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3 Common Myths About Washing Your Face Busted!

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Proper Face Washing: The First Step in Skin Care

Face washing is one of the most essential steps in skin care. No matter how good the cosmetics you use, your care could be useless if you don’t wash your face thoroughly and use the wrong method. Let’s understand three misconceptions about face washing, the basis of skin care.

Is There a Relationship Between Water Temperature and Pore Size?

Some people alternate between hot and cold water when washing their faces to open and close their pores. However, this method of face washing is not good. Repeating face washing with water at different temperatures can cause your blood vessels to shrink and expand, leading to facial flushing and vascular dilation. Therefore, washing your face with lukewarm water at a constant temperature is important. In conclusion, the temperature of the water has nothing to do with the width of the pores.

Is Washing Your Face Often and for a Long Time Good for Your Skin?

In cases where face washing is not done correctly, it can be seen in two ways: either the skin’s waste, cosmetics, etc., are not thoroughly removed, or they are over-cleaned. When you wear makeup, cosmetics particles remain in the pores, which can cause trouble and black and whiteheads. In the case of over-cleaning, face wash plays a role in melting oil. This is because the sebum, waste, and makeup components are oil.

Therefore, using too much face wash can irritate the skin’s protective barrier, the stratum corneum, on the outermost layer of the skin. Washing too little or for a long time is not always good, but it’s wise to wash appropriately according to your sunscreen or skin type.

What Effect Does Water-Only Washing Have on the Skin?

People with sensitive skin are advised to wash with water only in the morning. As previously mentioned, if a person with sensitive skin uses a face wash repeatedly before the skin barrier breaks down, it can destroy the normal lipid layer structure of the skin barrier and make the skin more sensitive.

Therefore, it is better to wash with water only if you have sensitive skin and do not have sunscreen or makeup on in the morning. People without sensitive skin can choose a regular or slightly acidic face wash according to their skin type.

Eugene Park
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