Health Guide: Skin care is not a woman's patent. For their own "face", men should also take good care of their skin. So how do men maintain their skin? Let's take a look at the difference between male skin care and female skin care.
1, the difference between male and female skin care
Difference 1: Men have different skin types from women.
Men's skin is very different from women's. Women's skin is thinner than men's, and it is easy to dry and wrinkle. Therefore, women's beauty and skin care mainly focuses on smoothing skin, removing wrinkles and nourishing, and various fragrance types are also designed according to women's characteristics.
Men have thicker skin, larger pores, more sebaceous glands and thicker cuticle than women. Therefore, the skin is slower than that of women, and its elasticity is better than that of women, and it is not easy to produce fine lines. Therefore, wrinkle removal is not the main purpose of male skin care. More than 80% of men's skin belongs to oily skin, and excessive oil secretion will lead to pore blockage, acne or acne, which makes oil control the first task of men's skin care. Most men's skin care products also introduce oil-free formula for this feature.
Difference 2: Men's skin care needs to be "refreshing"
Different skin types make men's skin care less complicated than women's. As men used to think, the best way to maintain the skin is to clean it. This statement actually has some truth. The key is how to clean up.
Due to the difference of sex hormones between men and women, the secretion of sebaceous glands and sweat glands in men is relatively strong, and the PH value of men's skin is acidic, which makes the skin greasy and sweaty. Therefore, cleanliness is indeed the top priority for men's skin care. However, this kind of cleaning can never be achieved by washing your face several times. On the contrary, the more times you wash your face, the more water your skin loses, and the more oil your skin will secrete as a protective reaction. The result is "more washing, more oil". The result of oil-water imbalance is pore blockage and acne.
In view of the characteristics of oily, sweaty and acne-prone, the focus of men's skin cleansing has become "high refreshing" to effectively clean and repair the skin, which is different from women who pursue whitening and nutritional effects. Therefore, if men use the cleansing products of their girlfriends and wives, they will often aggravate the oiliness of the skin because of overnutrition, and they are more prone to acne.
Difference 3: shaving care is unique to men.
As a symbol of men, beard is also the focus of men's skin care, and it is a unique skin care step for men that no female skin care product can replace. Shaving care can be divided into pre-shaving and post-shaving. Using shaving liquid before shaving can make the shaving blade closer to the skin and reduce the irritation to the skin. But whether it is blade shaving or electric shaving, the shaving process will cause more or less irritation to the skin. After shaving, there will be some small wounds on the skin that are invisible to the naked eye, so the nursing treatment after shaving has become a unique feature of men's skin care. This product has the same effect as female toner. After-shave water can soothe the skin, astringe pores, sterilize and diminish inflammation, prevent infection and moisturize.
Difference 4: the skin care plan should be simple and not cumbersome.
If you let a man sit in front of the mirror every morning and evening and tirelessly apply seven or eight layers of skin care products in order, I'm afraid he would have escaped. Therefore, men's skin care products should be simple, fast and effective. Men are most afraid of having a burden on their faces and hate the feeling of being "pasted" by skin care products, which is different from women's preference for oily and nutritious skin care products. Therefore, the "zero-burden" products that are not felt on the face are an important criterion for judging the quality of men's skin care products. Refreshing cleansing products, aftershave water, firming water, non-greasy, fast-penetrating moisturizing cream are the first choice for men to use skin care products.
In skin care procedures, men's special skin care products also strive to conform to men's nature of being afraid of trouble, and strive to be simple and fast. A series of 2-3 products can be completed completely in 5-8 minutes every day. As for special pearl care such as lipstick, eye cream and mask, you can go to a beauty salon and ask a professional beautician for careful care, or you can take care of yourself every once in a while without doing your homework every day.
Difference 5: Skin care products should be moisturizing and anti-aging, not wrinkle-removing and whitening.
With the growth of age, both men and women are faced with anti-aging needs, but at this time, it must be noted that men should never use anti-aging products from women. One reason is that many women's anti-aging products contain estrogen, and another reason is that women's sebum secretion decreases with age, and their skin is easy to dry, while men's sebum secretion is always greasy regardless of age, so men's anti-aging products usually start with moisturizing. With the increase of age, men's metabolism gradually slows down, and androgen secretion is unbalanced, resulting in excessive local sebum secretion. At this time, men often mistakenly think that the skin is oily enough and does not need care, but in fact the skin is in a state of water shortage.
In addition, men's facial skin is damaged due to shaving and other reasons, and it is easy to lose luster and make the skin aging. Men may not care much about wrinkles, but they are afraid of aging, especially premature aging. Therefore, anti-aging is the main effect of skin cream and milk used by men after cleansing. In addition to anti-ultraviolet function (not necessarily sun protection), anti-aging skin care products must also contain antioxidant components.
2, fruit skin care
Papaya-breast enhancement and beauty
Papaya has beauty effects such as whitening and breast enhancement. You can eat it raw or cooked. But if it is for papaya breast enhancement, the effect of cooked food will be far better than that of raw food. It is a good choice to stew fresh papaya or steam papaya with honey.
Kiwifruit-improving skin quality
Kiwifruit is rich in vitamins, pectin, fruit acid and so on. It can replenish nutrition to the skin, prevent dark spots and make the skin whiter and more delicate.
Grape-moisturizing and antioxidant
Grape is the king of beauty in the fruit world. First of all, grape seed is rich in fatty acids, which has a soft and moisturizing effect on the skin. Secondly, grape pulp contains water-soluble B vitamins, sugar, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other minerals indispensable for metabolism. And its most essential nutrition is in the peel and fruit stalk, which is the part with the most polyphenol content. Grape polyphenols can effectively resist oxidation.
Lemon whitening elasticity
The beauty effect of lemon is also quite rich, which can inhibit dark spots, whiten, tighten skin, make skin smooth and delicate, and also have the effect of losing weight.
Banana-detoxification and beauty
Everyone is familiar with the laxative effect of bananas. Insist on eating one or two bananas every day to ensure normal defecation, which will help to expel toxins from the body and glow healthy and beautiful from the inside out. In addition, the mask made of banana and honey has whitening effect.
Apple-like compact luster
In addition to the health care function, the beauty function of apple is also worth mentioning. Eating apples can help us expel toxins such as lead, mercury, manganese and beryllium from the intestines. In addition, if you keep eating apples every day, you can make your skin ruddy and shiny.
Strawberries-Fresh and Moisturizing
Strawberries are rich in vitamin C. Regular consumption of strawberries can make skin delicate and elastic. In addition, the active substances contained in strawberries have a high anti-cancer effect.
Citrus-soothing and whitening
Citrus is rich in vitamin C, which has whitening and anti-inflammatory effects. Fresh fruit fragrance can calm and relieve nervous nerves, help to resist depression and boost mood. Citrus essential oil is a mixture of orange blossom and lavender essential oil, which can also fade stretch marks and scars.
A ruddy face
Cherry can make skin ruddy and fair, and eliminate dark spots. However, it is very important to note that cherries should not be eaten more. This is because cherries contain more iron and a certain amount of cyanosides, so eating too much will cause iron poisoning or hydroxide poisoning.
Pomegranate-Anti-oxidation and Detoxification
Remove makeup, thoroughly detoxify and restore skin purity.