How To Determine Your Skin Type


by Nikoletta Bocz - Date: 2007-01-24 - Word Count: 450 Share This!

Skin type is a big part in how acne affects you and what is needed to treat is. It will also determine what types of products you will be able to use to treat your acne and generally care for your skin.

There are some basic questions you can ask yourself to help you get started. First, how often do you break out? Do you have blackheads? What do your pores look like? After washing with soap, how does your skin look and feel? Do you have facial lines? There are three basic skin types, but this does not mean your skin can't be a combination of them. They are oily, normal, or dry. You could have any one of these skin types, or a combination of them, such as normal to oily, or normal to dry.

Each skin type is characterized by different things such as texture, oil production, and frequency of breakouts.

People with dry skin do not suffer many breakouts, and rarely ever have blackheads. Because oil promotes breakouts by clogging pores and blackheads are caused by oil. If your skin is dry, you are not producing very much oil. Dry skin is also characterized by nearly visible pores, and may feel dry and tight after washing. The skin coloring is fair, and often develop facial lines earlier in life. This skin type burns easily.

People with normal skin suffer occasional breakouts, and can have blackheads that appear mostly in the t-zone. This area is on either side of the nose and on the forehead. Pores often appear visible in the t-zone, and the skin may feel tight after washing, but will soon become comfortable with oil in t-zone. The skin coloring is usually fair to medium, and a few lines may appear early on mostly around the eyes. This skin type when exposed to the sun, usually burns, then tans.

People with oily skin often suffer frequent breakouts with blackheads. The pores are often enlarged, and after washing the face may be oily, with the nose and forehead quickly becoming shiny. The skin coloring is often olive to dark. Facial lines are usually very few to none in occurrence, and oily skin usually stays preserved longer and does not age as quickly as do the other skin types. When exposed to the sun, this skin type rarely burns, but rather tans easily.

After you determine your skin type,you can find products developed especially for it. There are a number of products on the market for dealing with each type, as well as for combination skin. Once you find products that work for you, you can begin treating your acne properly.

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