Dr. Samara Ahmed Memesh
What is meant by mixed skin and mixed skin?
What is meant is that the facial skin should be dry and oily at the same time, that is, the presence of dry skin in certain areas of the face and oily skin in other areas of it.
The fatty areas are located in the middle of the face and take the shape of a T, and they include the forehead, the nose and the chin, where the oil-producing glands (sebaceous glands) abound, unlike the skin of the cheeks, around the eyes and the sides of the face.
This case of (skin mixing) is common and requires special attention and proper ion of cosmetics. The use of an oily base cosmetic product in the central area of the face increases its fatness, while the use of a dried product around the eyes increases the dryness of the skin.
To take care of this condition, we recommend the following
Wash the center of the face with soap and water two or three times daily.
Use a skin dryer that contains alcohol.
Not to apply moisturizing cream to the center of the face.
Use oil-free or water-based cosmetics.
Use a light moisturizer for dry areas before using cosmetics.
What are the main causes of dry and chapped lips?
Like the skin, the lips are affected by the amount of water in them. If you lose water, they dry out, rough and crack. Most of this happens in the winter, as a result of the cold, dry weather. What is added to this is one''s attempt to moisturize the lips by wetting them with the tongue''s saliva, but this moisturizing process is more harmful than good, as saliva evaporates and the water already inside the lip membrane evaporates with it.
To prevent this, one has to refrain from moistening the lips with saliva, and instead use moisturizers, be they waxy or transparent, and they are available in pharmacies in the form of lipstick fingers and many of them contain sunscreen, which is good and required.
These moisturizers must be used periodically and continuously whenever a person feels dry lips, and especially before bed if he suffers from a cold, or if he is one of the people who breathe from their mouths.
If dry lips persist, a dermatologist must be consulted, as the dryness may be due to an eczema or allergic condition.
What is the best moisturizing cream?
Dozens of Moisturizing Creams are sold in pharmacies.
The media also contains a lot of advertisements for these products, as there are moisturizers for the eyes and others for the neck and face, and they are in the form of a cream or lotion.
All these preparations, with their different names, textures, smell, and perhaps their prices and methods of presentation, help in one thing only, which is to fight the hardness of the outer layer of the skin, as it makes it soft and not cracked and the skin becomes soft and smooth to the touch. These moisturizers form an oily layer on the surface of the skin that hinders the evaporation of water from it and maintains its moisture. However, the moisturizer may differ from others depending on the amount of oil in it. The day cream contains little oils, while the Night Cream is characterized by its abundance of oils .
What is the best cosmetic?
Most cosmetics are the same, and there is no single best. The choice of a certain type of cosmetic usually depends on personal choice only, as some prefer the smell, texture or ease of use of a particular product, while others may prefer its color or even the color of the box or packaging, and some may become accustomed to using the products of a specific international company.
And the fact that the cosmetic product is expensive does not indicate its good quality, as some cheap powders have proven their effectiveness over years of use, and may be comparable to similar powders.
Most of all is choosing a product that does not harm the skin. The use of an oily product, for example, harms oily skin and may lead to the emergence of acne-like pimples, and the use of skin-drying preparations harms already dry skin, and some may not be suitable for sensitive skin.
A dermatologist can help you with both of these things.
Are natural products safer and better for the skin?
We often hear an outcry about natural preparations and people often run behind these preparations, but what is meant by the word (natural), what is meant is that these materials are often taken from plant extracts, and it has been scientifically proven that plant extracts are one of the most common substances that cause skin allergies Therefore, it is not necessary that natural preparations be better than organic preparations, on the contrary, organic may be better, and in the end it must be said that the best preparations are those on which the composition and contents of these preparations are written.
Are massages and steam suitable to prevent and treat skin aging?
There is not a single scientific evidence that massaging or steaming wrinkles can be prevented, delayed, or treated. Temporarily stimulating blood circulation in the skin of the face, it refreshes it and gives it a luster only for a while. There is no doubt that the massage reduces tension and causes a feeling of comfort, but it is not expected to have an effect on wrinkles !.
