The skin type is normal when everything is in balance. The skin is naturally well hydrated, its sebaceous secretions are sufficient and not excessive, and this evenly over the entire face and body (unlike combination skin, which precisely has more pronounced sebaceous secretions on certain areas). However, it is extremely difficult to say 100% that we are in the presence of a normal skin type. For what ? Because it is very rare that there are no areas where the skin is a little better hydrated naturally or a little richer in sebaceous glands.

The normal skin type is, in summary, recognizable by its suppleness, permanent comfort (unless it is subjected to unusual climatic conditions), a virtual absence of comedones, imperfections and slightly dilated pores.

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Nutrition

If we had to remember only one dietary rule: consume foods rich in omega 3, combined with beautiful skin (moisturizers and repairers) and fruits and vegetables, super antioxidants. This diet involves a variety of plants, cereals, fatty fish. In summary, a balance on the plate to preserve the balance of the skin.

Ultimately close to normal skin, skin of the combination type has areas where the sebaceous glands are less numerous (causing areas with a tendency to dryness) and others where seborrhea is greater (causing areas oily). Combination skin types are less well hydrated and nourished in the cheekbones, temples and jawline. On the other hand, they are a little more provided with seborrheic glands at the level of the forehead, the nose and the chin. What we call the T zone (which we talk about much more often about oily skin...). And if combination-type skin has blemishes and blackheads, it's especially on this famous T-zone.

Combination skin is, in short, characterized by its suppleness, its virtual absence of comedones and imperfections, a very slightly shiny appearance on close observation, normally dilated pores (hardly visible to the naked eye) .

Cosmetic care side

The objective is to rebalance areas prone to dysfunction, particularly in the T zone, and maintain good hydration and nutrition on the rest of the face. In the event of occasional imperfections, local care will be necessary.

To be preferred: the ideal routine is made up of treatments that respect the pH and the skin microbiota, based on purifying ingredients and light emollient agents, to hydrate and nourish.

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Nutrition

The diet must be varied and balanced in order to provide the good fats necessary for the quality of the skin. Hydration by drinking water daily to ensure suppleness, comfort and radiance. To favor: foods such as cauliflower, nuts, spinach (rich in vitamin B8), seafood for their zinc content.

Much finer and thinner than normal or combination skin types, dry skin type is recognizable by its rough, rough feel and uniform appearance with very tight, almost invisible pores. Indeed, the sebum, secreted in very small quantities, flows at a minimum.

The type of dry skin lacks suppleness and elasticity and is often accompanied by a feeling of discomfort (the skin feels tight). The epidermis, very little irrigated and nourished, is dry with a diminished hydrolipidic barrier (this small shield made up of water and fat, the hydrolipidic film). This alteration promotes the release of mediators that stimulate the cutaneous nerve endings and give itchy sensations. Dry skin is weakened and less resistant to external aggressions (pollution, tobacco, dust, sun, sudden changes in temperature, etc.). As a result, the dry skin type is more prone to the appearance of skin pathologies such as eczema, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.

Be careful, this skin type is sometimes the consequence of more serious pathologies such as diabetes, a thyroid imbalance or even kidney disease.

Dry skin is, in summary, characterized by a dry and rough feel, a feeling of discomfort, a dull and dull appearance, and invisible pores. She displays more wrinkles around the lips and eyes but an absence of imperfections and blackheads.

Cosmetic care side:

We avoid irritating treatments such as tonic lotions with alcohol, which are too aggressive and drying.

To be preferred: superfatted treatments, emollient cleansing oils, day and night creams rich in moisturizing and nutritional active ingredients.

We often forget it, but acne is a skin disease, even if it looks like an obligatory passage linked to adolescence. Under the action of hormones, the skin is particularly susceptible to inflammation, as are the hair follicles. Process that causes comedones, blemishes and pimples. In adolescence, all areas with hair are found to be overwhelmed by the amount of sebum secreted.

This important sebum settles on the surface of the skin, obstructing the channels and blocking the pores, which promotes the appearance and installation of a bacterium, the propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) in the sebum. The whiteheads, through which the sebum slips, multiply. Blackheads (open comedones, whose sebum oxidizes) also multiply. The risk is that the pimples appear, become infected, become painful and are accompanied, after being triturated, by marks, stains, or even scars.

Factors that influence the skin

Whatever your skin type, your epidermis must adapt to different factors, also called exposome:
• Environmental factors, such as climate (wind, cold, sun), pollution (external and domestic), passive smoking, etc.
• Hormonal factors (adolescence, menopause)
• Lifestyle (diet, tobacco, alcohol, stress, sleep, excessive hygiene, drug treatments)
Do not neglect the importance of protecting your skin from external aggressions, and adopting a healthy lifestyle to keep it in good health.

Change in skin type with age

All skin, whatever its type, is subject to the passage of time; aging alters the condition and appearance of the skin.
If the skin is at its best around the age of twenty, the beginning of aging is felt around the thirties with the appearance of the first very fine lines around the eyes and mouth. The secretion of collagen, which guarantees tonicity, decreases. Around the age of forty, wrinkles deepen and multiply. At fifty, the features become more marked, the skin becomes thinner and drier. After the age of sixty, all the signs of aging are visible (loss of elasticity, density, firmness, deepened wrinkles, spots, etc.).

Men's skin

The skin of women and men differs: that of men is thicker and often oilier, with smaller sebaceous glands but more productive of sebum, under the action of testosterone. It can be weakened by shaving and often absent care (such as hydration or exfoliation). Finally, men's skin ages later than women's, but faster.