Facial cleansing is something you do every day, but if you don’t do it the right way, your skin ends up building dirt or being damaged, and that leads to even worse. No matter how expensive the skincare products you use, your skin stops absorbing products and doesn’t work properly.
Furthermore, the built-up dirt causes germs or oxidizing skin, causing acne/pimples, inflammation, rough skin, clogged pores, and other skin troubles.
INDEX:
1. BENEFITS OF WASHING FACE THE RIGHT WAY
• Promotes Skin Turnover Cycle
• Improves Blood Circulation and Encourages Detoxifying
• Prevents Skin Troubles
2. AVOID “OVER-CLEANSING.”
3. HABITS TO AVOID AFTER CLEANSING
• What Blue Light does to the Skin
• Protect Your Skin with Catrolino
BENEFITS OF WASHING YOUR FACE THE RIGHT WAY
• Promotes Skin Turnover Cycle
Washing the face is important to remove not only makeup but also dust, excess sebum, and dead skin to promote the skin turnover cycle.
• Improves Blood Circulation and Encourages Detoxifying
Some said that gently massaging your skin with ring fingers while cleansing the skin can improve blood circulation. That way, we could expect a detoxifying effect from better blood flow, which promotes the discharge of impurities.
Here is a tip!
When you massage your face, make sure to use your ring finger because it's the weakest finger of all. The key here is you want to minimize the stress on the skin while massaging to improve blood flow. If the ring fingers are not strong enough, then use both the middle and ring fingers.
• Prevents Skin Troubles
Old sebum causes enlarged and clogged pores, eventually becoming blackheads. Cleaning pores and secure the exit of sebum will prevent skin troubles.
AVOID “OVER-CLEANSING”
Many facial cleansers contain a surfactant to dissolve water and oil; however, it can stress your skin. For example, the surfactant washes off dirt and the sebaceous membrane (the skin protection factor) at the same time and loses NMF* (natural moisturizing factor).
*NMF has a role in maintaining adequate skin hydration and protect the skin from damage.
Therefore, it's important to avoid "Over-cleansing."
Choose the right facial cleanser that only removes unwanted dirt, maintains moisture on the skin and minimizes the stress on the skin.
Here is a tip!
Choose different cleansers depending on your skin conditions, for instance, choose a powerful cleanser, such as an oil cleanser, when you wear full-face makeup, but choose a mild cleanser if you are only wearing sunscreen.
HABITS YOU SHOULD AVOID AFTER CLEANSING
• Use Smartphone Before Sleep
It feels so nice to relax after washing off the makeup. But the problem is after that. Don't you have a habit of checking your phone or watching videos with tablets??
Blue light from a smartphone, computer, or TV not only worsens your sleep quality but also leads to several skin damages.
• What Blue Light Does To The Skin
1. Destroys Collagens
Blue light is the most powerful energy among all visible light and can reach deeper layers of the skin than UV can. Some studies suggest that blue light may destroy fibroblasts that synthesize elastin and collagen. Also, the skin will lose its elasticity, leading to wrinkles and saggy skin.
2. Potential Hyperpigmentation
It's said that this powerful light may generate melanin pigment in the skin. Have you heard of the phrase, “smartphone-face tan”? This is becoming common knowledge in Japan, and too much exposure to blue light may cause hyperpigmentation, dull skin, and spots.
3. May generate Active Oxygen
Like UV light, recently blue light has been discussed to generate active oxygen that damages the skin by destroying cell membranes and can be a cause of dryness, dullness, and aging skin.
4. Causes Eye Strain and an Aged Look
"Almost all visible blue light passes through the cornea and lens and reaches the retina. This light may affect vision and could prematurely age the eyes." - preventblindness.org
Digital eyestrain may lead to dark circles under the eyes and give you an aged look due to too much tension around the eyes.
You may be working hard at home until going to bed or enjoying movie night after a long day. In these modern days, a busy lifestyle may be inevitable for many of us, but let's protect our fragile skin and keep it healthy!
