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Your skin type is the skin that you were born with. Knowing your skin type helps you understand where you have oil activity so that you can make better product choices for your skin and put together the right homecare regimen for you.
There are four major types of skin:
Oily skin is indicated by blackheads. Blackheads are made up of sebum, dead cells and bacteria. On an oily skin type, you’ll find them covering the whole face: the forehead, nose, cheeks, chin and even inside the ears. Pores also tend to appear enlarged and the skin is often oily and shiny throughout the day.
Oily/Combination is more oily than dry with an oily T-zone that is really more V-shaped, extending from the forehead down across the cheeks under your eyes and narrowing towards the chin. Blackheads are typically found in this area, which often appears to be oily and shiny.
Dry skin has smaller-sized pores with no sign of blackheads. Your skin feels in constant need of nourishment.
Dry/Combination is more dry than oily. A few blackheads can be found, mostly on your nose and chin. Pores are usually on the smaller side.
These are the four main skin types, but there are many sub-conditions that can accompany each skin type. Sub-conditions describe how the skin is influenced by the environment, your location, the products you use, your age, any medications or illnesses, your diet, lifestyle, and procedures. While you can’t change your skin type, sub-conditions can be addressed through lifestyle consistency, improvements to your health, products and treatments.
The right products will support your skin type and address your sub-conditions. Thoroughly cleansing your skin with the right cleanser will keep it soft and supple and ready to absorb the treatment products that will target your specific areas of concern. Consistently following the right homecare regimen will bring balance to your skin, keeping it healthy and hydrated. It will also slow down the appearance of the aging process.
The wrong products can affect the pH balance of the skin, making it surface dry and irritated. They can also burn the skin, or cause it to be itchy, blotchy, pigmented, ruddy, inflamed, congested or acne-prone.
It could be as soon as immediately, or it could take up to a couple of weeks.
Because everybody is different, you always want to read and address what your skin needs at any given time. In some cases, it’s important to start by going back to basics, which means using your core products for about a month to bring your skin back to a neutral and balanced state.
Once your skin is in a neutral state, you can start introducing actives to target specific concerns for a positive change.
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Yes, you always want to take factors such as your environment and location into account. For instance, you can use a more nourishing and occlusive moisturizer in the cold winter months and a lighter and more emollient one during the summer.
Yes, you can adapt your regimen according to specific areas of concern as the skin ages.
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