Today we are looking at More beauty myths
Here are some More beauty myths
Earlier in the week we looked at some beauty myths and today we are going to take a look at More beauty myths.
Myth: It’s good when your products cool or tingle skin.
Fact: This sensation is your skin telling you it is being irritated, not helped.
The tingling sensation is actually your skin responding to irritation, resulting in inflammation. Products that produce that sensation can actually damage your skin’s healing process, make scarring worse, cause collagen and elastin to break down, and increase the growth of bacteria that cause pimples. Your skin may not always show signs of reaction but if you apply irritants to your skin the damage is still taking place and is ongoing, so it adds up over time.
Myth: Blackheads relate to cleanliness and can be scrubbed away.
Fact: Blackheads may make skin look dirty, but they are unrelated to dirt.
Blackheads are formed when hormones cause too much oil and dead skin cells get in the way, the pore is then impaired and the path for the oil to exit the pore is blocked. As this clog nears the surface of the skin, the mixture of oil and cellular debris oxidizes and turns black. You cannot completely scrub blackheads away. Using a scrub removes the top of the blackhead but this does nothing to the actual cause, so they will reappear before you know it. Instead of a scrub you could try using a well-formulated BHA (salicylic acid) product. Salicylic acid exfoliates inside the pore lining, dissolving oil and dead skin cells that lead to constant blackheads.
Myth: Drink more water to get rid of dry skin
Fact: Dry skin is not as simple as just a lack of moisture, drinking more water won’t make dry skin look or feel better.
The studies that have compared the water content of dry skin to that of normal or oily skin show that there doesn’t appear to be a statistically significant difference and adding more moisture to the skin is not always a good thing, if anything, too much moisture, like soaking in a bath is bad for skin because it disrupts the skin’s outer barrier (the intracellular matrix) by breaking down the substances that keep skin cells functioning normally and in good shape.
If all it took to get rid of dry skin was to drink more water, then no one would have dry skin and moisturisers would stop being sold. Keeping your liquid intake up is fine, but if you take in more water than your body needs, all you will be doing is running to the bathroom all day and night. The causes of and treatments for dry skin are far more complicated than water consumption.
Myth: Your skin adapts to products you use and eventually stop working.
Fact: Skin doesn’t adapt to skincare products any more than your body adapts to a healthy diet.
If spinach and grapes are healthy for you they are always healthy, and they continue to be healthy, even if you eat them every day. The same is true for your skin, as long as you are applying what is healthy for skin then it remains healthy. The initial use of a new product will obviously show greater signs of working but this will continue to work and will maintain the results of the product.
So there we have some More beauty myths, if you have any you would like to share get in touch.
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