Why everyone is switching to microbiome-friendly skincare
In addition to being related to physiological changes, skin aging is also closely related to the huge microecological community system on the surface of the skin. Skin microecology plays a vital role in defending against invading pathogens, adjusting the human immune system and decomposing metabolites, and therefore plays an important role in the health of the skin and even the whole body.
In addition to being related to physiological changes, skin aging is also closely related to the huge microecological community system on the surface of the skin. Skin microecology plays a vital role in defending against invading pathogens, adjusting the human immune system and decomposing metabolites, and therefore plays an important role in the health of the skin and even the whole body.
What does skin microecology mean?
Simply put,the microecological environment refers to the living environment of the microbial flora on the surface of the skin. Not only do our bodies have flora, but the surface skin also has flora, and their impact on the skin is equally important.
The microbial environment on the surface of the skin is simply composed of harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria. In more detail, it includes resident flora that cause adverse skin reactions, fungi that maintain healthy and stable skin conditions, and temporary flora that cause skin inflammatory reactions.
There is a balance between them. If the floral environment is stable, the skin condition and defense will be at a normal level. If the resident flora and temporary flora dominate, the skin is very prone to acne, allergies and other problems.
The role of microecological flora
Why is the microecological environment so concerned? Because the balance of flora greatly affects the performance of the skin.
The surface flora of the skin participates in skin metabolism. Under normal circumstances, the surface of the skin is weakly acidic, which can neutralize temporary bacteria, pathogens and other alkaline substances on the surface to protect the health of the skin.
In addition, a normal flora environment can inhibit the occurrence of skin inflammatory reactions, prevent potential pathogens from damaging the skin, and prevent skin problems.
In a normal flora environment, the skin microecology develops well, promotes the growth of cells in the skin, and slows down the aging of skin wrinkles. In addition, the microecological flora constitutes the skin barrier we are familiar with, protecting the exposed surface skin to prevent skin problems.
Causes of microecological disorder
There are two basic situations of microecological flora imbalance on the surface of the skin: the harmful bacteria on the surface of the skin are abnormally active, affecting the number of pathogens, and the beneficial bacteria lose their dominant position; in addition, the use of some skin care products or ointments disrupts the balance of the skin flora. Are you still using the following skin care methods that affect the skin microecological environment?
Use strong cleansing skin care products. Daily facial washing is to wash away the dust and excess oil attached to the skin surface. However, when choosing facial cleansers, products with too strong cleaning power will cause the loss of oil on the surface of the skin. Some cleaning products are alkaline, which will affect the skin's microecological flora during the cleaning process, neutralizing and eliminating the beneficial bacteria on the surface of the skin. If this continues for a long time, harmful bacteria will "prevail" and the original balance will be artificially broken.
Frequent exfoliation. The skin's stratum corneum is overly damaged, not only will it appear dry and flaky. In fact, at this time, the skin's microecological environment is also abnormal, and the problems caused by skin barrier damage will accelerate.
How to maintain the skin's microecological environment?
How can skin care help the skin restore the normal and balanced microecological environment as soon as possible?
The first thing we have to do is to avoid unnecessary cleaning behavior. Choose cleaning products that suit your skin needs, and don't pursue a dry and astringent clean skin feeling. After cleansing, the skin has a slight oil film feeling, and it is a more comfortable state that it will not dry immediately. As for exfoliating skin care products, don't rely too much on them, especially in autumn and winter, when the skin's stratum corneum is fragile. These skin care methods are enough to be performed 1-2 times every two weeks.
After proper cleaning, in the daily skin care process, we can choose skin care products with probiotics, prebiotics and other ingredients to adjust the skin surface flora environment and strengthen the beneficial bacteria.
In addition, skin moisturizing is also very important. Moisturized skin is very helpful in rebuilding the balance of skin microecology, and it is also one of the effective skin care methods to stabilize the skin barrier. Daily skin care, lotion or cream skin care products cannot be omitted.
Of course, sun protection is also essential, and sun protection is also the top priority for preventing skin microecological disorders. Sun protection + antioxidant skin care can play a beneficial role in building the skin microbial barrier.