Skin texture
Every person's skin is different. So, depending on the specific condition of one’s skin, everybody has to find the right way to treat the skin and take care of it.
It is important to keep in mind that the skin is not something like stiff armour that stays the same all the time. Skin is ever-changing and adapts to the surrounding condition like a chameleon.
In puberty, for example, it tends to become greasy or oily. In higher age, it usually becomes dry. The individual skin condition can change any time and is never fixed for the rest of one’s life.
The skin texture can also be in a quite different state in different locations in the same person. You can have normal skin in your face, but dry skin on your hands.
Please read the following table. It describes the different skin types: normal, dry and oily/greasy skin, and combination skin.
| Normal skin |
| Normal skin is even, rosy and possesses fine pores. There are no shining and oily, or dry and scaling areas. Humidity, hornification and desquamation (i. e. the appearance of scales) are in balance. Normal skin can often be found in young people. |
| Dry skin |
| Dry skin lacks grease and humidity in the horny layer. The skin develops scales and feels tightened. It appears blunt and brittle, especially at the cheeks and around the eyes. Dry skin mostly lacks elasticity and tends to develop fine lines and wrinkles. If the skin is very dry, it can start to itch, and cracks may appear. Dry skin is especially frequent in older people. |
| Oily/greasy skin |
| Oily skin contains an increased amount of grease on its surface. It is caused by hyperactive sebaceous cells. Greasy skin is robust, often with large pores, shining and a tendency to develop comedones and spots. Oily skin occurs more often in men than in women. It is most frequent in adolescents and young adults. |
| Combination skin |
| Combination skin is dry in some locations and greasy in others. In the face, the skin tends to be dry around the eyes and on the cheeks, while the so-called T-zone (nose, chin, forehead) shines oily. The different skin areas need specific care. This skin type is rather frequent. |
More information regarding care of normal, greasy, dry or cominbation skin here.
