Skin Diagnosis

In addition to our personal experiences, our lifestyle habits and our environment play a crucial role in determining our skin type, thus enabling a personalized skincare routine. Typology's skin diagnosis is based on all these criteria to establish these different skin types. The DP(+) profile is among them. But what exactly does this mean?

Traditionally, we distinguish four major skin categories: dry skin, combination skin, oily skin, and normal skin, defined by the activity of the sebaceous glands responsible for sebum production. However, skin is more complex than commonly believed. At Typology, using a more advanced scientific methodology, we have identified not four but 24 different skin typologies, and the DE(.) profile is one of them. How do we define this skin type? Find more information about the DE(.) skin typology in this article.

Sebaceous gland activity is not the only criterion to consider when defining skin. Exposure to oxidative stress factors and the degree of skin aging are additional criteria we have chosen to include in establishing our 24 skin typologies. So what characterizes DE(-) skin? Read on to find out.

AE(-), DP(.), PE(+), VP(-), AP(.)... these terms are far from the traditional skin type definitions: oily skin, normal skin, combination skin, and dry skin. At Typology, we have identified 24 different skin profiles, not just 4, based on a more advanced scientific methodology. But what exactly does the term AP(.) mean?

A skin type cannot be defined solely by its sebum secretion. Other factors must be taken into account to optimally customize a skincare routine. On this basis, we have identified 24 skin typologies, including the DE(+) profile. But what do these initials really mean? Let’s discover that together in this article.