What is the difference between beauty and skin health?

The core difference is actually that the underlying logic is completely different - beauty refers to all actions and results surrounding "optimization of skin appearance", while skin health refers to the stable state of normal operation of internal functions such as skin barrier, metabolism, immunity, etc. There is overlap between the two, but they cannot be equated.

I have been an offline skin care guide for almost 8 years, and I have met too many people who confuse the two. Last month, a girl who is a beauty blogger came to me to save her face. In order to make a color test video and look good on camera, I did three peels in the first two months + a high-concentration fruit acid peel once a week. Her face was indeed so delicate that even the old acne marks were invisible. She looks good no matter how she looks in the mirror, and fans are asking her what kind of magical beauty treatment she has done. In private, she feels stinging even when washing her face with 35-degree warm water. Half an hour of cold wind blowing in autumn and winter can cause redness and itchiness for most of the day. She went for a skin test and found that the subcutaneous inflammation level was so high. This is a typical beauty effect, but the health of the skin has turned red.

Nowadays, there are different voices in the industry regarding the priorities of the two. Most friends who are doing clinical dermatology insist that all beauty treatments must be based on skin health. Otherwise, they will only be short-term gains, and it will take several times the energy to fill the holes dug before. Colleagues in the field of light medical beauty sometimes say that many beauty programs themselves are "break first and then build up". For example, fractional acne removal is supposed to break the surface layer of skin first and stimulate the regeneration of collagen. Short-term barrier damage is a normal reaction during the repair period, and its value cannot be denied outright.

In fact, in the skin care scene of ordinary people, there is no need for the two to be on opposite sides. My cousin is 36 this year and has never followed the trend of doing powerful beauty programs. She usually only uses mild amino acid cleansers, moisturizing creams and hard sunscreen. At most, she uses low-energy photons to brighten her skin tone once a year on important occasions such as wedding anniversaries. Her face is not the standard beauty template online with zero pores and cold white skin. There are some small sun spots at the corners of her eyes, but it feels soft and soft. She has never had problems with sensitivity or breakouts. When the seasons change, her friends all around her face turn red, but her skin doesn’t react at all. In fact, this kind of beauty needs is firmly embedded in the safety line of skin health.

To put it bluntly, skin health is like the foundation of your house. Beauty is decoration. No matter how magnificent the decoration is, if the foundation is loose, problems may occur if there is a slight disturbance. However, this does not mean that you cannot decorate if the foundation is stable. As long as you adjust it within the load-bearing range of the foundation, you can not only live solidly, but also look pleasing to the eye. Isn't this the most comfortable state?

Don’t think that good-looking skin means healthy. Many hormone-dependent skin looks white and tender in the early stage and even the pores are invisible. In fact, subcutaneous inflammation has already accumulated and is almost overflowing. One day, acne breaks out suddenly and the face is the result of long-term accumulation. On the contrary, some healthy skin is born with small freckles and small acne marks. As long as the barrier is strong and durable, it is more reliable than a "perfect beauty face".