Medical skincare products are becoming more and more popular among skincare professionals today and have a very good reputation. So, what is the appeal of medical skincare? How is it different from normal skin care? Here’s what you need to know about medical skincare. What is medical skincare? Is it a medicine? Medical skincare products are skincare products made from natural ingredients (without any coloring, fragrance, preservatives and other additives that can cause skin irritation). It is not a medicine, but it can play a supplementary role in the treatment of some disfiguring skin diseases. The characteristics of medical skin care products 1, higher safety Although cosmetics already have strict safety requirements before going to market, but clinical skin care products emphasize the formulation of streamlined, strict screening of raw materials, no or as little as possible to contain substances that can easily damage the skin or cause skin allergies, product packaging more attention to prevent pollution. 2, clear efficacy Based on the physiological characteristics of different types of skin and the pathogenesis of skin diseases for research and development, its product components have a clear mechanism of action, after testing to confirm that some skin diseases play an auxiliary therapeutic role. 3.Clinical verification The clinical efficacy and safety of the products are verified through human trials before marketing to ensure less irritation and lower incidence of allergic reactions. Medical skin care products categories and ingredients 1, cleaning class Clinical cleaning products generally use mild surfactants that are less irritating to the skin. Pay attention to the physicochemical properties of the products such as pH value. The addition of such as chamomile, amaranth, natural spring water, moisturizing factors, etc., both cleaning and soothing effect, can achieve relief of dry skin, tightness and other effects. 2, moisturizing, skin barrier repair skin care products through the following multiple ways to play a moisturizing, nourishing effect on the skin: ① moisture-absorbing agent raw materials, including glycerin, butylene glycol, sodium lactate, urea and some other small molecules, can absorb water from the environment, so that the stratum corneum from the inside out to form a water concentration gradient, replenish the water lost from the stratum corneum emanation. ②sealant raw materials, such as fatty acid, petroleum jelly, aloe vera, avocado oil, etc., can form a thin hydrophobic oil film on the skin surface, which has the effect of reinforcing the skin barrier. ③Add the same or similar “bionic” raw materials with epidermis and dermis to supplement the shortage of natural skin components, enhance their own moisture, and have the effect of repairing the skin barrier, such as natural moisturizing factor; lipid barrier agents, such as cymbopogon oil, ceramide; biological macromolecules, such as hyaluronic acid, collagen, etc. 3.Soothing class Contains certain anti-inflammatory, anti-irritant and anti-oxidant ingredients, such as aloe vera, horsetail, chamomile, licorice extract, etc., which have better auxiliary anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects. 4, oil control, anti-acne Add elemental zinc, vitamin B, evening primrose, tanshinone, etc. has the function of inhibiting the sebaceous gland, reduce the role of oil secretion; containing low concentrations of salicylic acid, fruit acids, retinoids, etc. has a certain dissolution of keratin, acne effect, so that oily skin is improved. 5, whitening and spot removal Add arbutin, licorice flavonoids, tranexamic acid, vitamin C, green tea, Dianshan tea extract and other active whitening ingredients, through the inhibition of tyrosinase and other mechanisms to achieve whitening, spot removal, reduce the role of pigmentation. 6.Sunscreen Add sunscreen agents such as titanium dioxide and benzophenone 3 to delay skin photoaging and prevent the occurrence of photodermatosis by physically covering and scattering light or chemically absorbing UV rays. 7.Promote trauma healing Add aloe vera, peptides, amino acids, hyaluronic acid and other ingredients to promote the healing of trauma after laser and minimally invasive surgery. Common skin diseases for which medical skin care products are used as adjunctive treatment 1. psoriasis Psoriasis is a chronic disease that manifests itself as repeated large flakes at the skin lesions, often easily aggravated in the dry winter climate. The basic treatment of psoriasis is moisturizing and skin care, while using the corresponding topical drugs or ultraviolet light therapy, and if necessary, using systemic oral or injectable drugs. 2, eczema, atopic dermatitis Eczema or atopic dermatitis is one of the most common chronic recurrent skin diseases, which manifests itself in the acute phase as swelling, vesicles and exudation, and in the chronic phase as dryness and flaking. Therefore moisturizing skin care products are the basis of treatment for the chronic phase of these disorders (skin care products should not be used in the acute vesicular and exudative phase). For patients in the mild chronic stage, moisturizing skin care products alone may alleviate the condition. For patients who are persistent or have obvious skin lesions, moisturizing skin care products should be used in conjunction with drug therapy. 3, dry skin pruritus The disease occurs in autumn and winter, especially in the middle-aged and elderly sebaceous gland function decline, more likely to appear dry or pruritic clinical symptoms. The use of moisturizing skin care products alone can generally significantly reduce the symptoms, but the need for long-term use, if necessary, with oral antihistamines, and do not over-clean the skin. 4, facial seborrheic dermatitis Facial seborrheic dermatitis is a chronic dermatitis that occurs in areas rich in sebaceous glands. The skin is dry, flaky and prone to recurrence due to the obvious impairment of the skin barrier function at the lesion. Mild patients are effective with moisturizing skin care products alone; for recalcitrant patients, short-term topical medications are used on top of moisturizing skin care. For seborrheic dermatitis with significant oiliness in the nasolabial folds or nasal bridge can be combined with the use of oil-control skin care products. 5, rosacea Rosacea is a chronic dermatitis that occurs mainly in the center of the face, such as the cheeks, forehead, perioral or nasal area, mainly manifested as paroxysmal flushing in the center of the face, and the flushing is aggravated by sun exposure, emotional excitement or temperature rise, and can appear facial vascular hyperplasia and red papules, pustules, a small number of patients can appear red or hypertrophy of the nose (so this disease can also be called “rosacea”). Clinically, the vast majority of patients occurring on the cheeks and around the mouth are accompanied by dryness and flaking due to varying degrees of impaired skin barrier function, so it is important to moisturize and skincare while taking oral medications. However, patients who occur in the nose often show oily skin, it is appropriate to use oil control skin care products. 6, hormone-dependent dermatitis Hormone-dependent dermatitis is a chronic dermatitis in which the skin barrier is severely broken due to long-term topical use of hormone drugs or topical use of hormone-containing skin care products, and moisturizing skin care is the key to treatment. However, after stopping the use of hormones for about 3 days, there will be a rebound of symptoms (i.e. manifested as unbearable dryness, itching, burning and other symptoms aggravated), you must insist on using moisturizing skin care products, generally after 2 weeks of treatment the symptoms begin to gradually improve, and then continue to use moisturizing skin care products for 4-8 weeks to make the symptoms continue to subside.