Avoid the risks of trial and error
It takes at least 36 days for skin cells to regenerate and show up at the surface. Avoid dangerous experiments with your skin, which being alive, is quickly inflamed or even traumatised. Once damaged, it could take a long time to heal. PHOTO | FILE
What you need to know:
- It takes at least 36 days for skin cells to regenerate and show up at the surface. Avoid dangerous experiments with your skin, which being alive, is quickly inflamed or even traumatised. Once damaged, it could take a long time to heal.
The skin is a living organ, which explains why it is possible to change your hair into any texture or colour within an hour.
Your skin takes a lot of time to change because everything happens at a deep, cellular level.
It takes at least 36 days for skin cells to regenerate and show up at the surface. Avoid dangerous experiments with your skin, which being alive, is quickly inflamed or even traumatised. Once damaged, it could take a long time to heal.
Some of the most hazardous things you should avoid include:
Using hair products on your face: Some people believe that using hair treatment works on the skin the same ways it does on hair.
Using household bleach on your skin: This common practice causes untold damage to the skin.
Using uncontrolled mixtures on the skin: There are purported skin experts who mix formulas known as mkorogo in street parlance for their clients.
They contain uncontrolled strengths of chemicals, which interact with each other as catalysts. The so-called stylists will often combine the following for quick results: Hair relaxer, salicylic acid, steroid cream, hydroquinone cream, and hydrogen peroxide. These cause rapid skin lightening, inflammation and causes the skin to lose its elasticity.
