How To Know Your Skin Type

A brief understanding of your skin type is the most critical aspect of caring for your body. You need deep knowledge about how your skin type changes across different seasons and adapt to the environment around you. We’ll discuss each method that helps you analyse and decide which product could be helpful for your skin type through this article.

Using excessive cleaners and other skin products without any information can result in a fail. We need to know what are these skin types & how should we discover them using several methods. This article will guide you through all the characteristics of the skin & give you an insight into your type of skin.

 

Characterisation of Skin

We all know that the skin type can be characterised by its common observation, but there is more to that you know. There are four different types of skin, & with that, I mean how they go through all the hormonal shifts and reactions by their environment. Let’s jump right into these various skin types so that you can differentiate them from each other.

Oily Skin:

You must have been heard of this type of skin, but you haven’t got to know the reason behind its oily feature. Well, it’s due to sebum which creates an effect of an oily texture on the skin.

This particular type has much more chances of acne breakouts & even if these breakouts are healed; we still have a chance of getting dark spots in replace to those breakouts.

 

Dry/Sensitive Skin: 

It’s more of an opposite type of skin with a flaky, rough or even scaly feature. Unlike oily skin, this type of dry skin is less flexible & can be itchy sometimes. To boost its glow, we need to treat this skin with certain enzymes.

Dry skin usually is considered to be sensitive skin & need to be treated with much care. Its dryness is due to its less blood flow to the pores of your skin.

 

Normal Skin:

This type is moreover balanced & have a certain probability of fewer skin breakouts. These are generally vulnerable to many acne breakouts due to the skin’s smooth texture and tiny pores.

Sometimes, a combined skin type is possible where dryness and the oily factor combine into one. This type of skin builds another disadvantage of breakouts, regardless of its dry skin.

 

Sensitive Skin:

When compared to normal or dry skin, they show a more reactive pattern to the environment. This type can be affected with rashes, redness & itching even a burning sensation of the skin. This type of skin is the most common type & people with sensitive skin should eat less quantity of greasy foods.

 

Methods to Examine your Skin Type

It’s essential to examine your skin no matter your skin type, which we have mentioned. It’s practical and allows you to select the right choice of skin products that can make sure your skincare regime is at its best. Here are some of the methods which are more straightforward and can be managed easily at home.

The Bare-Face Method:

This method of cleaning your bare face is one of the easiest ways to define your skin type. To initiate this process, you need to cleanse your skin and leave it for almost 30 minutes, its important to not apply any of the moisturisers, creams, e.t.c. Once it’s time, examine the skin and check whether your skin is tight or dry when you make such facial expressions.

This is important because if the skin is parched, we can indeed say it’s dry skin; otherwise, a noticeable shine will appear on the T-Zone (the bridge of your nose connected to your forehead), describing your skin as a combination type & if the shininess is visible all over them, it’s confirmed to be as oily skin.

Results of Bare-Face Method	Skin Type
If your skin shimmers & glows all over.	Oily Skin
Only T-Zone shines but else dry.	Combination Skin
If skin feels allergic to the cleanser & is itchy.	Sensitive Skin
A tight skin with flaky features	Dry Skin

 

The Bloating Method:

This process is considered the easiest of them all & can be prepared all by yourself. All you need to do is, wash your face first to remove the dirt particles from the skin & wait for an hour. After the skin is soaked, dab or pat a square-shaped blotting tissue on your skin without applying any sort of skin product.

After you have completed patting it all across your skin, it’s time for you to check whether the tissue absorbed the oil texture from the forehead or from the skin itself. If the tissue is saturated with it, you have combination skin or oily skin respectively, depending on the area where it has absorbed the oil.

This method is effective for those who have a doubt about having oily skin or not. In the case of having dry skin, there is another test that can determine what type of dry skin you possess.

 

The Wet Test:

When you come back home after having a long day at work or any other activities you’ve done. You must have thought about whether if your skin is dry or sensitive so that you could apply the respective skin product on your skin. To overcome that question in your mind, the wash or wet test is an essential process to check your skin condition.

Like the primary; we face method, you need to wash your skin without applying any skin product that could alter the effects. This test needs to be processed only when you haven’t come from a long day at work. As soon as you’ve washed your face and let it soak for 20 minutes, you need to check if your face feels right.

If your skin feels regular and proper as expected, your skin type is standard; otherwise, it’s sensitive.

Suppose all these different types of methods don’t give you any sort of results. In that case, we suggest you visit a dermatologist who has specific photographic techniques to evaluate your skin type.

 

Conclusion

You should never forget that proper care of your skin type is necessary no matter what kind of skin you possess. There are specific points you should also remember to prevent skin issues for different types of skin for better balancing.

Dry Skin Type	Need proper hydration & moisturisation
Oily Skin Type	Clay masks are adequate to rebalance.
Sensitive Skin Type	Stay away from products & moisturise
Combination Skin Type	Spot treatments are necessary to tackle.

 

Thus, we can analyse and observe how you should find out your skin type by all these methods. In the end, don’t forget that happiness is a habit & your skincare too.