In recent years, beauty injections in the name of cosmetics have flowed to the market, and have appeared in various medical beauty and cosmetics exhibitions, wholesale to various beauty institutions, and finally injected into the face of consumers. In 2022, the State Food and Drug Administration issued an announcement that injection materials for plastic surgery and cosmetology are managed in accordance with the strictest Class III medical devices. Daily cosmetics with "makeup size" can only be applied externally to the surface of the skin, not for injection.
At the 315 Gala in 2023, Guo Xin, deputy chief physician of the Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, also mentioned: "Cosmetic products can only be applied externally. Some unscrupulous merchants treat it as an injection product, which will cause consumers to have redness, swelling, breakdown, repeated inflammation of the facial skin, and even lead to disorderly growth, deformation, and disfigurement of beauty. ”
So, what do aesthetic products do? Can it be used for a long time? Recently, AnAn.com invited Hu Yongxuan, deputy director of the Department of Dermatology of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, to talk to us about how to use it safely.
Introduction by experts
Hu Yongxuan
Deputy Director of the Department of Dermatology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University
Attending Physician of Aesthetics, Doctor of Medicine
What is the difference between the mechanical font size and the makeup font size
There are two types of approval numbers for mainland skin care products, one is the makeup number, and the other is the mechanical number. Most of the products on the market are cosmetic sizes, and mechanical sizes are relatively rare. So what's the difference?
Makeup size: refers to the daily chemical industry products used on the surface of the human body, such as skin, hair, nails and other parts in an external way to achieve the purpose of cleaning, deodorization, skin care, beauty and so on. Cosmetics are divided into special cosmetics and ordinary cosmetics. Cosmetics used for hair coloring, perming, freckle removal and whitening, sun protection, hair loss prevention, and cosmetics that claim new effects are special cosmetics. Cosmetics other than special cosmetics are ordinary cosmetics.
Since January 1, 2021, the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics have been officially implemented. The state implements categorical management of cosmetics according to the degree of risk, including registration management for special cosmetics and record-filing management for ordinary cosmetics.
Mechanical number: refers to medical devices, which need to undergo clinical observation and testing, and strictly abide by the national medical device standards for production, without any hormones, antibiotics, heavy metals and chemical components that are easy to cause skin reactions. Its safety and efficacy are higher than the former, and they are all filed by the State Drug Administration. Therefore, if it is a special group with skin damage, it is safer to choose such products, such as sensitive skin, hormone face, laser surgery, etc.
Taking "masks" as an example, doctors often apply cold compresses to patients with medical dressings to relieve discomfort and promote repair. If it is ordinary healthy skin, for daily moisturizing, it is more cost-effective to use reliable makeup moisturizing function products. There is no need to be superstitious about which one, just choose according to your needs and skin conditions.
What are the common aesthetic products?
Before discussing this question, let's clarify the meaning of medical cosmetology, which refers to the use of surgery, drugs, medical devices and other invasive or invasive medical techniques to repair and reshape the appearance of people and the shape of various parts of the human body. Drugs and medical devices used in the process of medical cosmetology are all medical cosmetology products.
Common medical beauty products such as skinboosters, botulinum toxin, thermage, photorejuvenation, etc., need to be operated by qualified practitioners in regular medical institutions, and many beauty salons do not have medical beauty qualifications. There are fewer aesthetic products that do not need to be operated at a medical institution, such as medical dressings.
What should I pay attention to in skincare?
Taking moisturizing skin care products as an example, commonly used water agents, creams, gels, etc., you should choose the type that suits you, which can be recommended by a physician according to the skin type and symptoms, and the skin needs to be cleaned before use.
Face: consider using a gentle, non-irritating cleanser, and use of a moisturizer after cleansing, followed by moisturizing skin care products; Use sunscreen when going out and apply a mild and non-irritating sunscreen, but use sunscreen with caution during the acute phase of dermatitis.
Torso and extremities: Apply moisturizing skincare products after cleansing with water only or a gentle, non-irritating body soap. If you need topical drugs, you can apply moisturizing skin care products to increase the hydration of the skin, and then apply the medicine after about 30 minutes.
Can medical aesthetic products be used for a long time?
In the treatment of skin diseases, doctors not only use the corresponding drugs, but also use skin care products that can repair the skin barrier function, which is a skin care product used by doctors to assist in the treatment of skin diseases, such as by using moisturizing skin care products to supplement the gap between the hydrolipidic film on the surface of the skin and keratinocytes, thereby strengthening the protective effect of the surface layer of the skin and helping to restore the "skin barrier function".
Medical beauty products can be used for a long time as appropriate to reduce or reduce the recurrence of skin diseases, and can be used according to the frequency of normal skin care products. The selected raw materials of such skin care products are strictly screened, the formula is streamlined, does not contain hormones, does not add ingredients that are easy to make people allergic or dependent, and is safer overall.
For skin care products with treatment, it is not recommended to use them as general skin care products for a long time after the treatment. And overapplication may leave the skin surface in a highly hydrated state, but it can also damage the skin structure, resulting in sensitive skin. If you experience uncomfortable symptoms, please see a doctor promptly.
Tips for choosing aesthetic products
01
Look at the packaging
Select Mechanical Size, not Makeup Size.
02
Look at management
The supervision of the machine size is divided into three levels, the higher the level, the higher the production requirements. Class I device numbers are generally approved by the municipal drug administration, Class II device numbers are generally approved by the provincial drug administration, and Class III device numbers are generally approved by the State Food and Drug Administration. (Where medical dressings claim to be sterile, the minimum management level is Class II medical devices)
03
Look at the qualifications
Documents related to advertising approval: such as querying the advertising approval number of the poster image or the advertising approval number certificate.
Product test related documents: mainly including patch test report, skin safety irritation test report and skin non-sensitization test report.
04
Look at the ingredients
The ingredients are simple, generally no more than ten kinds, do not contain or as little as possible to damage the skin or cause skin allergies of substances, such as pigments, fragrances, preservatives, irritating surfactants, etc.
epilogue
In general, medical beauty products can indeed solve some problems that skin care products cannot solve, but they should be selected according to their own skin conditions. If it is healthy skin, you only need to use regular and reliable cosmetics products for skin care every day, if the skin has health problems and need to use mechanical products, you should follow the doctor's advice.
Part of the diagram comes from the web