Skin Types

Posted by Wawa Chio | December 23rd, 2009 in Skin Care | No Comments »

Skin Types
Here are the different skin types most frequently encountered

Normal skin
The so-called normal skin is the least common. She is not fat even if this small reflections at the end of a day on the wings of the nose, chin and forehead.Normal skin is thin and its appearance is bright. Its pores are small and closed. It characterizes people whose body is functioning normally without any particular problems with a balanced metabolism.

Oily Skin
Oily skin is characterized by excessive production of sebum (a natural fatty substance that protects the skin). This gives it a shiny, bright if unsightly. Oily skin is often prone to blackheads and comedones (acne). It is an excessive level of testosterone in the blood which is the main cause behind oily skin. Therefore, adolescence is a period conducive to oily skin due to hormonal imbalances typical of this age. Other factors may also help oily skin such as pollution, tobacco, unhealthy diets.

Combination Skin
This skin type is very common. As its name implies combination skin combines two types of skin: it is often a tendency to oily skin on the nose, forehead and chin, the rest of the face may be more prone normal or dry especially on the cheeks, which are then very sensitive to temperature variations.

Sensitive Skin
The so-called sensitive skin is very thin and often white, pink. This skin usually leaves appear on the nose and cheeks of small dilated capillaries very sensitive to temperature changes. These vessels may even break, they become very visible, it is rosacea. Cold and hot had a particular impact on sensitive skin who blush easily.

Sensitive Skin
Dry skin has tightened pores very small and almost invisible. It is very sensitive and responsive to atmospheric agents, she blushed as soon as by the cold than heat. Dry skin is soft to the touch but rugged. Very fragile, dry skin cracks easily and the slightest scratch marks on his face very quickly.

Skin Acne
Acne occurs primarily but not exclusively, on oily skin due to deposition of sebum under the skin. In extreme cases, the buttons can leave permanent scars. Acne is a condition that occurs frequently in adolescents but not only. There are several forms of acne that are clinically identified by their appearance Comedonicus acne, acne nodulocystic, inflammatory acne. Acne is located on the face, décolleté, back and shoulders.

Wrinkled skin
The biological clock mark for each of us passing time with clear signs that we all know. The years pass and our skin becomes dry and begins to wrinkle, relax. Its pigment spots and wrinkles settle. The process of skin aging is inevitable but can be fought. The physiological aging of the skin may be accelerated or slowed depending on the type of life for everyone, its food, the environment in which we live.


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