How can you tell what skin type one have?
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Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:42 pm

I need help, How can you tell if your skin is Normal/dry skin, normal/oily normal/dry senstive skin.or what type of skin one has. I plan to purchas the Obagi skin kit. I have dark spots on my face. Is there a test I can do at home? HELP!!!!! Rolling Eyes

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Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:59 pm

Here's a simple test you can do to check your skin type:

Take a cotton ball and moisten it with Witch Hazel or rubbing alcohol.
Rub the moist cotton along the side of your nose.
Wait ten minutes.
Repeat
Examine the second cotton ball. If the cotton is dirty, you tend to have oily skin.
If the cotton is clean, you tend to have dry skin.

free skin care · Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:38 pm

Or...

Wash your face with a skin cleanser, then rinse and pat dry.

2. Wait one hour.

3. Note whether your skin feels "tight."

4. Press a separate piece of tissue onto each area of your face: chin, center of cheeks, outer cheeks, center of forehead, outer forehead and nose.

5. Examine each tissue and look for oily residue or flaky skin residue.

6. Interpret the results. Oil on each tissue indicates an oily skin type, while oil on only some tissues (specifically those on the T-zone, which is the center of forehead, nose, chin and center of cheeks) indicates a combination skin type. Flaky skin residue on all tissues - without oily residue - or a tight feeling in the skin indicates a dry skin type. No oil and no flaky residue on any parts of the tissue indicates a normal skin type.

Tips:
Pore size is another indication of skin type; small pores generally indicate dry skin, while large pores mean oily skin.

Remember that there are many factors that affect your skin type, such as weather, emotions, hormones and stress, and this will cause your skin type to be in a constant state of fluctuation.

"Combination skin" products that claim to serve different functions on different parts of the face are suspicious. You're better off using different products on different areas.

Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:04 pm

I will try this at home tonight. Has any one heard good things about Obagi? Please tell! Laughing

Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:05 pm

P.S THANK YOU for the respond.

free skin care · Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:53 pm

No prob. Unf. nothing to report on Obagi though.

free skin care · Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:53 pm

There are oily, normal, sensitive, dry, combination skin types.

If you have redness, itchyness, iriation to your skin then you'd have sensitive skin.

If your skin feels tight or flaky, rough then its dry

combination would be spots of dry/normal/ or oily

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