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To keep the appearance beauty, it has been known that skin care is important and the management of skin health is helpful to relieve the stress. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the socio-psychological health on the practice of skin care behavior. The survey with the questionnaires was performed in the subjects with 300 adult females in Busan from July to August in 2015. The obtained data was analyzed with t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis, using SPSS program (version 21.0). The practice score of skin care behavior in the subjects was 65.13±12.95 points out of 100. Their distributions of socio-psychological health were 21 subjects in healthy group (8.3%), 173 subjects in potential stress group (68.1%), and 60 subjects in high risk stress group (23.6%). As the risk of socio-psychological health status was higher, the practice score of skin care behavior was significantly lower (p<0.001). Upon multiple regression analysis for the impact of socio-psychological health on the practice of skin care behavior, it showed the significance in potential stress group (β =-0.25) and high risk stress group (β =-0.31) (p<0.05). As socio-psychological health was poorer, the skin care behavior was not managed well. Therefore, it is required to relieve the stress for the healthy skin management.