Many people believe that their skin needs regular "deep cleansing" to stay fine and healthy.

So, many people over-clean and end up with sensitive or dry skin.

First of all, let's understand what is over-cleansing.

Excessive cleansing means washing your face too often using scrubs to over-exfoliate, using cleansing masks too many times, etc.

What are the behaviors that cause over-cleansing?

1. Wrong use of makeup remover oil

Usually, we only paint a simple makeup or just wipe the sunscreen in isolation, but the use of makeup remover oil to remove makeup will lead to excessive cleaning of the skin. Makeup remover oils have strong surfactants that can easily irritate the skin.

If you're wearing simple makeup, you can easily remove it with a makeup remover, while a makeup remover oil is good for heavy makeup.

2. Excessive use of facial cleanser, do not seriously remove makeup

The face wash can only wash away the oil and dirt in the pores, and can not play the role of removing makeup.

Makeup removers can only remove makeup, not clean.

Excessive use of cleansing milk to do the cleaning will lead to the skin barrier function being damaged, so the ability to lock water is reduced.

3. Use a soap-based facial cleanser

Soap-based facial cleanser cleaning strength is too strong, more suitable for oily skin people, but can not often be used.

This type of cleanser feels clean at the time, but often use will damage the skin barrier. It is recommended to use a milder cleanser such as amino acid cleansing masks, mild and non-irritating.

4. Frequent use of cleansing masks

Cleaning masks can unclog pores, so that the nutrients are better absorbed, but can not be excessive cleaning.

It's okay to do 2-3 times a week for oily skin, but dry skin can do it once a week, and for fall and winter skin is recommended to do it once every 10 days.

It is not recommended to use tearing masks, as it will cause excessive damage to the stratum corneum of our skin.

5. Secondary cleansing

Secondary cleansing means washing your face and then scrubbing your skin with cleaning water.

After wiping, there will be a yellowish substance, many people will think that this is a cosmetic residue it is the skin stratum corneum.

The ingredients in the lotion in the secondary cleansing will stimulate the skin to shrink the pores, and in the short term, you will feel a significant improvement in your skin.

However, long-term use will damage the skin barrier, so it is not recommended to use secondary cleaning, especially dry skin.