Many friends are like that too. They don't know what's going on with their skin and why it looks like an allergy but isn't. I heard other people say hormone-dependent dermatitis, I don't know if there is any. This article will explain why there is a hormone face?

Why is there a hormone face?

Hormone face refers to skin diseases caused by the use of hormone drugs or beauty and skin care products, especially some women who pursue fast beauty effects, accidentally use beauty products or skin care products containing hormone ingredients for more than 2-6 years. It is easy to cause facial hormone facial symptoms within a month.

The source of hormone face?

1. Long-term abuse of hormone ointment or oral and intravenous hormone drugs, such as hormone ointment. Short-term topical hormones can cause epidermal atrophy and inhibit dermal collagen synthesis. Long-term use of large amounts of topical hormones can cause skin atrophy, thinning, redness, hyperpigmentation, skin wrinkling, and aging.

2. Indiscriminate use of hormone-containing cosmetics: In order to satisfy consumers' desire for beauty and speed, some manufacturers add hormones to some "quick-acting" freckle-removing, whitening, and acne-removing cosmetics, which are misused by consumers without their knowledge. Under the use of hormone products, resulting in the occurrence of hormone face.

3. Long-term consumption of hormone-containing foods: such as chickens, ducks, fish, hormone-containing health products, nutritional products, and mature fruits that are fed with hormones. Oral administration of hormones can cause obesity, hirsutism, acne, elevated blood sugar, hypertension, edema, menstrual disorders, osteoporosis, aseptic osteonecrosis, gastric and duodenal ulcers and other diseases.

The performance of hormone face?

Facial skin itching, burning, pain, dryness, scaling, tightness, flushing, acne, dermatitis, redness and other symptoms. If using hormones on the face for more than 2 to 6 Months, erythema, papules, skin atrophy and thinning, subcutaneous telangiectasia and hyperemia, disordered arrangement of fine hairs, generalized acne, rosacea-like changes, and dark skin may appear. Symptoms such as increased pores, uneven pigmentation, deposition or hair loss, facial skin atrophy, folliculitis and pus.

The elderly can easily induce iatrogenic diabetes, iatrogenic fractures, and increased intracranial blood pressure after absorbing hormone poisoning. Skin feels addicted to hormonal drugs or cosmetic products and cannot stop taking them or use other non-hormonal products. Once the drug is stopped, "hormone rebound" phenomena such as erythema, papules, chapped, scaling, small abscesses, itching, and tenderness will appear within 1-3 days.

How to treat hormone face?

The first step of skin care: To stop using hormone-containing drugs or cosmetics, if used for a long time, the skin will become dependent on hormones, which is very unfavorable for our future treatment.

The second step of skin care: Reduce skin irritation, such as: keep away from UV rays, electromagnetic radiation, chemicals, etc.

The third step of skin care: Maintain good hygiene habits, do not wash your face with warm water every day, pay attention when washing your face, do not rub slowly and forcefully on the skin, it will irritate the skin.

Fourth step of skin care: Maintain good living and eating habits, do not smoke, drink, or stay up late. Also do not eat some spicy food, such as barbecue, hot pot, pepper, seafood and other foods.

The fifth step of skin care: Keep a good attitude, optimistic mood, and good sleep.