Reasons Why You Can't Wash Your Face Too Often

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JAKARTA - Washing your face is indeed recommended to clean dead skin cells, dust and makeup residue. However, it is also not allowed to wash your face too often because it can damage the skin surface.

Dermatologist from Florida, United States, Dr. Roberta Del Campo, MD explains washing your face too often will cause skin to lose oil and natural fat.

"Technically this will cause skin cells to separate so as to provide space for debris and bacteria to enter the skin, cause infection and inflammation," Del Campo told NbcNews.

Facial skin will generally give a signal, if you have washed your face too often. This signal will appear from facial skin conditions such as drought, irritation or acne.

So how many times a day can you wash your face?

"Systically, you only need to wash your face once a day, at most twice," said Dr. Todd Minars, MD, a dermatologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miami.

"Most of us sleep when the condition of the face is clean from dirt and the rest of the makeup. So I tend to think that in the morning you don't have to wash your face thoroughly outside of your normal shower routine," explained Minars.

However, Minars explains that if you experience special problems that require attention in the morning, then it doesn't matter if you wash your face thoroughly in the morning. However, Minars warns that the benefits of washing your face are greater when done at night, when you want to sleep. In general, washing your face thoroughly three times a day is also allowed, if you have just finished exercising and your face is covered in sweat, or when you use a lot of makeup, explained Minars.