Skin Care Essentials and Best Practices

Skin care involves routines and products that support skin integrity and enhance its appearance.
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Prepared by Lee Cheng, reviewed by Dr. Helena Rodriguez

Skin Care FAQ


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What is skin care & how does it work?

1. What Is Skincare? As the name suggests, skincare is a method through which skin is treated and cared for. This can be through the use of products (creams, emollients, etc), nutrition and diet to supplement skin health, as well as lifestyle practises (avoiding direct sunlight, not smoking).

What is skin care & why is it important?

Skin care is a routine daily procedure in many settings, such as skin that is either too dry or too moist, and prevention of dermatitis and prevention of skin injuries. Skin care is a part of the treatment of wound healing, radiation therapy and some medications. Skin care is at the interface of cosmetics and dermatology.

What are professional skincare treatments?

Professional skincare treatments offer a deeper level of care and rejuvenation than home-based routines. These treatments, provided by licensed estheticians, effectively address specific skin concerns like acne, aging, sun damage, and more.

What is the most important skin care advice?

Divya Shokeen, a board-certified dermatologist in Torrance, California, agrees. "The most important skin-care advice would be to keep it simple," Shokeen says. "Start with your basics and expand as you see fit." Those basics should always include the following three steps, performed in the following order:

What is good skin care?

The first rule of good skin care is to keep it simple. According to Khatra Paterson, the owner of KP Aesthetics, it’s best to stick with the basics: Simple skin care also means using just enough product. “There are no benefits in using liberal amounts of products apart from sunscreen,” Paterson says. Lunba Khan-Salim, MD, of Time to Bloom agrees.

Should you care about skin care?

Yes, caring about skin care might be quite trendy these days, especially with beauty influencers demoing everything from facial steaming to jade rolling on social media, but no matter what, giving your skin some love has both cosmetic and medical benefits.

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