What is the difference and connection between beauty and skin health

To put it simply, the relationship between the two is "root" and "flower" - skin health is the underlying foundation of everything, and beauty is a beautification upgrade based on this foundation. The relationship between the two cannot be completely separated, nor can the two be directly equated.

This is not just talk. I came across a typical example a while ago: a 22-year-old girl worked as a graphic model. In order to have a tighter face for the camera, she took small doses of Botox every week for six months to relax her jawline. The masseter muscles were reduced, but her cheeks She was so stiff that she couldn't even smile. She used to only get red occasionally when the seasons changed, but now her entire face becomes swollen and hot when the cold wind blows. She used to think that "beauty is about nourishing the skin, and the skin will definitely be better after the treatment." In fact, this is because she didn't understand the core difference between the two. Skin health is essentially the normal operation of physiological functions, with a complete barrier, water-oil balance, stable metabolic rhythm, and no itchiness, breakouts, or redness. There are clear medical judgment standards and it is a matter of health. The starting point of beauty is more aesthetic needs: you want to be two shades whiter than your natural skin color, you want makeup to not stick to your pores, you want to fade the fine lines that have just grown and look younger, you even want to adjust the smoothness of facial contours. Many of these needs are not directly related to "health". If you pursue it too much and do random projects regardless of your skin's tolerance, it will directly destroy the health of your skin.

Speaking of this, some people may ask, does beauty have to completely compromise health? In fact, there are different opinions on this issue in the industry: some old-school skin care practitioners insist that "all beauty treatments must not cause any irritation to the skin" and even block ordinary fruit acid peels, saying that they will damage the stratum corneum; there are also many organizations that follow the traffic route and advocate that "you can temporarily sacrifice a little skin condition for the sake of beauty, anyway, it can be restored later." There are also many people with sensitive skin who recommend high-concentration peels and powerful whitening programs. Both of these statements are actually a bit extreme. I have seen girls who were put off by the first concept. Because they kept silent for a long time and had low self-esteem, they did not dare to socialize. They put off doing something that could be solved by mild salicylic acid for more than half a year. I also saw girls who believed in the second statement. After the program, their faces were ruined for more than half a month, and their skin did not return to its previous state after a year of maintenance.

But if we really smooth out the relationship between the two, we can achieve the effect of 1+1>2. Last year, a customer came to me with melasma. He had used high-concentration whitening essence at home, which damaged the barrier. Not only his face became red, but the spots were doubled due to inflammation. I did not give her a whitening program directly. I first performed barrier repair for three months. After her skin was no longer itchy or red and her tolerance returned to normal, I then used low-concentration tranexamic acid introduction and low-energy photorejuvenation once a month. After five months, the spots were 80% lighter, and the skin condition was more stable than before. Think about it, a healthy skin foundation can double the effect of beauty programs, and reasonable beauty care solves small flaws in appearance, making people feel good and emotionally stable, which in turn can help maintain a stable endocrine state, which is also a positive cycle for skin health.

In fact, for ordinary consumers, there is no need to worry about which one to give priority to. Just remember not to try extreme items that will make the skin hurt, red, and swollen for several days in order to "immediately become beautiful", and don't completely reject all beauty care. Just find a balance between the two.