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Know Your Skin Type

The type of skin you have depends on the action of the sebaceous, or oil producing glands.

Normal Skin:
It is a smooth textured and evenly toned with tiny pores.

This skin type has a balanced oil and water content. It feels smooth and velvety. The colour of the skin glows below the translucent surface. This skin type definitely needs care if it is to last.

Regular cleansing, toning and moisturizing are needed to follow as a rule.

Oily Skin:
This type of skin has over reactive oil producing glands called sebaceous glands, which make the face shiny especially down the central panel-your nose, forehead and chin.

The pores are enlarged of this skin type making it prone to blackheads, pimples and acne.

Oily skin needs extraordinary cleansing to keep the pores unclogged. Women with oily skin need to adopt a daily proper method of cleansing to prevent accumulation of dirt on the skin surface.

Dry Skin:
This type of skin lacks both sebum and moisture. It looks fine textured, transparent, patchy and fragile. This type of skin flakes and chaps easily compared to other skin types. Tiny expression lines may be obvious.

Signs of a dry skin are:

(i) Flaky patches that disappear with regular moisturizing.
(ii) Finely textured with the pores not being visible.
(iii) Tiny expression lines that do not disappear.
(iv) The skin of neck and cheeks looks creepy

Avoid harsh soaps to prevent loss of natural oils and exposure to sun and air-conditioners, which rob the water content of the skin.

Combination Skin:
It is very common and needs separate treatment for each area. It is oily down the central panel and dry on the cheeks.

The forehead, nose and chin need extra attention, as they may be prone to clusters of blackheads and enlarged pores.

Keep in mind that oil is not moisture, thus regular cleansing, toning and moisturizing have to be done with the area being considered in mind. Clear and tone up the oily patch and moisturize the dry patch with extra care.

Sensitive Skin:
This type of skin reacts with external and internal changes in life. Can be both oily and dry, skin-care products and cosmetics can easily disturb it. It tends to go blotchy and have broken veins at the same time; it might show a flushed or reddened look or might even itch.

You may require consulting a Dermatologist in serious cases; in other instances, proper care and attention can help you to survive with this kind of skin type.

Apart from these major skin types, there might be other exaggerated versions of major skin types, like dehydrated skin, acne-blemished skin, ageing and hydrated skin.