Akoma Natural Skincare

 Dry Skin
 

• Lacks sebum (oil) or moisture or both
• Pores are small and tight
• Skin texture is coarse and thin
• Visible patches of flaking skin
• Tendency towards sensitivity
• Uneven skin pigmentation (colour)
• Milia (small hard pearly white cysts) found around cheek and eye area

 Oily Skin

oily Skin

• Sebaceous glands (small oil-producing gland) are overactive producing excess sebum (oil)
• Pores are enlarged
• Moisture content is high
• Skin is coarse and thick
• Skin is sallow
• Skin tone is good
• Skin is prone to shininess
• Uneven pigmentation (colour)
• Comedones, pustules, papules, milia or sebaceous cysts may be present

Combination Skin

• Partly oily and partly dry
• The pores in the T zone are enlarged
• The pores in the cheek area are small to medium
• The moisture content is high in the oily areas
• The moisture content is low in the dry areas
• Skin texture is coarse and thick in the oily areas
• Skin texture is thin in the dry areas
• Skin tone is good in the oily areas
• Skin tone is poor in the dry areas
• Uneven pigmentation (colour)

 

Combination skin is partly dry and partly oily so this would be a mix of the following photos.

 Young Skin

Young Skin

• Normal, balanced and blemish free
• Good elasticity
• Good muscle tone
• Firm facial contours
• Good moisture content
• Even skin texture
• Pore size small/medium

 Mature Skin

Mature Skin

• Skin becomes dry
• Sebaceous glands(small oil-producing gland) becomes less active
• Sudoriferous glands (sweat glands) become less active
• Loss of elasticity
• Epidermis (outer layer of the skin) grows more slowly
• Broken capillaries (tiny blood vessels) appear
• Facial contours become slack due to loss of muscle tone
• Dark circles and puffiness may appear around the eyes
• Skin may appear sallow
• Blood circulation becomes poor

Thanks

Muriel