身體乳可以護膚嗎?
Can You Use Body Lotion to Moisturize Your Face?
身體乳可以護膚嗎?
My college roommate and I had two very different approaches to skincare. She'd slap some body lotion on her face, as in lotion left over from her arms and legs, straight from the pump bottle. Meanwhile, I moisturized with special facial moisturizers. I thought she was doing more harm than good, but her method wasn't as harmful as I thought.
我和大學室友有着兩種截然不同的護膚方法。她會直接擠出一些身體乳塗在臉上，就像塗胳膊和腿一樣。而我則塗抹專用的保溼面霜。我覺得她那種做法弊大於利，但事實卻並非如此。
You couldn't blame me. Walk through a store's beauty aisle and you'll find moisturizers with clear disclaimers about where and how they should be used: some say you should only apply them to your body, face, hands, and even your feet. But skin is skin, right? Well no, the skin on your hands is very different from the skin on your face.
這不能怪我。走在商場的護膚品區，你會發現保溼乳上明確註明了塗抹方式和塗抹部位：有些保溼乳上寫着可以塗抹全身、臉部、手和腳。但全身的肌膚都是同一個屬性嗎？當然不是，手部的肌膚可完全不同於臉部肌膚。
The skin on your face isn't the same as the skin on your body
臉部肌膚不同於身體其它部位的肌膚
The skin on different parts of your body varies wildly. Your face tends to have thinner skin, more oil glands and more hair follicles than the skin on other parts of your body, like the thicker skin on your feet, for example. Even different areas on your face, like around your eyes, are thinner than others. This all just means your facial skin can be more sensitive, and for some people, look shinier and be more prone to breakouts.
人體不同部位的肌膚實則存在很大差異。相比身體其它部位的肌膚（比如厚皮的腳部），臉部肌膚往往更薄、更油，毛囊也更多。即便是臉上不同部位的肌膚也各有差異，比如眼周的肌膚會更薄。這意味着你的面部肌膚可能會更爲敏感，對有些人而言，他們的皮膚更光澤、更容易長痘。
Most companies would have you believe that body lotion should never be used on your face, but it's really not the end of the world. Dr. Cynthia Bailey, a board-certified dermatologist from California, told me:
大多數護膚品公司會讓人們相信：不能把身體乳塗在臉上，但事實上，事情並沒有那麼糟糕。加利福尼亞州的持證皮膚科醫生辛西婭·貝利（Cynthia Bailey）醫生對我說：
Body lotion is fine, as long as it doesn't irritate your face
只要不刺激面部肌膚，塗身體乳完全沒問題
Many body lotions have strong fragrances and contain a wide variety of irritating ingredients like isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl myristate, cocoa butter, pigments and dyes. These ingredients can cause problems for acne-prone skin. A "bland" moisturizer, like CeraVe, Cetaphil and Vanicream, typically doesn't have added perfumes and minimizes irritants. If you deal with breakouts on a regular basis, body lotions might be too much and you should try something gentler instead.
很多身體乳的香味都很濃，且含有多種刺激性成分，如棕櫚酸異丙酯、肉豆蔻酸異丙酯、恆星脂、色素和染料。這些成分會導致您的肌膚易長粉刺。適樂膚、絲塔芙和薇霓肌本等品牌的“溫和性”保溼乳通常不添加芳香劑，能將刺激程度降到最低。如果你經常長痘，那可能是身體乳塗抹過多造成的，可嘗試使用更溫和的產品。
