Is it okay to wash your face with soap?

Many people may use soap to wash their faces in their daily lives. In fact, you need to be cautious when washing your face with soap, because soap is alkaline. If you use soap to wash your face frequently, it will damage the skin environment and cause rough skin.

1. The reason why people think it is bad to wash your face with soap is because soap is alkaline, while the face is weakly acidic. If you wash your face with soap, it will damage the facial skin environment and cause rough skin. Actually, that's not entirely true. First of all, soaps are divided into weak alkaline soaps and weak acid soaps. If the problem is damage, you can choose weak acid soap. In addition, when washing your face with soap, as long as you rinse it thoroughly, even if it is an alkaline soap, there will be no alkaline residue on your face after washing, and it will not affect your facial skin.

2. Although there is nothing wrong with washing your face with soap, it is not recommended. It is better to use facial cleanser to wash your face. It can not only clean your face, but also has a certain protective effect on the facial skin. After all, it is a professional face cleanser.

3. However, if you have acne, oily skin, dermatitis and other skin blemishes on your face , it will be helpful to use certain specific soaps such as sulfur soap. Sulfur soap can have a good therapeutic effect on these skin diseases and can kill mites and bacteria that parasitize on the skin. Good for facial health. So whether it is good to wash your face with soap or not depends on the actual situation.