What are the applications of medical skin care products

Medical skin care products, also known as cosmeceuticals and efficacious cosmetics, were first proposed by American dermatologist Albert Klingman in the 1970s, and there is still no unified definition of them internationally. Medical skin care products are mostly made of natural ingredients, between traditional cosmetics and drugs, and have certain therapeutic effects on certain skin diseases. Compared with traditional skin care products, it has the following characteristics: 1. clear ingredients, more targeted; 2. higher safety because it does not contain pigments, fragrances, preservatives and other substances that can easily cause skin sensitivity; 3. more professional use, only sold in pharmacies or purchased with a dermatologist’s prescription. The characteristics of medical skin care products can be applied to both normal skin and problematic skin to improve skin conditions, often used in the following common skin diseases: 1, sensitive skin Sensitive skin is simply considered a subhealthy state of the skin, manifested by the skin prone to itching, tingling, burning, tightness and other symptoms and signs of erythema, papules, capillary dilation. For this type of skin, medical skin care products can soothe and calm, reduce the inflammatory response, rebuild the skin barrier function, and reduce the skin’s allergic reaction to the outside world. For example, natural plant ingredients such as Winona allergy series and contain some active spring water ingredients such as Avène, Skin Spring are good choices. 2, oily skin acne, seborrheic dermatitis medical skin care products can gently cleanse the skin, remove excess oil, reduce inflammatory reactions, and can be synergistic with other drugs for acne treatment to reduce the adverse effects of drugs. The better ones on the market are Johnson & Johnson’s Neutrogena, Winona’s acne clearing series of skin care products. 3, dry skin Diseases that cause dry skin are common, such as ichthyosis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, etc. In addition, climate change, physiological skin aging can lead to dry skin. Medical skin care products can effectively replenish skin moisture and sebum content, restore sebum film, relieve itching and reduce skin lesions. The common ones are Winona’s soft series, Forida’s Yi Lian, etc. 4, capillary dilation that is commonly known as red blood. Mostly due to long-term skin stimulation by ultraviolet light, cold, high temperature or long-term use of corticosteroids, frequent peeling, excessive cleaning and other causes of skin barrier damage, epidermal thinning. Medical skin care products can reduce irritation, soothe and calm, enhance moisturization, improve capillary fragility, etc. The common ones on the market are Avène’s redness removal series cosmetics. 5, pigmentation Medical skin care products can target some aspects of melanin production, blocking melanin production, and strengthen the skin repair and moisturizing, maintain the integrity of the sebaceous membrane, to achieve the purpose of whitening evenly enhance skin tone. The better ones are such as Winona’s whitening series. Medical skin care products are safe and effective, and can be applied to both the daily maintenance of normal skin and infant skin, as well as to the adjunctive treatment of skin diseases. Choose the right medical skin care products according to your skin type, you can achieve the dual effect of beauty and prevention of skin diseases.