Your personal skin test

What is your current skin type?

Please answer the questions 1-6. Each answer A gives 0 points, each answer B gives 1 point, each C 2 points and each D 3 points. For each skin problem listed in question 7 you get 1 point. After answering the test add all points of your replies and take a look at the answer representing the sum. Find out what skin type you are, how your skin is best treated and how you manage to keep healthy skin also through cold winter seasons.

Current state of your skin

1. How does your skin feel at the moment?

Smooth, sleek (0 points)

Some areas feel tight and lack elasticity, feel rough (1 point)
Some areas feel very tight, are rough and flaky (2 points)
Many areas feel very tight, rough and flaky (3 points)

2. How does your skin cope with physiological stress?

It is unproblematic and not very sensitive (0 points)
Seldom and only in certain areas it is red, itchy and burning (1 point)
Many times and especially in certain areas it is red, itchy and burning (2 points)
Nearly always and in many areas it is red, itchy and burning (3 points)

Current stresses

3. What climatic stresses is your skin exposed to?

Little: Mainly exposed to temperatures between 18°C and 23°C with
more than 50% humidity (air humidifier, regularly letting some air in) (0 points)
Moderate: Often 3-5 hours exposed to temperatures either below 8°C or
above 30°C and dry air (air conditioning, heating without air humidifier) (1 point)
Heavily: Regularly more than 2 hours exposed to cold temperatures below
8°C or more than 5 hours exposed to high temperatures and dry air (2 points)
Very heavily: Daily, over a long period exposed to temperatures below 8°C
or above 30°C or regularly exposed to dry air, or to constantly
changing conditions (3 points)

4. What environmental stresses is your skin exposed to?

Little: You life in an area with little pollution, good room ventilation, without constant stress due to cigarette smoke, are hardly exposed to sun and never
visit sun beds (0 points)
Moderate: Occasionally moderate pollution, some stress due to cigarette
smoke, sun or sun bed, little ventilation (1 point)
Heavy: Many times longer exposed to at least two of the in B listed stresses
(2 points)
Very heavily: Many times and for long periods exposed to more than two
of the in B listed stresses.(3 points)

Spare time activities concerning your skin

5. How many times daily are you showering, bathing, working out?

Maximal 1x daily showering, 1x per week bathing and 2x per week working
out (swimming excluded) (0 points)
Occasionally several times showering per day and bathing per week – swimming 1-2 times per week (1 point)
On regular basis several times showering per day or bathing per week, more than 2 x per week working out incl. swimming (2 points)
Daily several times showering or every or every second day bathing and/or
every 1-2 days working out incl. swimming (3 points)

6. How are your holidays planned?

You spend your holidays in temperate climate zones or enjoy a wellness vacation with skin care program (0 points)
A maximum of 2 weeks winter vacation or summer vacation (1 point)
1-2 weeks winter and summer vacation each (2 points)
More than 2 weeks winter vacation with winter sports or in hot
temperatures and more than 2 weeks sun vacation in spring or summer
(3 points)

Additional points

7. Are you suffering from the following skin problems (if yes, mark 1 point each)?

Neurodermatitis
Psoriasis
Dry skin
Skin allergies
Diabetes

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