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The Importance of Skin Care by Dermatologist Silvia Perafan

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The Importance of Skin Care by Dermatologist Silvia Perafan

At what age should I start applying face creams?

Actually the skin of the face and body should be cared for with sunscreen from the age of 2 years.

How often should a facial cleansing be done?

Facial cleansing should be daily and the products according to the type of skin, therefore, I recommend consulting your specialist doctor.

What routine is recommended for the face?

Washing, medicated, non-commercial sunscreen every 3 hours, is the basics for your skin care; at night if it requires a wash depending on the type of skin there will be different handling, what is indicated is professional advice. The products that you must use are those that you must use are those that are not abrasive, that protect and hydrate the fabrics without alcohols or preferably acidic perfumed products

How many types of skin are there?

The types of skin vary if they are dry, oily or normal, generally the oily, shiny and seborrheic ones can alternate the scaly, rough and xerotic (dry) areas.

What are the ideal products to remove makeup?

Make-up removers should be used according to the skin prototype, but the most recommended are neutral dermocleaning micellar waters for dermatological use, the products of which are recommended by your treating physician.

What can I do to lighten my dark circles?

There are several causes of dark circles, pigmentation, vascular, hereditary and their treatment must be by your doctor, I do not recommend self-formulating to avoid adverse effects. The management of dark circles is exclusively for professional use, as well as spots on the face or any region of the body to prevent wrinkles and premature aging, I recommend sun protection from 2 years of age, daily and medicated.

What is recommended to prevent wrinkles on the face?

  • Skin wash to remove everyday residues.
  • Balanced diet
  • Water intake
  • Daily sunscreen at any time of the year, even if it rains and apply one hour before sun exposure or with visible light or device (cell phones, computers, lamps, etc,)

The most important thing is a step forward to aging, this begins from the age of 25-27, with a series of physical and hormonal changes that produce visible alterations such as bone resorption, loss of elasticity, tissue structure, fat atrophy of the face mainly

Turgor and its hydration, it loses luminosity with a dull tendency and the appearance of expression lines.

Therefore reiterated once again, always have your professional advisor on an ongoing basis. The study of the skin must be comprehensive and multidisciplinary, it is transcendental to have a hormonal, gynecological and endocrine evaluation because it is part of a whole; and in many cases diseases of other organs are manifested in the skin and its attachments (nails, hair, mucous membranes.)


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