What are the bad ingredients in facial masks? What ingredients in facial masks are harmful?

Facial masks are a skin care product that many girls use nowadays. There are more and more types of facial masks on the market, and some of them contain harmful ingredients. So let’s learn about the bad ingredients of facial masks here. Which ingredients in facial masks are harmful?

1. Salicylic acid: commonly found in facial masks that remove dead skin, inhibit acne, and regulate water and oil balance. However, its content cannot exceed 0.4%. Once exceeded, it may burn the skin.

2. Alcohol. Alcohol is very volatile and will take away moisture from the skin. When decomposing facial oil, the high decomposition ability also destroys the skin's own hydrolipid film, leading to keratin fibrosis, making the skin fragile and prone to aging.

3. Fruit acid: Fruit acid is generally advertised as having a good skin rejuvenation effect, but in fact, its main principle is to use acid to corrode the skin to make it thinner, thereby achieving whitening and exfoliating effects. The effect seems to be very obvious, but at the same time, the skin becomes thinner, fragile and sensitive, and even the capillaries under the skin can be seen. If the skin is not protected from the sun after applying fruit acid, it is particularly easy to get tanned when exposed to the sun, and the spots will be more obvious.

4. Excessive lead and mercury: Many whitening and anti-freckle masks contain lead and mercury compounds. If used for a long time, the skin may become temporarily white, but the skin may also become severely fibrotic, sensitive, peeling, and afraid of light, and may even cause damage to organs and the nervous system. In severe cases, blindness may occur.

It mainly depends on what brand of mask you choose. As long as the mask purchased through regular channels is nationally certified, it will not harm the skin. Choose a mask that suits your skin, and don't buy it from irregular places for the sake of cheapness. Some irregular masks may add some harmful substances to increase the effect of use in order to sell better, such as fluorescent agents, whitening agents, acrylamide, various hormones and other harmful substances, so you must buy regular products. The ingredients in most patch masks are relatively simple. Even some functional masks have simple added ingredients. Some tear-off masks will add some polymer glue, water and alcohol, so that they can play a cleaning role when they are torn off. For some masks that add alcohol, the alcohol content must be below 10%, because alcohol is an irritating ingredient. The higher the alcohol content, the greater the irritation to the skin.

The best time to apply a mask is from 10pm to 2am. Because the body's metabolism slows down at this time, and the skin's absorption and repair abilities are the best in this state. The mask should be applied for 15 to 25 minutes. If it is applied for too long, the skin's original moisture will be absorbed, which is not good. Therefore, it is best to apply it at that time. If possible, go to bed after applying the mask. The next day, you will find that your skin is so tender and smooth, and you can split mosquitoes and wrestle flies.

Masks have two sides. Here are the ways to distinguish the front and back sides: 1. Single-layer mask. It is often folded, and the inner side of the fold absorbs more essence, so the inner side of the fold is the front side. 2. Two-layer mask. There is a layer of white pearlescent film. Remove the pearlescent film, and the side under the film is the front side. 3. Three-layer mask. The outer layer is a blue film cloth, the inner layer is a white pearlescent film, and the front side is the middle layer facing the white pearlescent film. It is recommended to remove the white pearlescent film first, apply it on the face, and then remove the outer blue film cloth.