The Importance of cleansing : Why do we need to use it ?

petchaa
myskincare
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3 min readApr 4, 2024

“Cleanser or cleansing” is an important item that people who wear makeup can’t live without. Because of the cosmetics that are on the face, especially products that have waterproof properties. Furthermore, our skin is facing all day with the dirt and pollution which could make the skin weak.

It cannot be thoroughly cleaned with normal face wash. Therefore, cleansing is an item for double cleaning on another level by using it to wipe the skin before entering the next step of washing the face. Cleansing has many types of products, such as water, oil, and balm.

What is cleansing?

Cleansing is a facial care product used to clean the face. It contains ingredients that help wipe away makeup stains, sunscreen and dirt that cannot be removed with water or a gentle facial cleansing foam. Including some cleansers that contain ingredients that help exfoliate old skin cells from the skin. It helps reduce clogged pores and prevent acne and helps treat inflamed acne to shrink it down.

Is cleansing important?

Cleansing is an extremely important item. For people who wear makeup regularly and use waterproof, sweat-proof face sunscreen and be exposed to pollution like smoke from the exhaust pipe , dust and smoke that makes facial skin sticky.

Because these stains cannot be thoroughly cleaned with water and facial cleansing foam. Because these stains are waterproof, sticky, and difficult to clean out. It can also easily get clogged in the pores. It easily causes acne as well. So we have to use cleansing to wipe these stains off first. Then wash your face to clean your pores again with facial cleansing foam to prevent blockage pores until causing acne.

I do not wear makeup. Why do I need cleansing ?

Many people may think, “ If we don’t have makeup on ,there’s no need to use cleanser”

But actually, even if we don’t put on heavy makeup all day, we still need to clean the skin with cleansing before washing your face every time.

It may not be possible to wash off all the grease or dirt stains, whether it is the serum, the sunscreen that we apply, and the dust and smoke that clings to our face. Therefore , if you don’t clean your face thoroughly , you might have skin problems as following : It’s easier to get acne and it could make your face oily and your pores bigger if you don’t clean your face properly

Type of cleansing with the right skin conditions :

Oily skin is suitable for cleansing water.

Because oily skin is skin that stimulates excessive oil production on the skin. This causes a lot of excess oil on the surface of the face. Water cleansing is a cleanser that does not contain oil and helps remove excess oil very well. Therefore, it is especially suitable for oily skin.

Acne-prone skin Suitable for cleansing milk.

This is because acne-prone skin needs additional moisture to reduce the oil production of the sebaceous glands , control oil on the face and to prevent blockage in the pores.

Combination skin: suitable for cleansing water and cleansing milk.

People who have combination skin have areas with excess oil in specific areas. Also known as the T-zone. It is recommended that combination skin can use both water cleansing and mixed cleansing.

Dry skin is suitable for cleansing oil and cleansing cream.

Dry skin is the skin that needs moisture to the skin to prevent the skin from becoming too dry and causing premature wrinkles. Dry skin is therefore , suitable for cleansing oils that contain oil as an ingredient and cleansing cream that moisturizes the skin very well

Sensitive skin is suitable for cleansing gel and cleansing balm

Sensitive skin is the type of skin that needs extra gentleness, cleansing gel, cleansing balm is a cleansing that cleanses the skin very gently and lightly.

Cleansing sheets can be used for all skin types.

Cleansing pads are designed to be used by all skin types. It is also easy, convenient, and fast to use, but may require the use of many sheets if you have a lot of makeup applied.

Sources :

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088928/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14728695/

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