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Jorge Diaz

Professor McCann

English 1302.203

8 February 2022

Implementing a Facial Skincare Routine

As it has been more visible throughout the world, especially on teenagers, facial acne is

something that has impacted many people in different negative ways. This type of problem

occurs not because people want them to happen, but because their lifestyles lead to them, and

deprive them from doing anything about it. To illustrate, teenagers are most susceptible to

suffering from facial acne, because they are in the life stage in which their hormones are more

“unstable,” and because of certain stressors, such as school and family problems. Facial acne, as

described, is something that has beeen treated, and gladly, that is possible through the use of

facial skincare products. Implementing a facial skincare routine every morning and night, could

significantly impact someone’s skin in a fantastic way, but it also important to know what

skincare products are made of, and the effect, such as physical changes, emotional, and mental

changes, that using them could have on different people.

To begin with, the first thing that someone who wants to start utilizing skin care products

should do is to learn about different skincare products. Not only that, but people should also visit

a dermatologist, before even trying to apply anything on their skin. For more context, a

dermatologist is the type of doctor that focuses and deals with people’s skin, nails, and hair. It is

important for people to talk to a dermatologist, because they are the only ones that are educated

on what treatment to give people, depending on their kind of skin and problems. However, doing

personal research on different skin products is also extremely important. More into detail, a
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person who is going to start a skincare routine could research based on what most skincare

products are made of. For instance, according to Jamal and Rani, the majority of cosmetic

ingredients are byproducts of plants and animals, as well as inorganic and synthetic chemicals

(31). Particularly, one of the cosmetic products that might sound familiar to most of the people,

which is an animal derivative, are essential oils (Jamal and Rani 32). Essential oils, like

eucalyptus oil and lavender oil, are mostly utilized to make one’s skin shiny, fresh, and for

aromatherapy (Jamal and Rani 32). Nonetheless, even though essential oils seem like a perfect

item for everyone’s skin, it is important that whoever is going to use it learns about them, as it

could be dangerous for their skin.

To continue, before utilizing skincare products, it is important to consider the side effects

they might bring, as well as the reasons why they are used. Generally, everyone uses facial

skincare products in order to better the condition of their face, and get rid of acne. Nevertheless,

different people may have more specific motivations for adopting a facial skin care routine. To

illustrate, Putranto mentions that “physical appearance is a means of showing the personality,

freedom, convictions, and self-confidence of this modern life” (38). What this means is that

nowadays, the way people’s bodies look is a way of showing freedom, goals, and confidence,

without the need to use or words of public actions. Even though these points might sound like

amazing motivations to adopt a facial skincare routine, there might be some side effects to it. To

create a picture, many men are currently susceptible to negative criticism just by the use of any

cosmetic product, but why? Well, society has certain types of stereotypes about cosmetic

products, and one of them is that men should not use them. For people, men should not use

cosmetic products, as they see them as products meant to be for women (Putranto et al. 38). Not

only that, but these ways of thinking can also lead to violent sexism, which can impact a men’s
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mental health. Violent sexism, and sometimes derogatory, such as “metrosexual,” names given to

men, are just some examples of why everyone should consider not only the good side of

implementing a facial skincare into their daily activities, but the bad side as well.

Furthermore, adopting a facial skincare at morning and night, apart from obtaining

fundamental information, does require people to prepare and review the whole process in order

to be able to study and look at the results of such activity. For example, the first thing that

someone needs to do in order to implement a facial skincare routine into their lives is to go to a

dermatologist. Once that is done, the person following the skincare routine should get access to

the products they need. To illustrate, if whoever is doing the mentioned activity is required to

buy Vitamin E, fruit oils, and ginseng, all in given quantities, it is important for them to try and

buy exactly what they were told to, as alterations in these products could create negative results.

Once everything that is needed is obtained, or bought, the subject of the experiment should

prepare themselves for it. That said, one of the steps that the subject of the experiment could

follow in order to prepare themselves for the experiment is to “talk to themselves,” and accept

the fact that the benefits taken out of it depend on their own discipline. What the term “talk to

themselves” means, is for them to tell themselves how serious this “experiment” is. When the

person is mentally ready to start the experiment, the next step is to start including the facial

skincare into their daily schedule. As easy as it might sound, this can present a series of

difficulties to many people, as it implies waking up earlier, for the morning part of the routine,

and maybe sleeping a little bit later than usual, for the night part of the routine.
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Works Cited

Jamal, Zeba, et al. "Cosmetotextiles: A wearable skin care." Int. J. Home Sci 4 (2018): 31-35.

PutrantoT. D., SuyantoB., AriadiS., and SantosR. R. T. “The Discourse of men’s Facial Care

Products in Instagram from the Foucauldian Perspective”. Jurnal Studi Komunikasi, Vol.

5, no. 1, Feb. 2021, pp. 37-57, doi:10.25139/jsk.v5i1.3159.