Is it better to wash your face with cold water or hot water?

When it comes to washing your face, many people think it is very simple, but in fact, if you want to better care for your skin or solve some skin problems by washing your face, you still need to pay attention to mastering the correct methods and techniques. For example, whether it is better to use hot water or cold water when washing your face still needs attention. The following will introduce to you in detail the correct way to wash your face.

We often hear this saying: "Washing your face with cold water is good for beauty and health." So, can washing your face with cold water really beautify your skin?

The answer is no. Especially for oily skin, if you use cold water to wash your face for a long time, the "cold nature" will shrink the pores and make it impossible to wash away the sebum, dust, cosmetic residues and other dirt accumulated on the face. Not only will it fail to achieve a beauty effect, but it will easily cause skin diseases such as acne, affecting beauty.

Proper skin cleansing should be able to clean without damaging the skin, and is the basis of skin care and beauty. The appropriate water temperature is an important condition for skin cleansing. Water temperatures that are too cold or too hot are not good for skin nourishment.

Water that is too cold (below 20°C) has an astringent effect on the skin, can exercise the skin and invigorate the spirit. However, long-term use of too cold water to cleanse the skin will cause skin blood vessels to constrict, making the skin pale and withered, sebaceous glands and sweat glands to secrete less, lose elasticity, and cause premature aging, which is not good for skin nourishment.

Excessively hot water (above 38°C) can relieve pain and dilate capillaries on the skin, but frequent use can cause the skin to defat, weaken the vitality of blood vessel walls, and cause skin pores to dilate, making the skin more likely to become loose and weak and develop wrinkles.

The appropriate water temperature should be around 34°C, slightly higher than the skin temperature but lower than the body temperature. When you try it with your hand, it should feel warm but not hot. This warm water can not only cleanse the skin, but also has a calming effect on the skin, which is conducive to skin rest and fatigue relief without causing any harm to the skin.

After reading the above introduction, now we should know what water temperature to choose for washing our face. Although this is a matter of details, if you want to achieve more ideal skin care effects, you must pay attention to the correct choice of the face washing and skin care methods introduced above.