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While the system helps determine the aspect of sunburns, it is ineffective in choosing skin care products to avoid acne, wrinkles, or premature aging.\n\n ![Graph](image://e80ade7b-22cc-4a47-9964-19d8d8f96767 \"Knowing  your skin type is essential to good skincare\")\n\n**Another skin classification is based on the balance of water, lipid, and sensitivity**. The balance of these three is essential for healthy skin. However, genetics and environmental conditions can change their ratio, resulting in deviation of the skin from a typical skin, which constitutes different skin types .\n\nAccording to this classification, there are **five skin types - normal, oily, dry, sensitive, and combination**. Each of these skins has its characteristics and requires a different skincare approach. 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Sensitive skin gets irritated readily and often feels itchy: even eating spicy meals can make your skin fleshy and irritated.\n\n ![Graph](image://b3409a29-e56b-4f56-83f4-9ebfd8d44d6c \"Sensitive skin loses its protective barrier more easily, and is more prone to infection\")\n \n**Since sensitive skin loses its protective barrier, it is easier for germs and other irritants to enter the skin and create infections.** \n\nBy identifying what irritates your skin, you can prevent your skin from overreacting. Does an artificial ring make your skin itch? Wear stone or gold instead. Does your soap make your face red? Replace it. \n\nSensitivity can coexist with normal, oily, or dry skin. Your eyelids, armpits, groin, and genitalia have more sensitive skin than other body parts. 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Take a piece of tissue paper or toilet paper, and gently blot in on different parts of your face. \n\nIf you look at the paper, and see plenty of oil marks, you probably have oily skin. If there is little to no oil, you probably have dry skin. 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This turns the skin thinner and dehydrated. \n\nThere is more chance of children having normal skin, youngsters having oily skin, and older people having dry skin. **You can have healthier skin even during puberty and old age with the proper skincare routine and a healthier diet**.\n","74f22638-84bd-4597-a24b-d4b5d8e0d551",[180],{"id":181,"data":182,"type":38,"version":30,"maxContentLevel":19},"3a234ee8-eb72-4840-bd39-0789e18c19c9",{"type":38,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":30,"multiChoiceQuestion":183,"multiChoiceCorrect":185,"multiChoiceIncorrect":186},[184],"What is the most common skin type among 11-30 year olds in the United States?",[107],[75,89,123],[188,400],{"id":23,"data":24,"type":20,"version":20,"maxContentLevel":19,"pages":189},[190,243,295,344],{"id":28,"data":29,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":34,"parsed":191},{"data":192,"body":195,"toc":241},{"title":193,"description":194},"","Fitzpatrick's classification, first described in 1975 to determine the risk of sun burns and the chance of developing skin cancer, is the oldest system that classifies the skin based on color. 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While the system helps determine the aspect of sunburns, it is ineffective in choosing skin care products to avoid acne, wrinkles, or premature aging.",{"type":199,"tag":200,"props":262,"children":263},{},[264],{"type":199,"tag":265,"props":266,"children":270},"img",{"alt":267,"src":268,"title":269},"Graph","image://e80ade7b-22cc-4a47-9964-19d8d8f96767","Knowing  your skin type is essential to good skincare",[],{"type":199,"tag":200,"props":272,"children":273},{},[274,279],{"type":199,"tag":204,"props":275,"children":276},{},[277],{"type":208,"value":278},"Another skin classification is based on the balance of water, lipid, and sensitivity",{"type":208,"value":280},". The balance of these three is essential for healthy skin. 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It is one of the lottery winners because it requires less maintenance than other types. Normal skin has the proper moisture and lipids (oil) ratios that make it well-balanced and this, in turn, prevents the loss of excess moisture from the skin, helping it stay hydrated.",{"type":196,"children":300},[301,320,337],{"type":199,"tag":200,"props":302,"children":303},{},[304,306,311,313,318],{"type":208,"value":305},"Scientifically, ",{"type":199,"tag":204,"props":307,"children":308},{},[309],{"type":208,"value":310},"normal skin is called eudermic",{"type":208,"value":312},". It is one of the lottery winners because ",{"type":199,"tag":204,"props":314,"children":315},{},[316],{"type":208,"value":317},"it requires less maintenance than other types",{"type":208,"value":319},". 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Therefore, even if you have normal skin, you can still experience breakouts or blemishes occasionally. That’s why it is important to have a consistent skincare regimen to avoid future skin issues.",{"title":193,"searchDepth":20,"depth":20,"links":343},[],{"id":87,"data":88,"type":30,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"reviews":92,"parsed":345},{"data":346,"body":348,"toc":398},{"title":193,"description":347},"In general, the skin’s middle layer hosts sebaceous glands, which produce sebum - the natural oil of your skin. 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