Can Over-applying a Face Mask Actually Cause Skin Damage?

How long should a face mask be applied correctly? Nowadays, there are countless beauty face masks available, with various ingredients, effects, and varying qualities. Many people, in order to avoid wasting the product or to achieve better results, often keep the mask on for an hour or even longer. They hope to enhance the effect by doing so, but in fact, this is a big misconception. Regardless of the price or quality of the face mask, besides nourishing the skin, all of them inevitably contain some chemical substances, which definitely have negative impacts on the human body and skin. Keeping a face mask on for too long means that the effective ingredients may have already evaporated or been absorbed, while harmful substances will slowly penetrate the skin. Instead of consolidating the beauty effect, this may impair skin health. If inferior or fake face masks are used, the consequences will be even more serious. I have encountered several cases where the use of fake face masks caused skin redness, infection, and ulceration. Although these cases could ultimately be treated, the pain and trouble could have been completely avoided.