Taking care of the skin daily is essential to ensure a good long-term appearance and avoid the appearance of spots, wrinkles, or blackheads. Choosing the right products and being consistent in your daily care routines are the two keys to showing off smooth, even, and flawless skin in the present and the future.
Forehead, nose, and chin are your weak points
Knowing what type of skin we have is essential to finding the best products to take care of it and thus enhance its health and beauty. One of the most common skins among women and men is a skin that combines oilier parts with drier parts. Its characteristics pose a challenge when it comes to caring for it. From the hand of Rocío Escalante, head pharmacist of Arbosana Farmacia, we discover the keys to recognize combination skin and take care of it.
How to identify combination skin
In a combination of skin, the imperfections are located, above all, in the middle part of the face: forehead, nose, and chin, which are commonly known as the T zone. This skin usually presents dilated pores, with an oily appearance and shine. There is an excess of sebum, which brings the symptoms that we know so much as blackheads or pimples.
Main problems:
- Inflammatory lesions.
- Blackheads (open comedo), whiteheads (closed comedo)
- Cysts (large lesions)
- Hyperpigmented spots secondary to inflammation.
- The rest of the face is usually drier.
The best assets
The aim, because if you have combination skin, these assets will help make it more beautiful: salicylic, zinc gluconate, alpha hydroxy acids, propolis, azelaic, retinoids, citric acid, and the use of soothing assets is also effective. With the first, we will be able to treat imperfections, regulate excess sebum, and clean the pores to prevent blackheads from forming.
The beauty ritual
First of all, cleaning is one of the most necessary steps. It is important to cleanse the skin to remove excess oil and prevent proliferating bacteria since sebum is an ideal breeding ground for certain bacteria, particularly propionibacterium acnes. Cleaning must be with a suitable product that is not aggressive because if we remove too much fat, our skin responds oppositely.
If the skin has inflammatory pimples, granule scrubs should be avoided and opt for chemical or enzymatic ones.
At night, double cleansing is essential, especially if you are putting on makeup, and for this, I recommend using a makeup remover oil and combination skin. The fat dissolves fat. This is important to know because we believe that oils can give grease, and it turns out that the sensation of cleanliness is much greater.
Hydration is, as in all skins, very important. You have to choose creams adapted to this type of skin, oil-free and non-comedogenic, with light textures.
Also, sun protection is essential to avoid marks and spots from the injuries that this skin type can present.
Learn more about what is combination skin and how to deal with it?
WORDS OF WONDER 