Medical skin care products are becoming more and more popular among skin care professionals these days and have a very good reputation. So what is the appeal of medical skincare? How is it different from ordinary skincare? Here are some things to talk about medical skincare. What is medical skin care products? Is it medicine? Medical skin care products are skin care products made from natural ingredients (without any color, fragrance, preservatives and other additives that can cause skin sensitivity). It is not a kind of medicine, but for some disfiguring skin diseases can play a supplementary therapeutic role. Characteristics of medical skin care products 1, a higher level of security Although cosmetics have been on the market before the strict safety requirements, but the clinical skin care products emphasize more streamlined formulations, raw materials, strict screening, does not contain or as little as possible, easy to damage the skin or cause skin allergies, the product packaging to pay more attention to the prevention of pollution. 2, clear efficacy Based on the physiological characteristics of different types of skin and the pathogenesis of dermatologic diseases for research and development, the role of its components is clear mechanism, after the test confirmed that some of the skin disease to play a complementary therapeutic role. 3, clinical verification of human trials before marketing, to verify the clinical efficacy and safety of the product to ensure that the product is less irritating, allergic reaction rate is lower. Medical skin care products categories and ingredients 1, cleaning class Clinical cleaning products are generally used in the nature of a mild surfactant, less irritation to the skin. Concerned about the physical and chemical properties of the product such as pH value. Added such as chamomile, amaranth, natural spring water, moisturizing factors, both cleaning and soothing effect, can achieve relief of dry skin, tightness and other effects. 2, moisturizing, skin barrier repair skin care products play a moisturizing and nourishing effect on the skin through the following multiple pathways: (1) hygroscopic agent raw materials, including glycerin, butylene glycol, sodium lactate, sodium lactate, urea and other small molecules, able to absorb water from the environment, so that the stratum corneum from the inside out to form a gradient of water concentration, replenishment of the stratum corneum from the emanation of the loss of water. (2) Sealer raw materials, such as fatty acids, petroleum jelly, aloe vera, avocado oil, etc., can form a thin hydrophobic oil film on the skin surface, with the role of reinforcing the skin barrier. (3) add and epidermal, dermal components of the same or similar “bionic” raw materials, supplement the skin’s natural ingredients, enhance their own moisturizing, with the role of repairing the skin barrier, such as natural moisturizing factor; lipid barrier agents, such as prickly pear oil, ceramides; biological macromolecules, such as hyaluronic acid, collagen and so on. 3, soothing class Containing certain anti-inflammatory, anti-irritant, antioxidant and other ingredients, such as aloe vera, amaranth, chamomile, licorice extracts, etc., has a better auxiliary anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effect. 4, oil control, anti-acne class added elements such as zinc, vitamin B, evening primrose, tanshinone, etc. with inhibit the function of sebaceous glands, reduce the role of oil secretion; contains a low concentration of salicylic acid, fruit acids, retinoids, etc. with a certain dissolution of keratosis pilaris, acne, etc., so that the oily skin is improved. 5, whitening class Add arbutin, licorice flavonoids, tranexamic acid, vitamin C, green tea, Dianthus extract and other active whitening ingredients, through the inhibition of tyrosinase and other mechanisms to achieve whitening, spot removal, reduce the role of hyperpigmentation. 6, sunscreen class Add titanium dioxide, benzophenone 3 and other sunscreen agents, through physical cover, scattering light or chemical absorption of ultraviolet rays, to delay skin photoaging and prevent the occurrence of photodermatosis. 7.Promote wound healing class Add aloe vera, peptides, amino acids, hyaluronic acid and other ingredients to promote laser, minimally invasive surgery after wound healing. Medical skin care products as a complementary treatment of common skin diseases 1, psoriasis Psoriasis is a manifestation of the skin lesions repeated large flakes of chronic disease, often in the winter climate is easy to aggravate the dry climate. The basic treatment of psoriasis is moisturizing skin care, at the same time, the use of appropriate topical drugs or ultraviolet phototherapy, if necessary, the use of 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 as swelling, vesicles, oozing in the acute stage, and dryness and flaking in the chronic stage. Moisturizing skin care products are therefore the basis of treatment in the chronic phase of such disorders (skin care products should not be used in the acute erosion and oozing phase). For mild chronic patients, moisturizing skin care products alone may alleviate the condition, for stubborn or accompanied by obvious lesions of patients, based on moisturizing skin care, with drug therapy. 3, dry skin pruritus The disease occurs in the fall and winter seasons, especially in the middle-aged and elderly sebaceous gland function decline, more likely to appear dry or itchy clinical symptoms. Single moisturizing skin care products can generally significantly reduce the symptoms, but need to be used for a long time, if necessary, with oral antihistamine drugs, and do not over-clean the skin. 4, facial seborrheic dermatitis Facial seborrheic dermatitis is a kind of chronic dermatitis that occurs in sebaceous gland-rich areas. Due to the lesions at the skin barrier function is obviously impaired, thus appearing dry skin, flaking and other symptoms, and easy to recur. In mild cases, moisturizing skin care products alone are effective; in persistent cases, short-term topical medications are used on top of moisturizing skin care. For the nasolabial folds or the bridge of the nose with obvious greasy seborrheic dermatitis can be used in conjunction with the use of oil control skin care products. 5, Rosacea Rosacea is a chronic dermatitis that mainly occurs in the center of the face, such as cheeks, forehead, perioral or nasal, mainly manifested in the center of the face paroxysmal redness, and in the sun, emotional excitement or elevated temperatures when the redness is aggravated, and facial vascular hyperplasia and red pimples, pustules, a small number of patients can be seen in the nose redness or enlargement (so this disease can be called). “rosacea”). Clinically, the vast majority of patients with rosacea occurring on the cheeks and perioral area have different degrees of skin barrier function damage and dryness and flaking, so it is very important to moisturize and protect the skin while taking oral medication. However, patients who occur in the nose often show greasy skin, it is appropriate to use oil control skin care products. 6, hormone-dependent dermatitis hormone-dependent dermatitis is due to long-term external hormone drugs or external hormone-containing skin care products and make the skin barrier seriously broken ring a chronic dermatitis, moisturizing skin care is the key to treatment. However, after stopping hormones for about 3 days, there will be a rebound of symptoms (i.e., manifested as uncomfortable dryness, itching, burning and other symptoms worsened), you must adhere to the use of moisturizing skincare products, generally in the treatment of 2 weeks after the symptoms began to gradually improve, and then continue to use moisturizing skincare products for 4-8 weeks so that the symptoms continue to subside. Notes on the use of medical skin care products 1, face: should use warm non-stimulating cleansing milk, after cleansing the use of toner, and then use medical moisturizing skin care products, should be used when going out with sunscreen appliances, and external smear of mild non-stimulating sunscreen. 2. Trunk and limbs: Use only water or mild non-stimulating shower gel to clean and apply medical moisturizing skin care products. If topical medications are needed, moisturizing skin care products can be applied first to increase the hydration level of the skin, and then medications can be applied after 30 minutes or so. Types of moisturizing skin care products are often creams, but can also be gels, aqueous or masks, etc. Clinical decisions on how to choose the type should be made based on the symptoms of the skin.