Doctor, my face has never been allergic before and I don’t get “acne”, but why do I keep getting allergies and acne lately? My skin is often dry, hydration is useless, and my face always feels hot and uncomfortable. ……” I often hear such complaints from patients when they consult with hormonal face. Nowadays, the living conditions are better and there are thousands of different kinds of beauty and skin care products. Many people pursue quick whitening and quick acne treatment in beauty and skin care, not knowing that these products can bring a great burden to the skin and cause all kinds of allergies and acne and other skin problems due to the aggravation of environmental pollution. However, there is a deeper reason behind some of the seemingly allergic and acne-prone skin problems, which is hormones. When the skin is “attacked” by hormones and becomes dependent on them, it is medically known as hormone-dependent dermatitis. How does hormonal face come about? As one of the three landmark drugs in dermatology, glucocorticoids have saved lives from life-threatening diseases such as lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis, and have also effectively controlled eczema and dermatitis flare-ups. Glucocorticoids, known as “skin opium” in dermatology, have strong immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory effects, and can make the skin white and tender quickly with short-term use. “These products are available through various online stores. These skin care products flow easily to unknown consumers through various online stores, micro stores, beauty stores, and small commodity market stores, turning them into all kinds of “whitening and blemish-removing facial miracles”, which eventually become disfiguring tools. The harm of hormones – the skin barrier is destroyed After using hormone products, immediately beautiful, immediately white, immediately tender, the skin looks especially good. What “miracle device” can achieve such an immediate effect? Only glucocorticoids (TGCs), a very cheap hormone extracted from the adrenal cortex of animals, are supposed to be used under strict prescription and guidance of doctors, for a limited period of time, as a medical practice to temporarily relieve inflammatory reactions on the face, and the use of strong glucocorticoids on the face is strictly prohibited. However, TGCs were illegally added to cosmetics and hormone-dependent dermatitis was formed after long-term use and dependence. Please remember! Only glucocorticoids have the effect of immediate whitening and immediate acne removal! All other phytohormones, plant extracts, plant active peptides, herbal or medicinal herb extracts cannot do the immediate effect. Why can glucocorticoids make our skin white and soft? Because it causes the blood vessels to contract rapidly, so the redness is gone. At the same time, cellular activity is sharply reduced, and cellular immunity and sebum production are curbed. Glucocorticoids, since they can make us beautiful instantly, can they be used all the time? The answer is: absolutely not! This kind of beauty at the expense of health is not only fleeting, but also very dangerous and ultimately disastrous! Once stopped after long-term use, it leads to thinning of the skin, aging, dryness, atrophy, thickening or lengthening of facial hair, obvious growth of sweat hair and fine hair (above the lips and sideburns in women), accompanied by itching, tingling, tightness, acne, pimples, pimples and many other symptoms. If glucocorticosteroids are used forever, it will lead to a total skin breakdown, which is commonly known as facial “collapse”. What is the skin barrier? The outermost layer of the skin, called the stratum corneum, is made up of 20 flat, interwoven layers of keratinocytes. The keratinocytes are as tough as “bricks”, with a “mortar” of lipids holding the keratinocytes together to form a “brick wall structure”, and a surface layer of There is also a protective film (hydrolipidic film) composed of sweat and sebum on its surface, which together form the barrier of the skin. The skin barrier locks in the moisture and oil of the skin and resists the invasion of various skin surface germs, which plays a very important role in protecting human health. Why do hormones destroy the natural barrier of the stratum corneum? We usually refer to glucocorticosteroids. The rapid whitening of the skin after the initial use of these drugs is attributed to the powerful anti-inflammatory and vasoconstrictive effects of hormones. The capillaries are sensitive to the reaction of “steroid hormones”, which can cause vasoconstriction. Long-term use will cause the endothelial cells of blood vessels to become thinner and smooth muscle cells to lose elasticity and become relaxed, so that the capillaries that were not clearly visible to the naked eye become thicker and more obvious, resulting in vasodilation and more serious itching; oil secretion will be reduced and the skin will become dry and easily allergic. The skin becomes dry and prone to allergies and a series of “steroid dermatitis” symptoms. Gradually lose the defense function to the outside world, vulnerable to injury, and then become dependent on hormones, it is difficult to get rid of.