Is it OK to wash your face with cold tap water?

Many people know the saying: "Cold water face, warm water teeth, hot water feet." "The cold water face refers to washing your face with cold water not only to fight colds, but also to tone your skin.

However, experts want to remind everyone that washing cold water on the face may not be beautiful. Dr. Zou Xianbiao of the ** Department of the 304 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army believes that first of all, cold water does have an astringent effect on the skin, which can exercise the skin and invigorate people's spirits, but the long-term use of cold water cleansing will cause blood vessel constriction, making the blood vessels constrict, making the blood vessels pale and wilting, reducing the secretion of sebaceous glands and sweat glands, losing elasticity, and premature aging, which is not conducive to nourishment. Secondly, people's ** will change depending on the season.

For example, if the summer is oily**, the winter will be neutral**, and if the summer is neutral**, the winter may be dry**. Therefore, depending on the season, people's skin type will change, and the temperature of the water used to wash your face should also be different. Thirdly, even if you already have the habit of washing your face with cold water, you should first understand that washing your face with cold water is not for everyone.

Especially for oily **, if you wash your face with cold water for a long time to shrink the pores, you will not be able to wash away the dirt such as sebum, dust, and cosmetics residues accumulated on the face, which will not only fail to achieve the effect of beauty, but will easily cause acne and other diseases, affecting beauty. The correct cleansing should be both clean and not damaging, and the proper water temperature is an important condition for cleaning, and the water temperature is too cold and too hot to nourish the **. The appropriate water temperature should be around 40, slightly higher than the ** temperature, with a warm feeling, but not hot.

This kind of warm water can not only cleanse the skin, but also have a calming effect on the skin, which is conducive to the rest and fatigue of the body, and has no harm to the skin. Dr. Zou suggested that the best way to wash your face is to alternate between warm and cold water, i.e., after washing your face with warm water, apply a facial cleanser, massage and cleanse, wash off the facial cleanser with warm water, and then rinse your face with cold water.

The use of this method of alternating warm water and cold water can not only achieve the purpose of cleaning, but also through the hot and cold change of water temperature, it can expand and contract superficial blood vessels, enhance breathing, promote blood circulation in the face, and achieve the effect of beauty.

It's good to wash your face with cold water in winter, and it's cold resistant, but as for bacteria, I don't know much about it. If there is, the face ** can still resist it.

If you feel that there are bacteria in the tap water, use the water in the water dispenser at home. Wash your face with cold water!