Discussing Skin type and condition.

OILY SKIN HAS THESE CHARACTERISTICS:

• THE PORES ARE ENLARGED;

• THE MOISTURE CONTENT IS HIGH;

• THE SKIN TONE IS GOOD, DUE TO THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF THE SEBUM;

• THE SKIN HAS UNEVEN PIGMENTATION;

DRY:

DRY SKIN IS LACKING IN EITHER SEBUM LOST OR MOISTURE, OR BOTH.  DRY SKIN TYPES HAVE FINE TEXTURES BUT IT WOULD LOOK AND FEEL VERY TIGHT.  IT FLAKES EASILY AND COULD SHOW WRINKLES AT AN EARLY STAGE.  DRY SKIN WOULD BE PRONE TO ALLERGIC REACTIONS, BROKEN CAPILLARIES AND SENSITIVITY AND CAN TEND TO LOOK DULL IN APPEARANCE.

DRY SKIN HAS THESE CHARACTERISTICS:

• THE PORES ARE SMALL AND TIGHT;

• THE MOISTURE CONTENT IS POOR;

• MILIA CAN BE FOUND AROUND THE EYE AND CHEEKS AREA;

• UNEVEN PIGMENTATION AND FRECKLES USUALLY ACCOMPANY THIS SKIN TYPE

COMBINATION:

COMBINATION SKIN IS MADE UP FROM TWO DIFFERENT SKIN TYPES; OILY & DRY.  THE OILY PARTS OF THE SKIN ARE GENERALLY FOUND ON FOREHEAD, NOSE AND CHIN.  THIS IS CALLED YOUR T-ZONE.  YOUR CHECKS AND NECK WOULD BE DRY.  COMBINATION SKIN TENDS TO BE THE MOST COMMEN SKIN TYPE.

COMBINATION SKIN HAS THESE CHARACTERISTICS:

• THE PORES IN THE T-ZONE ARE ENLARGED, WHILE THE CHEEK AREA THEY ARE SMALL TO MEDIUM;

• THE MOISTURE CONTENTS IS HIGH IN THE OILY AREAS, BUT POOR IN THE DRY AREAS;

• THE SKIN IS COARSE & THICK IN THE OILY AREAS, BUT THIN IN THE DRY AREAS;

• THE SKIN TONE IS GOOD IN THE OILY AREAS, BUT POOR IN THE DRY AREAS;

• THERE IS UNEVEN PIGMENTATION;

• THERE MAY BE BLEMISHES SUCH AS PUSTULES AND COMEDONES ON THE OILY SKIN AT THE T-ZONE;

• MILIA AND BROKEN CAPILLARIES MAY APPEAR IN THE DRY AREAS

SENSITIVE:

SENSITIVE SKIN USUALLY ACCOMPANIES A DRY SKIN TYPE, BUT NOT ALWAYS.

SENSITIVE SKIN HAS THESE CHARACTERISTICS:

• THE SKIN MAY SHOW HIGH COLOURING;

• THERE ARE USALLY BROKEN CAPILLARIES IN THE CHEEK AREA;

• THE SKIN FEELS WARM TO TOUCH;

• THERE IS SUPERFICIAL FLAKING ON THE SKIN;

• THE SKIN SHOWS MAY SHOW HIGH COLOURING AFTER CLEANSING, IF IT IS SENSITIVE TO PRESSURE

MILIA:

MILIA IS KNOWN AS WHITE HEADS.  IT IS KERANTINISATION OVER THE HAIR FOLLICLE CAUSING SEBUM TO ACCUMULATE INTO THE HAIR FOLLICLE.  MILLIA ARE NOT INFECTIOUS.  IT’S A SMALL, HARD WHITE CYSTS.  MILLIA ARE USUALLY POSITIONED ON THE UPPER FACE OR CLOSE TO THE EYES.  IT CAN BE REMOVED USING A STERILE NEEDLE PIERING THE SKIN OVERLAYING IT.

BROKEN CAPILLARIES:

BROKEN CAPPILLARIES CAN BE FORMED BY EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE.  ALTERNATING HEAT AND OFTEN LEADS TO THE FORMATION OF BROKEN CAPILLARIES.  THESE APPEAR AS FINE RED LINES ON CAUCASIAN SKIN, AND AS DISCOLORING ON BLACK SKIN.

DEHYDRATED:

DEHYDRATED SKIN IS SKIN THAT HAS LOST WATER FROM THE SKIN TISSUES.  THE CONDITION CAN AFFECT ANY SKIN TYPE, BUT MOST COMMONLY ACCOMPANIES DRY OR COMBINATION SKIN TYPES.  ILL HEALTH LIKE A FEVER CAN CAUSE THE SKIN TO BECOME DEHYDRATED BECAUSE THE SKIN WILL HAVE LOST FLUID THROUGH SWEATING.

DEHYDRATED SKIN HAS THESE CHARACTERISTICS:

• THE SKIN HAS A FINE ORANGE-PEEL EFFECT, CAUSED BY ITS LACK OF MOISTURE;

• THERE IS SUPERFICIAL FLACKING;

• FINE, SUPERFICIAL LINES ARE EVIDENT ON THE SKIN;

• BROKEN CAPILLARIES ARE COMMEN

MATURE:

MATURE SKIN IS THE CHANGE IN WOMEN’S SKIN DURING THE AGING PROCESS.  THIS IS RELATED TO HORMONAL CHANGES IN THE BODY.

MATURE SKIN HAS THESE CHARACTERISTICS:

• THE SKIN LOSES ITS ELASTICITY AND WRINKLES APPEAR DUE TO THE CROSS-LINKING AND HARDENING OF COLLAGEN FIBRES;

• THE SKIN APPEARS THINNER

• BROKEN CAPILLARIES APPEAR, ESPECIALLY ON THE CHEEK AREA AND AROUND THE NOSE;

• THE FACIAL CONTOURS BECOME SLACK AS MUSCLE TONE IS REDUCED

SEBORRHOEA:

SEBORRHOEA SKIN IS EXCESSIVE OF SEBUM, USALLY OCCURS DURING PUBERTY.  IT IS NOT INFECTIOUS.  THE SKIN SEEMS TO APPEAR COARSE, GREASY, COMEDONES, PUSTULES AND PAPULES ARE PRESENT.

COMEDONES (BLACKHEADS):

COMEDONES ARE DRIED SEBUM AND KERATINISED CELLS, WHICH BLOCK THE HAIR FOLLICLE.  THE HEAD OF THE OF THE BLOCKED HAIRFOLLICLE IS DARK (BLACK) BECAUSE OF OXIDATION Y THE AIR.