スキンケア

男性が顔の肌にこだわるのは現在の行いと思います。

私は大学生の頃までスキンケアのことにあんまり気にしていませんでした。当然、たまにはニキビが出ましたがスーパーで買えた安いフェースウオッシュで顔を洗ってやがてニキビが消えました。でもほかのスキンケアを知らなかったので、ニキビが消えたっても跡が残されました。そして、跡が残されても、顔の肌にこだわるのが男らしくなかったからそのままでほっといていました。

今は違います。男性向けのスキンケア製品が増えていて、スキンケアの「男らしくない」イメージもどんどん消えていて、ネットでスキンケアのハウツーも調べやすくて、スキンケアをちゃんと果たせます。嬉しいことです。現代の少年たち、顔が大変な状態になったらスキンケアをやること、肌の医者に行くことに恥ずかしがらないですね。昔、顔が大変になったら我慢するしかなかった。男子高校に行ったのでそんな悩みがよくわかります。次世代があんな古い考え方に縛られなくてよかったですね。顔や体を大事にするのはいつでも「男らしくない」ではないです。

では、またね！

I think that men being particular about the skin on their faces is a modern thing.

I wasn't particular about skincare until around the time that I was a college student. Of course, I got pimples on my face every now and then, but I would wash my face with a cheap facial wash from the supermarket and eventually the pimples would go away. But I didn't know much about skincare, so even if my pimples disappeared, they would often leave scars/marks. And even though they left marks, it was perceived as "unmanly" to care about your skin, so I just left the marks as is.

It's different now. There are more and more skincare products being marketed for men, the image of skincare being "unmanly" is slowly disappearing, and it's easy to look-up skincare how-to's on the internet, so you can do your skincare properly. It's a good thing. Young boys today no longer have to feel ashamed when their faces are in a bad state and they have to do skincare and go to the dermatologist. Back in the day, when your face was in a bad state, you just had to put up with it. I went to an all-boys high-school, so I understand those troubles well. It's good that the next generations aren't bound by old-fashioned beliefs. It's never "unmanly" to take care of your face and body.

'Til next time!