Skin Type

What Is My Skin Type?

The term "skin Type" Refers to two things: how much sebum your skin produces, and where this sebum is mostly heavily produced. To find out your skins type, you can do the tissue test: Simply wash your face with a gentle cleanser, wait 15 to 30 minutes, and then hold a facial tissue against your face for 5 seconds.

DIFFERENT SKIN TYPES

If you have OILY SKIN - you're probably aware of

it already, but if you need confirmation do the tissue test. Oily skin will cause obvious oil stains on most of the tissue. This type of skin is the result of too much sebum is being produced. The constant flow of sebum stretches pores, so the skin may also have large pores. The complexion often looks shiny, and because excess sebum can mix with makeup and dirt to clog pores, oily skin is vulnerable to breakouts.

NORMAL SKIN -

It produces enough sebum to keep skin supple, but not so much that skin looks slick. If you have normal skin, the tissue test may produce light oil stains,but nothing more.

As we get older, our skin naturally produces less sebum, which is why more mature skin is so often

DRY SKIN -

Yet young skin can also be dry if it doesn't produce enough oil to keep the epidermis moist. Depending on how dry the skin is, it may have a rough texture to be prone to flaking. And because not a lot of sebum travels through pores, the pores will probably be small. If you have dry skin the tissue test will show no oil stains.

COMBINATION SKIN -

Quite a few of us have large pores and lots of oil around the nose, chin, and perhaps forehead. But we also have normal or dry skin under the eyes and under the cheeks. This is known as combination skin. If you have it, the tissue test will show oil stains in your oily areas, but will remain dry elsewhere. To treat combination skin, address the two zones separatly, giving the oily bits the sebum-absorbing care they need, and moisturize the dry or normal bits.

SENSITIVE SKIN -

Generally, if you have irritated skin, then you have sensitive skin. Most of the time sensitive skin relates to the face. Sensitive skin can be caused by a genetic predispotion or environmental factors. It appears as redness, a swelling, itchy and dry irritation to the face.One of the major jobs to the skin is to waterproof. This is done to the epidermis or surface layer of the skin, producing a fat-protein sandwich that is always being replaced and is vital to prevent to much water loss from the skin.

What You Should Use For Your Own Skin Type