美國雜誌"Dermatology Times"刊登的一篇文章,是由Dr. Zoe Diana Draelos所寫的,特地摘錄下來讓各位看看

Dr. Zoe Diana Draelos 簡介: clinical associate professor of dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C.(美國北卡羅萊納州Wake Forest大學皮膚科臨床副教授)

Q. What is the proper order for the application of medications, cosmetics and skincare products? (外用藥物及美容保養品最適當的使用程序)

A. It is very important that skin care products are applied in the proper order. For example, if a topical medication is placed on top of a sunscreen, it will not work, since the sunscreen will create a barrier to medication penetration.

Remember that anything that has clinical efficacy must touch the skin surface to work. For this reason, the prescription medication is always the first product applied to a clean, washed face. Most topical medications contain penetration enhancers to breach the stratum corneum ultimately reaching the viable epidermis and dermis to exert their clinical effect.

After applying the medication, the next product applied should be a moisturizer. The moisturizer may enhance penetration of the medication through occlusion and is generally relatively inert preventing an active substance from inactivating an important chemical in the medication. Following moisturizer application, the sunscreen should be applied or the moisturizer can also contain a sunscreen combining these two steps.

Next, the facial foundation should be applied followed by powder, blush and any other colored cosmetics desired.

The proper order for product application is: medication, moisturizer, sunscreen, facial foundation, powder, blush and other colored cosmetics. This optimizes the functioning of the medication and allows the best final cosmetic appearance.

結論是:最適當的皮膚產品的使用程序是外用藥物>>保濕產品>>防曬>>粉底>>粉餅類>>腮紅>>彩妝類,這樣的程序才能讓外用藥物得到最佳的效果,並且讓美容保養品的使用得到最好的外在顯現!

Dr. Hsieh 2006/12/21 於高雄市