Brilio.net - Washing your face is one of the most important skin care routines. The reason is, washing your face can remove dirt, dust and remaining makeup stuck to your face. Having benefits that influence skin health, it is not surprising that facial soap is often relied on, especially now that there are many facial soaps with various formulas.
Even though facial soap products are easy to find at affordable prices, sometimes there are still people who wash their face using bath soap. This may have to be done because facial wash stocks are running out. Even though they both function for cleaning, using bath soap for the face is the wrong thing.
Please note, facial skin has a softer and smoother texture compared to other parts of the body. Not only that, bath soap also has a different formulation from facial soap. If bath soap is used on the face, it risks irritating the skin and can cause other problems, such as dryness, itching and acne .
Therefore, bath soap is not recommended for washing your face. This is supported by the statement of Dr. Clarin Hayes, a beauty doctor who is also a beauty enthusiast. By uploading a video on the TikTok account @clahayes, he explains several reasons why you should not use bath soap on your face.
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The first reason explained by Dr. Clarin Hayes is that the pH of body soap and facial soap is different. According to him, body soap tends to be more wet and facial soap is more acidic. Meanwhile, for facial needs, it is recommended to use acidic ones.
"This is because the distribution of skin thickness on the body is different," explained Dr. Clarin Hayes, quoted by briliobeauty.net from TikTok @clahayes, Tuesday (4/6).
photo: TikTok/@clahayes
The second reason is that the skin on the face area is thinner compared to the body area. Therefore, the treatments carried out cannot be the same. Body care products such as body wash have stronger ingredients to remove oil and dirt from the skin.
"Because anatomically the sweat glands are more active in certain areas and the types are different," he explained.
photo: TikTok/@clahayes
In the areas of the armpits, back, palms and soles of the feet, soap with a stronger formulation is needed. This ensures that dirt and oil are removed properly. So, if the formula in bath soap is used on the face, it can cause the skin to become dry and irritated.
The third reason is that body wash has a stronger fragrance content. Well, when used on the face it can irritate the skin, especially for those of you who have sensitive skin. Not only that, it turns out that the ingredients in bath soap cannot clean the dirt on the face optimally.
"Without clean skin, the serum and cream that we apply cannot be absorbed optimally. It can even become spotty because the dirt is still there, still attached. So the point is to clean your face with facial soap and don't forget to double cleanse," he added.
How to choose a good facial soap
Cleaning your face with facial soap is indeed important, but the many products on the market sometimes make you confused about which one to choose? So that you don't make the wrong choice, you can read the information below about how to choose a good facial soap, including:
1. Choose a mild facial soap.
2. Use facial soap that does not foam. Indeed, facial soap is synonymous with foam. The reason is, facial soap that is too foamy has ingredients that can irritate the skin.
3. Choose facial soap that suits your skin type.