你洗脸太多了吗?

你洗脸太多了吗?

A big trend in skincare hasn't been a product or secret ingredient. It's doing less —from skipping showers to eschewing shampoo, and now there are some brave souls who have quit washing their faces, calling it the "caveman regimen." They've bought into the idea that spending lots of money and time on facial cleansers, toners and moisturizers merely subverts the natural process, and that contrary to the idea that all those products are helping our skin, they might be hurting it.

护肤品的大趋势并不是一种产品或秘方。从不洗澡到不洗头，它的作用越来越小，现在有一些勇敢的人不再洗脸了，他们称之为“穴居人养生法”。他们认为花大量的金钱和时间在洗面奶、爽肤水和保湿霜上只会破坏自然过程，而与所有这些产品都在反面地影响我们的皮肤，它们可能在伤害我们的皮肤。

As Victoria Loustalot wrote at the now-defunct XOJane, "The idea that our skincare woes might be linked to the expensive and excessive chemicals we slather on our faces every day isn’t the craziest theory."

正如维多利亚·洛斯托罗在现已倒闭的《XOJane》杂志上所写的那样，“认为我们的皮肤问题可能与我们每天大量涂抹在脸上的昂贵而过量的化学物质有关的想法，并不是最疯狂的理论。”

You might be able to skip the cleanser and just rinse your face with water instead. (Photo: TORWAISTUDIO/Shutterstock)

Conceptually, the idea is that our skin is best when we let it take care of itself.

从概念上讲，当我们让它自己照顾自己时，我们的皮肤才是最好的。

There is a protective layer of sweat, natural oils and amino acids that covers your skin and keeps out harmful things. This is called the acid mantle.

有一层保护层的汗水，天然油脂和氨基酸，覆盖在你的皮肤，防止有害的东西入侵。这叫做酸性地幔。

If you wash your face with soap and water, it feels squeaky clean. That film that starts to build up and make your face feel soft again is the acid mantle. That's why it's key to avoid products that take away that soft feeling. Because you don't want to feel too clean, experts recommend non-disruptive products like cleaning oils or those in a slightly acidic pH range.

如果你用肥皂和水洗脸，你会觉得很干净。那层开始堆积并让你的脸再次变得柔软的薄膜就是酸性的外膜。这就是为什么避免使用会带走那种柔软感觉的产品是很关键的。因为你不想让自己感觉太干净，专家建议使用不具破坏性的产品，比如清洁油或pH值在微酸性范围内的产品。

Inspired by Lady Gaga, Alexa Chung and Salma Hayek, who have all said that they don't wash their faces, Erica Tempesta stopped washing for 31 days (she rinsed with water, occasionally scrubbed with a washcloth and also used lotion, just no washing), and it cleared up her cystic acne. From her report, it sounds like she missed the routine of her cleansing more than her skin did.

受到Lady Gaga、Alexa Chung和Salma Hayek(他们都说不洗脸)的启发，Erica Tempesta停止洗脸31天(她用水冲洗，偶尔用毛巾擦洗，也用乳液，就是不洗脸)，这消除了她的囊性痤疮。从她的报告中，她似乎比皮肤更怀念日常的清洁。

How many steps are in your skin care routine? (Photo: 5 second Studio/Shutterstock)

In my experience, when you use fewer products and wash less, your skin tends to look great, so you don't need much makeup, which is a win-win-win in my book, saving time, money and improving skin too.

以我的经验，当你使用更少的产品和更少的洗漱，你的皮肤往往看起来很好，所以你不需要太多的化妆品，在我看来这是一个三赢，节省时间，金钱和改善皮肤。