Chinanews client, Beijing, August 19 (Zuo Yuqing) "Actually, I know that brushing acid is easy to ruin my face, but helplessly, I often get oily acne and close up. Brushing acid is the fastest solution I can find." Wrote on social platforms.
"Acid brushing treatment" is popular in medical beauty, and self-brushing acid is also quietly emerging. Many people share their experience of brushing acid at home on social platforms.
"A morning and evening C, sour on weekends" has become a popular skin care code for many beauty lovers.
Self-cleaning is risky
Brush acid, also called "fruit acid peeling" in medical aesthetics, is a chemical peeling technique that uses high concentrations of fruit acid to promote the shedding of the aging stratum corneum, thereby accelerating the renewal of keratinocytes and a small number of upper epidermal cells.
On a social platform, searching for the "acid brushing" tutorial now automatically prompts "medical beauty is at risk".
“Autic acid peeling also belongs to the category of medical aesthetics and needs to be done in a medically qualified institution.” Medical aesthetics practitioner Ms. Zhang told Chinanews.com, “There are also some people who find it troublesome or more expensive to go to the hospital for acid treatment, so they choose to do it at home. Brush, but the acid concentration generally used is very low, which is not the same as brushing acid in the medical sense."
"Common in the dermatology department of medical institutions, the commonly used concentrations of fruit acid are 20%, 35%, 50% and 70%, and the commonly used concentrations of salicylic acid are 20%-30%." National Medicine The official website of the Supervision Bureau recently published an article on popular science to point out.
"Although certain'acids' can also be added to cosmetics, such as fruit acid and salicylic acid, they have strict usage restrictions and technical requirements."
According to the State Food and Drug Administration, in cosmetics, the content of alpha-hydroxy acids and their salts and esters (including malic acid, citric acid and other fruit acids) must not exceed 6.0%, and the product pH must not be less than 3.5. Under certain circumstances It is also necessary to indicate "Simultaneous use with sunscreen cosmetics" on the label; the content of salicylic acid must not exceed 3.0%.
Chinanews.com found that the most popular self-brushing acid product on major social platforms is a certain type of salicylic acid cotton tablets. The salicylic acid content of the two cotton tablets is 0.5% and 2%, respectively. Entry product for novices.
On a shopping platform, the price of the product is between 50-70 yuan, and the monthly sales of its flagship store are more than 100,000.
However, in the comment area of the product, some buyers said that they had allergies after using them, and the sellers only support "refunds".
In the details of the product's page, the store said: "Allergies and peeling are due to lack of hydration."
Consumers report allergies after use.
The screenshot is from a shopping platform.
"Everyone's skin is different, and their acceptance of acid is different." Ms. Zhang believes, "Even the acid in the cosmetic category, people with sensitive skin should not use it."
Medical brush acid
is confused concept
The State Food and Drug Administration pointed out that “higher concentrations of acid have a certain irritating and damaging effect on the skin, and may cause various adverse reactions.” In the acid strategy, the acid concentration of acid brushing products has reached the standard of medical brushing acid.
Take one of the products, "Boleda" as an example. The salicylic acid concentration of its regular version is only 2%, but the concentration of salicylic acid in the cinema version is as high as 30%. Professional use".
However, on some shopping platforms, some merchants not only included supporting brushing tools when selling the Boleda cinema version, but also claimed that novices could provide real-time operation guidance, and some said they could "come to the hospital to pick up the goods."
However, “medicine in the hospital cannot be sold privately.” A doctor told Chinanews.com, “This is against the regulations.”
The cinema version of Boleda sold on a shopping website, the seller said that it can be picked up by the hospital.
It costs hundreds of dollars to brush at a time in the hospital, and it only costs tens of dollars to brush it by yourself; some tutorials deliberately exaggerate the effect of acid brushing, as if as long as you keep brushing acid, your skin can be reborn and replaced with a pair of "cold white skin".
This has caused many people to be keen to perform medical treatment at home.
Among these acid brushers, many people have acne bursts and enlarged pores after brushing acid, and they have no choice but to ask for help online.
However, some people still refuse to stop after the appearance of "rotten face", repeating the cycle of "brushing sour-rotten face-curing-then sour" over and over again.
Beauty bloggers are confident that "just follow the process, you can't go wrong", and the money-saving mentality embraced by Amway people has caused the concept of medical acid cleaning and cosmetics to gradually confuse the concept of self-cleaning acid.
"Medical acid brushing does improve skin conditions such as acne, acne, and eye lines." Ms. Zhang said, but for some skin types, brushing acid can actually cause pigmentation.
Instead of doing tests on your own skin at home, it is better to go to a formal institution to consult a qualified doctor. After all, those who love beauty should pay more attention to medical risks.
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