What's your skin type?
Skin types can be categorized into oily, normal and dry. The best test would be to check the texture of your skin 30 minutes after washing your face. If your skin starts to loosen up in within 30 minutes, you would belong to the normal skin type. If it's 20 minutes, your skin is oily. If 40 minutes, it's dry. The characteristics of these three types: if it's normal skin, the texture is neither coarse nor fine and is not sensitive. Oily skin has large skin pores, and secretes excess oil frequently. Dry skin has hardly visible pores, is sensitive to external stimulation and is prone to wrinkles.
 

How do you prevent the skin from being damaged by sun exposure?
If you want to prevent your skin from being damaged by strong sun rays and harsh weather, you have to opt for a good set of sun care products. Not only do you apply sun block before venturing outdoors, you should also invest in an umbrella or a hat to protect your skin. But of course, the most important thing would be to seek professional treatment to aid in preventing skin damage from UV rays, which can cause premature ageing.
 

What are the advantages of a facial massage?
Massage can not only regulate blood circulation, and increase the absorption of nutrients; it can also relax the skin. Some people have the misconception that massaging can cause gradual wrinkles. Massage has to be done in the correct way. There should not be excessive kneading as the skin and facial muscles controlling our expressions are extremely delicate. Not only that, there are many pressure points in and around the face area. This is why massages should be gentle yet firm and pressure should be administered along the muscles and channels. Pressure points should be pressed correctly. You should only seek professional assistance when it comes to massaging.
 

There are dark spots around my eyes. Does that have to do with sitting infront of the computer for 8 hours?
The dark blemishes around the eyes are pigmentation that has formed because of UV rays or radiation. The radiation from computers can cause dust to collect on the skin. If your skin hasn't been thoroughly cleansed, it can also cause the skin take on a dark shade and pigmentation will start to form. The solution would be to treat the eyes as well as to use a whitening beautifying method. First, a New York Skin Solutions' wet facial mask is applied. This is done to provide moisture to the skin. Next, the cold-hot method is to be applied. This also included using n eye mask of high, followed by low temperatures. By doing this for 5 times, to boost blood circulation. After that, use the NYSS Eye Beautifying products. This range of products can prevent the formation of pigmentation. It can also help break up present pigmentation, boost the metabolic rate, allowing the pigmentation that's formed on the skin to fade quickly and at the same time, using the eye cream during the day can provide maximum protection.
 

Why are youths prone to pimples?
During the teenage phase, the ovary and adrenal glad are at its most active. The androgen in the body increases, which causes the sebaceous gland to secrete excessive oil. When that happens, the discharge is not smooth and most of it will deposit within the pores, the pores will keratinize, the cells on the top layer will start to shed and mix with the sebum, forming an oil clot in within the pores, thus developing into pimples. Besides that, indigestion, constipation, oily fatty, or sweet foods, ingredients in makeup products that will irritate the skin, causing the pimples to be aggravated and multiply. Make sure you take care of your skin on a daily basis. Treat your skin while you're still young, so that as you get older, you can keep premature ageing and other hard to treat skin problems (like pigmentation) at bay.
 

Is it true that if the skin is has been treated constantly at a salon since of a young age, it will lose its natural abilities to recover and renew, thus become thin and weak? 
The skin does not have to be overly pampered, nor does it need to be "trained". Caring for the skin is a basic essential, thus to say that the skin will become thin or weak is a misconception. The earlier you seek professional help, the sooner you'll be able to learn more about your skin condition and make the right choices towards looking after your skin.

Visiting a skin care outlet is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to protecting your skin. The fundamentals will not deter the skin from ageing, nor will it provide optimal protection. Not only should you go for a weekly treatment at the skin care professionals where you'll be able to get your skin treated with the most advanced technology as well as professional help, these procedures can not only help fight against premature ageing, it will also increase the possibilities of recovery. Going to a skin care professional will not just pamper your skin, it will also help to firm up and strengthen its natural defenses against environmental hazards and other harmful factors.
 

How old should I be to be visiting a skin care professional?
Regardless of how old you are, as long as a skin problem exists, it should be treated accordingly. In general, skin ageing can occur around 25 years old. This is a time when you have to take the appropriate steps towards battling premature ageing. There is a variety of beauty programmes skin care professionals can offer but they do not all treat ageing. This is because every phase requires a different set of procedures to treat skin problems significant to that age. Comparing skin care before and after 25 years of age, the previous would require maintenance whereas the latter would be more about battling ageing. What are unlimited and open to everyone would be whitening, treating pimples and sensitive skin.

It wouldn't matter if you're 16 or 26, as different skin care programmes would be chosen to treat your skin condition. As for 30 years and above, many women are more keen in going for treatments and upkeeping their skin.
 

Do men need skin care?
Skin care is definitely beneficial for men in many aspects. From the surface, it may look like it's only retuning the skin condition. In actual fact, these facial procedures can help men in cultivating good habits towards looking after their skin. This will not only help in promoting healthy skin, it will also help to influence the quality of life.

The makeup of skin for males and females is basically the same. The only thing is that male skin tends to have more sebum distribution. There is abundant sebum because there is a high level of acidity in the skin. This will also show that the skin pores on makes are relatively larger than those on females. Additionally, the pigment in the base layer of the skin is a lot more, which will cause the skin tone to look darker and texture to look coarse. However, this does not mean that males do not need to look after their skin. On the contrary, because of the excess sebum, they are more prone to pimples, acne, inflamed skin, which is why they should take extra care of their skin. As appearances play a big part, one should take care of their hygiene in order to leave a good impression.
 

How do we prevent pimple scars?
Not all pimples will cause scars. As pimples fade, it will leave a temporary pigment mark which will fade in time. In serious cases, a portion of pimples, because of inflammation and depending on how deeply embedded they are, and adding on not seeking treatment promptly, can cause scars.

As soon as you start to develop hard to handle pimples, please seek the help of a skin care professional; don't try to resolve it on your own. They will treat it according to your skin condition and problem, helping you to resolve this skin problem and at all cause, avoid having scars. If there are already scars, a skin care
professional can still help in diminishing the scars. This is why timely help is essential when trying to curb scars.
 

My skin is becoming itchy and red. I have even experienced a tingly sensation when I apply makeup. What should I do?
Many women whose skin type belongs to the dehydrated and sensitive skin type tend to experience discomfort when applying makeup. This is because their skin requires a large quantity of moisture and nutrients and need to thicken the base layer of their skin, in order to strengthen the skin's resistance against environmental hazards and external pollutants. Besides dehydration, blushing caused by irritation, development of little red dots, all these are more serious cases of sensitive skin. While going through treatment, it is ideal to replenish with natural plant extracts as these extracts can help replenish much needed moisture, as well as nutrients to promote elasticity.

In order to battle sensitive skin, it has to be treated by a skin care professional. You will then go through a deep layer treatment. Do not go blindly to just about anyone for treatment, just incase the problem gets worse.