of aging, especially after the age of 30.

3.5 Combination skin

Combination skin type has the widest prevalence of all major skin types so combination skin care products are very diverse and you will have many different choices. However, you should regularly moisturize and exfoliate your skin with products with natural ingredients that will be better for your skin.

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Reference source: eucerin.vn