After-Sun Repair Guide

Now is the season with the strongest ultraviolet rays, and it is also the time when the skin is most likely to get sunburned. After sunburn, you must not rush to seek medical treatment. The repair process is based on the five steps of (calming-hydrating-soothing-repair-metabolism). According to your own situation, you should find the right stage for care.

Step 1: Calming down (reducing melanin activity)

1~3 hours after sun exposure, the skin will begin to experience capillary dilation, redness, heat, stinging and other burn reactions due to the erosion of ultraviolet rays.
1: Use distilled water for wet compresses. The water temperature is (20°~30°) and repeat for 15~30 minutes. It can calm and eliminate redness and heat.
2: Spray refrigerated distilled water every three minutes (repeat 5 to 6 times) Wrong method

Step 2: Hydration (restore normal skin metabolism)

The golden time for hydrating after sun exposure. Proper treatment can greatly reduce the area of ​​skin damage. The focus is to effectively replenish moisture to the skin.
1: Use aloe vera containing Curacao ingredients to intensively hydrate the skin. The time should not exceed ten minutes. The technique should be gentle and not easy to rub the skin. 2: Apply a hydrating mask to intensively replenish the skin with a large amount of moisture lost after sun exposure.
Wrong methods
① Use products with too much oil or whitening effect and overly nourishing creams

Step 3: Soothing (protecting new cells)

1~2 days after sun exposure
Now the aging and damaged epidermal cells will begin to fall off slowly, and the new layer will not grow. It is necessary to moisturize and repair at the same time as replenishing water
Correct method
1: Use aloe vera + hydrating mask + moisturizing and repairing ingredients (you can choose two out of three and use them together)
Ingredient recommendations: Centella asiatica, astaxanthin VE, anthocyanins, etc.

Step 4: Repair (increase skin metabolism)

3 days or more after sun exposure
The golden period of skin repair, at this time the skin has returned to normal metabolism, promoting skin metabolism and helping melanin to precipitate faster
Correct method,
1: Use aloe vera + repair lotion + moisturizing mask. It is recommended to use them together to moisturize and repair
Ingredients: Centella asiatica, VC, purslane, ceramide 1, saffron extract, etc.

Step 5: Metabolism (whitening stage)

7 days after sun exposure + later
The golden period of post-sun whitening, melanin begins to precipitate over a large area, the skin has a certain tolerance, and whitening can begin
Correct method:
1: Cleansing + whitening essence + repairing lotion + moisturizing mask combined
Recommended ingredients: VC, glutathione, kojic acid, etc.
2: Start using cleansing (amino acid cleansing)

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