Skin Types

SKIN TYPES

What are skin types? 

Skin types is something you were born with and cannot be changed. Despite what anyone wants to say, your skin type is something you are born with. Through skin conditions your skin can be altered. Just like the issue concerning pores. Any product that claims to "shrink" your pores is sadly a gimmick. Your pores are also genetic. Those on the nose are usually larger anyways and are therefore more visible. I personally cannot stand it when I hear or read: "Cleans the dirt out of your pores"
Can your pores be "minimized"? Temporarily, yes through things like Microdermabrasion but that is only because of the plumping effect it has on the skin. It's seems more like the pores are swollen and therefore can't be as easily noticed.

For the record, yes our skin certainly does accumulate a certain amount of dirt/pollution upon our faces. Yes, it should be washed at least once a day at minimum. However, the visible pores on your face is not dirt it is SEBUM aka Oil. Little black "plugs" if you will that clog up our pores. Our pores slightly shrink and expand on their own. The only way they truly expand is when you get a massive plug of sebum. Remove it and your pore will go back to it's "normal" size. 9Whatever size that may be) The whole cold water thing, doesn't really work either by the way. It is far too temporary. Once the skin warms up again the pores relax back to their natural state.

Now, back to skin types and how they can be altered through a condition. Eg. You have oily skin but your on medications that thin the skin (accutane). Therefore you no longer have oily skin but stop taking your medications and you WILL go right back to having oily skin. Thusly ... skin you were born with and will always have. Your body does change as you age and so maybe when you get into your thirties and forties one might see a natural decrease in production. This doesn't necessarily mean it will go away altogether though.

What are the Skin Types?

There are three skin types based upon oil production from your sebaceous glands:
Oily, Combination, Dry,
There is another as well but this is based upon how reactive your skin is. It is the Sensitive skin type.
There's also "Normal" skin type but it is very rare as most people do not have perfect skin. Therefore it isn't talked about much.

Next time I am going to about skin conditions. Don't forget to subscribe and follow my blog so that you can get the updates as we talk further!

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