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Creating beautiful skin starts with daily self-care

Beautiful skin full of transparency that shows off your natural makeup. These are the words that describe the beauty of Taiwanese women, who have been attracting a lot of attention lately.
Moisturized, glossy skin that makes you feel confident without makeup will improve your quality of life.
What kind of care do Taiwanese women take to create and maintain beautiful skin? We will speak with Lin Ying-mei, who works at Cardinal Tien Catholic Hospital and Smile Muse Clinic in Taiwan, where she practices gynecological plastic surgery.

【table of contents】
・Taiwan spends money on beauty even if it is expensive ・Facial beauty needles are commonplace ・Chinese medicine is the foundation for prevention and beautiful skin ・Human stem cells are attracting attention for anti-aging care

Taiwan spends money on beauty even if it is expensive

——Please tell us about the popular beauty care in Taiwan.

Well, as I mentioned in the previous article , in Taiwan it is a custom to visit a clinic, so it is common for people to visit a cosmetic dermatologist and receive care recommended by a doctor according to their symptoms and concerns.
Therefore, there are not many trends, but there are many people who inject Botox or hyaluronic acid. If anything, Botox injections are more popular because they are not fillers and tend to produce a natural-looking result.

——In Japan, medical care at a clinic is often expensive. How about Taiwan?

In Taiwan, a course costs about 65,000 to 88,000 yuan (approximately 300,000 to 400,000 yen). It's expensive considering the average salary, but I get the impression that people who are very interested in beauty spend money in search of results.
This may be due to the beauty situation in Taiwan. In Taiwan, there are not enough beauty products that can be used for self-care at home. There are some, but I feel they are not very effective. That's why when I travel to Japan, I buy a lot of them at drugstores and other places. Japanese drugstores have started opening up in Taiwan, so you can buy them there as well.
Korean cosmetics have been trending in Japan recently. Similarly, self-care items that are popular in Japan are very popular in Taiwan. A while ago, a facial beauty device that became a hot topic in Japan sold explosively in Taiwan. Also, when placenta became popular in Japan, it also became popular in Taiwan, and it has now become popular.

Facial beauty needles are commonplace, and Chinese medicine is the key to prevention and creating a base for beautiful skin.

——I thought that Taiwan, where oriental medicine is a part of daily life, is passionate about self-care in terms of beauty as well.

Self-care using Oriental medicine such as Chinese herbal medicine has a strong sense of prevention. To prevent acne and create a base for your skin to prevent skin irritation, you can have Chinese herbal medicine prepared at a dispensing pharmacy and take it.
Facial acupuncture needles are popular at clinics that practice Oriental medicine called Chinese medicine clinics. It's more standard than popular. For Taiwanese women, this procedure is so commonplace that it may not feel like "special care."
Another popular treatment in Taiwan is a technique performed by Chinese doctors (oriental medicine doctors) that uses threads called ``Lady'' to pull up the skin.

——Is there any hybrid care using Western and Oriental medicine, similar to infertility treatment?

It may come as a surprise, but hybrid care is not practiced in beauty. I think Western medicine has become mainstream in this field because it is more immediately effective.
In addition, medical costs are low in Taiwan, and you can receive a medical examination for about 200 yuan (about 900 yen), so clinics are very close to you. You do not need a referral letter to receive treatment at a large clinic. Therefore, when it comes to beauty, if you have any troubles, you may want to go to a Western medicine clinic first.

Human stem cells attracting attention for aging care

——So you use Chinese medicine for prevention, and beauty clinics for Western medicine for improvement, depending on the purpose.

I agree. When it comes to inflammation, spots, and wrinkles, Chinese doctors advise that it is better to receive Western medicine treatment tailored to the problem, such as laser or peeling, rather than treating it with Chinese medicine. There is also.
In Taiwan, there is a saying, ``destination life,'' and being as beautiful as you were when you were born is considered a virtue, and there is a strong sense of valuing one's natural beauty. Therefore, I want to maintain healthy skin with regular care as much as possible. I think this is why the idea of ​​taking care of the body on a daily basis with Chinese herbal medicine and then relying on Western medicine when any symptoms actually appear has become widespread.

——In Japan, there has recently been an increase in self-care items that focus on stem cells, which were originally only available at beauty clinics.

Even in Taiwan, it is popular among people who are interested in beauty. However, as I mentioned earlier, self-care items are not fully stocked yet, so basically you will have to undergo treatment at a beauty clinic.
Aging occurs when a substance involved in cell lifespan called telomere shortens with age, but stem cells can be expected to have the effect of preventing this shortening, so human stem cell culture solution is used as an anti-aging treatment. The number of cases in which it is used is increasing.
However, human stem cell culture solution is expensive, so I get the impression that many people prefer to administer exosomes, which are cheaper, for facial anti-aging care. The treatment cost is approximately 960,000 yuan (approximately 4.4 million yen) for human stem cell culture, and 17,000 yuan (approximately 80,000 yen) for exosome treatment.

——Are there any self-care items in Taiwan like KNOW YOUR ORIGIN’s “Beauty Charge -Femcare-” that use human stem cell culture fluid as an ingredient?

I haven't seen it yet. Even in clinic treatments, it is common to administer estrogen into the vagina as maintenance for atrophic vaginitis and vaginal dryness. In most cases, it is used locally, so I think the idea of ​​using human stem cell culture fluid to care for the entire body in delicate zones, such as in ``Beauty Charge -Femcare-,'' is very new.

——Dr. Lin also has beautiful skin. Please give some advice to people who want to have beautiful skin.

Nowadays, there is so much information out there that it can be difficult for passionate people to know what to do. There are many such people at the clinic, and when they do, I would like to talk about the ``Tonyotensheng'' mentioned earlier.
If you get lost in doing too much, I think if you go back to what your natural beauty is and take a moment to think about it, you'll be able to see the care you need.

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Ying-Mei [Cynthia] Lin

Taiwanese obstetrics and gynecology specialist. In charge of general gynecology and gynecological plastic surgery at Cardinal Tien Catholic Hospital and Smile Muse Clinic. She is a clinical researcher at the International Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery Association and is well versed in female genital cosmetic surgery. Utilizing her experience as a mother of one child, she helps women with their concerns.

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