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I’m a weak skin person and I want to have a better skin. 3 habits in face washing that I’m glad I parted with.

I'm a weak skin person and I want to have a better skin. 3 habits in face washing that I'm glad I parted with.

I was born with weak skin. During puberty, I suffered from severe acne and thought, “I don’t want others to see my skin in bright places!” I also seriously thought, “I am the unluckiest person in the world! I was lucky enough to have been born with severe acne. Although I am fortunate to be free from severe acne problems, I still struggle with occasional breakouts, pores that open and become dull with age, and sagging, wrinkled skin. Although the author’s progress is still in the middle of the road, I would like to introduce some of the things that have worked for me. I hope this will be an opportunity to bring a ray of light to my skin-suffering comrades.

Good habit to stop for the sake of your skin 1Stop wiping your face with a towel after washing your face

“I want to have skin at least as good as others! and I have been desperately trying since I was young. I have always been aware that my skin is prone to roughness, so I wash and moisturize my face thoroughly, eat a well-balanced diet, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly. Even so, I still get pimples when I let my guard down a little. When I was pondering what I could do to improve my situation, a female friend told me, “Once you use a towel, the number of bacteria increases. That’s why many women wipe their faces with paper instead of towels.” This is why many women wipe their faces with paper instead of towels. I was blind to the germs on towels. So I immediately started using paper towels, and since then, my skin has been in pretty good shape and the frequency of breakouts has decreased dramatically. There are paper towels specialized for wiping the face, but they are rather expensive and difficult for me to use on a daily basis. Therefore, I use ” Eliel Plus+Kirei, ” which is not designed for wiping the face but can be purchased relatively inexpensively. Incidentally, I recommend that you choose paper towels for wiping your face that are not made of recycled paper and that do not use fluorescent dyes.

2 good habits to stop for your skinStop taking hot showers directly on your face

After washing and treating your hair, wash your body. And finally, my routine used to be to wash my face while bathing my face in hot water. The water pressure in the shower was comfortable, and I felt like the hot water was removing all the dirt and sebum. However, this is not a good practice for facial skin. The thickness of facial skin is said to be about 1/10th that of body skin, making it extremely delicate. The temperature of a typical shower, 37 to 40 degrees Celsius, is too hot for the skin, and it can strip away the necessary sebum and keratin, causing dryness, wrinkles, and sagging. In addition, showering directly with high water pressure while the pores of the face are open is strictly forbidden, as it can cause the pores to expand. When I continued this habit, my skin sometimes peeled off due to dryness, but now that I have stopped this vice, I feel much better.

3 good habits I stopped for my skinStop using facial cleanser unnecessarily every day

In my case, my skin condition improved after I stopped blindly using facial cleanser to wash my face every day. It all started when I asked a male friend who is a dermatologist and whose skin is so fair that it is hard to believe that he is in his 40s what his secret is, and he replied, “I don’t use a cleanser and wash my face with lukewarm water. From the point of view of the author, who suffered from acne when he was young, it is common knowledge that “if you want to prevent skin problems, the only way to do it is to keep your pores clean and free of dirt and sebum. This was a bolt from the blue for me, as I had tried all kinds of face cleansers and scrubs that were all the rage when I was in high school. According to my friend, many men in the world are unaware of the burden on their skin caused by using facial cleansers, and they do not understand the high cleansing power of lukewarm water. If you have extremely oily skin or wear makeup every day, you need a facial cleanser, but for many other people, the benefits of using a facial cleanser are small compared to the burden it places on their skin. In my case, I wear makeup to cover my skin with BB cream or concealer when meeting others, so I cleanse and wash my face on those days, but on other days I basically wash my face with lukewarm water only. I would like to make the premise that this is not recommended for all men, as it depends on skin type, lifestyle, and use of cosmetics, but if you wash your face with a facial cleanser every day and your skin is not in good condition, why not start by trying to make a day without using a cleanser? Maybe you will see the light of day like I did.

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