Keeping a daily skin journal can be a useful guide to track your skin changes, improvements, and challenges as well as help you learn what is working for your skin and what is not working.
There are many ways to skin journal. Here are some of my favorite ways to keep track of your skin issues/skin product and facial/peel reactions and progress:
1. Video or photo skin journal:
If you have a video recorder, video on your phone or computer or a good camera, you can take daily, short videos/photos of yourself. This is a great way to capture your skin on a daily basis (in natural lighting). It's an especially good technique to use if you're not into writing or typing. Video journaling gives you the added benefit of a visual diary of your skin progress.
TIPS: Talk about how your skin feels/looks and describe your skin care routine. Describe how you feel your skin routine makes your skin look and feel. Discuss your sleep pattern for the day, exercise routine, water and food intake (notice if dairy or foods laced with hormones affect your skin, etc.). Note how changes in lifestyle affect your skin. Describe any supplements using. Talk about daily stress. Talk about facial treatments, skin peels, face waxing. You can really talk about whatever you like!
2. Face diagram skin journal:
Use a diagram like the one pictured above. Make copies of the diagram and utilize a spiral notebook. Staple the diagram to the left side page of the spiral notebook. Use a colored marker or pen and draw on the diagram, noting areas of your face that have pimples, dryness, lines and wrinkles, pigmentation spots or redness.
On the right side of the spiral notebook page write down the items listed in "Tips" under #1.
You can also use a spreadsheet to track things that affect your skin, products used with benefits or unexpected complications, track results of facials, peels and waxing.
If you use a spreadsheet, it is still beneficial for most people to use the diagram journal to note exactly where changes on your skin is happening on a daily basis. It's a quick, simple, yet very effective tool in understanding your own skin.
Bring in your facial journal with notes on your next facial visit. This will give you and your facial therapist a good guide to see what works for your skin.
Thanks for reading,
xoLK
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