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Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:12 am  |
I have noticed that Japanese (& also Korean) women have such good skin. Especially after visiting a Japenese hair salon recently & it was weird but all the hairdressers there had the smoothest, most porcelain like skin  I assume it's mainly due to their genes & diet but does anyone know how they keep their skin looking so flawless?
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:55 am |
putty 
All jokes aside, it is the art of make-up. Japanese women are EXPERT of wearing geisha style makeup that will cover anything but at the same time just looking like a normal fully made up person.
I dont say this in a mean spirit, just that after all these years I have learned a few tricks and secrets  |
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Will the real Tiger_Tim please stand up?! |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:06 am |
| WHO'S TIGER_TIMS'S SHADOW ???!!! |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:13 am |
| I think it's still our tiger_tim; only having difficutlties with the old id it due to change of email/notification.... |
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31, Combination normal-dry skin, loves CSRx, PSF, A'kin, Decleor, ACV, Jojoba oil! |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:19 am |
| I think this is true. I host Japanese students/adult women in my home and I see them without make-up and with. THeir skin has not been flawless without the make-up BUT it is frustrating that they don't see to be suseptible to getting fine lines and wrinkles the way caucasions do...lucky them. |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:19 am |
Yup, it is moi. Waiting for them to activate my normal account again so I had to either make a new one for the weekend or face 2 days of NO posting.. I did not think I could stand up to that though. |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:03 am |
oh, o.k. now. i was afraid somebody's insulting the one and only Tiger...
Yesterday in the Vienna city i was expecially looking japanese women in their faces (there are always lots of japanese tourists there - poor souls they were probably thinking i must have some problem with them...) and they are really quite wrinkleless.
Has anybody ever noticed that H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama in age of 70 has always no wrinkles?... |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:22 am |
I think the main contribution is Japanese diet and eating style.
I also agree with the fact that they are really good in covering their face with make-up. |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:22 am |
| i believe its genes because most of them really have great skin and diet too. i think they eat a lot of raw and vegetable? |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:44 am |
| One thing I noticed about Japanese women is that they go to major extremes to avoid the sun--- they wear huge hats, carry parasols--- I've even seen them tie handkerchiefs around their necks!! So, that might explain why there is a lack of wrinkles, age spots, etc... |
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27, sensitive/reactive/acne prone skin, dark brown hair, blue eyes, possibly the palest woman alive... |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:49 am |
| It's genes and diet. They eat a lot of fish and tofu and that could be the reason for their great skin, in addition to their longevity. |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:14 am |
| I heard that Japanese drinks a lot of green tea which helps with good skin. |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:43 am |
Oh yeah, can't forget about the green tea! As a matter of fact, I'm drinking some now...  |
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27, sensitive/reactive/acne prone skin, dark brown hair, blue eyes, possibly the palest woman alive... |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:19 am |
| manslayerliz wrote: |
| One thing I noticed about Japanese women is that they go to major extremes to avoid the sun--- they wear huge hats, carry parasols--- I've even seen them tie handkerchiefs around their necks!! So, that might explain why there is a lack of wrinkles, age spots, etc... |
I was going to make a similar comment.
Plus, I'm guessing those northern Asian countries like Japan have a lower average sunlight hours per year than, say, parts of Australia. I have a friend who moved from Hong Kong to Australia for four or five years and when she returned you sure could see the difference in her skin - lots of pigmentation! Of course I kept these thoughts to myself  |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:38 pm |
The obsession with parasols (yes, I am one, but I just use a cream-color folding umbrella so it has multi-purpose) etc. is mostly in the big cities.
I love seeing the old farmer ladies who have the deep deep wrinkles, a huge smile and glittering eyes. They always look so damned happy. In the fields, they tend to wear bonnets kind of like Little House on The Prairie. That does give a fair amount of cover to the face.
As forthe sun, livingin Japan has done WONDERS for my skin.. not even one sunburn here in 12 years. And, much less pigmentation (ie frecles). |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:52 pm |
| i think a lot of it has to do with their diet.. they eat VERY VERY clean |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:05 pm |
i agree with the combination of things--genes, eating habits, staying away from the sun as much as possible, and incredible skincare products. i know it just isn't the skincare for them, but the fact that the japanese have such nice skin really draws me to their products. though i think the french seem to age nicely skin also (i am thinking about the actresses).
i think it's hilarious how japanese ads are so different from american ads. i saw a sunscreen ad for shiseido anessa and the main model was snow white while the ones surrounding her were golden tan. here in the states, the ad would be glorifying the tanned ladies! |
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:05 pm |
| I watched on TV that the japanese live the longest because of the fats in Sashimi (fish). So yes I agree the diet has a lot to do with this. |
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Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:06 am |
Yes, Omega-3 acid which helps the skin is found in fish. (Other places too, of course.) The green tea probably helps too.
Even though it's only 10am here, I have a strong craving for sushi now... |
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Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:26 am |
Diet, genes and an obsession with staying out of the sun. Gloves, hats, carrying their files/books/bags over their heads, to keep the sun off their faces.
I deal with the Japanese on a day to day basis, and they all look at westerners (caucasians) and add 10 years to our age. 
However, they don't all have perfect skin, quite a few that I've dealt with recently (talking about the women here) have severe acne and some pigmentation. But in general, I'd say they have better skin than we do, as they obsessively stay out of the sun. |
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Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:18 am |
asians (i am half chinese) tend to also have thicker skin & oilier skin. my mom is in her mid-fifties, and standing beside my soon-to-be mother-in-law, who is around the same age as my mom & caucasian, looks to be at least twenty years younger.
also, look at black skin, they tend to age very well, as well. |
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Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:58 am |
| I really do think caucasian women have a disadvantage with aging. White women begin to show their age much sooner and much more dramatically. |
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Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:08 am |
| I remember hearing a dermatologist say (on a radio broadcast) that those skin types with the most melanin are the strongest and those with the least the weakest, giving the examples of black skin versus those very pale, red haired type skins - I think he mentioned Irish-type skin. No offence meant to anyone Irish! |
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Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:44 am |
oh great, I guess I'm in for it now... I'm mostly Irish and some Native American Indian(but I look Irish) and I'm 27. My skin is very fair  I obsessively worry about my skin. I use sunblock, wear huge sunglasses and am militant about my skin-care. So far, so good. I am working on improving my diet to further help with my skin. When I think about facial aging, I feel really upset. I have noticed that women of different ethnicities in general have much better skin than caucasian women. |
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Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:46 am |
Thought I'd chime in, I'm Korean and my mom and I get compliments all the time on our skin. I think it must be our diet to begin with. We eat a lot of soy and a lot veggies that consist in our diet and of course rice .
Also my mother tries to avoid the sun like it's the plague, she'll put on some Shiseido spf 60, wear long sleeves and a hat before she leaves the house, I on the other hand am not too diligent about that regiment and get sun from now and then. I used to tan excessively when I was in my late teens, now in my mid 20's I've stop such non-sense in my book at least.
I don't ever wear foundation, liquid or powder could never really stand the stuff. All I wear is lotion with at least spf15, a tad of blush and mascara and I leave the house. |
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