Skin Care Tips
Are you in need of some skin care tips? There are many skin creams available to help cleanse, moisturize, and protect your skin. There are also many tips for skin care that you can do every day, tips that are really a maintenance for your skin more than anything such as drinking more water for example. Here are some more helpful skin tips:
The most important step to care of your skin is to protect it from the sun. A lifetime of sun exposure can cause wrinkles, freckles, age spots and rough, dry skin. Sun exposure can also cause more-serious problems, such as skin cancer. For the most complete sun protection:
- Avoid the sun when possible. This is when the sun’s rays are the strongest.
- Wear some type of protective clothing. Cover your skin with tightly woven long-sleeved shirts, long pants and wide-brimmed hats. You might also opt for special sun-protective clothing, which is specifically designed to block ultraviolet rays while keeping you cool and comfortable.
- Use sunscreen when you’re in the sun. Apply generous amounts of broad-spectrum sunscreen 30 minutes before going outdoors and reapply every two hours, after heavy sweating or after being in water.
Daily cleansing and even shaving can take a toll on your skin, so keep it gentle as possible:
- Limit your bath time. Hot water and long showers or baths remove oils from your skin. Limit your bath or shower time, and use warm — rather than hot — water.
- Avoid strong soaps. Strong soaps can strip oil from your skin. Instead, choose mild cleansers.
- Shave carefully. To protect and lubricate your skin, apply shaving cream, lotion or gel before shaving. For the closest shave, use a clean, sharp razor. Shave in the direction the hair grows, not against it.
- Pat dry. After washing or bathing, gently pat or blot your skin dry with a towel so that some moisture remains on your skin.
- Moisturize dry skin. Find a moisturizer that fits your skin type and makes your skin look and feel soft.
Intrinsic or chronological aging is the natural, biological process of aging, over which we have little control. Extrinsic aging is a result of external causes, in particular photo aging (damage caused by ultra-violet radiation or sun exposure). Exposure to UV light and pollution accelerate aging due to the production of free radicals in the skin.
Free radicals are rogue molecules that attack the collagen and elastin fibres as well as new skin cells as they form. Although this happens mainly in the dermis, the effect is visible on the surface of the skin as a dry and weakened skin texture, pigmentation, broken veins and an increase vulnerability to further external damage.
The difference between intrinsic and extrinsic aging can be seen on the inside of your upper arm, near the armpit. You will notice that the skin is smooth, soft and supple, while the skin on the back of the hands is thicker, rougher and drier.
With intrinsic aging, the skin;s outer layer will become about 20% thinner over time, although the skin’s surface should remain smooth. Sun-damaged skin, however, is thickened, with up to 50% more cells accumulating on the surface, giving it a rough, dry texture. (Think of a weather-beaten fisherman.).
Photo aging also causes a marked accumulation of pigment in the basal layers, resulting in age spots. In addition, pores tend to be more dilated and the skin may appear more mottled. And that’s only the damage visible to the naked eye!
Genetics play an important role in determining how you will age. If your mother looked good well into her sixties, chances are high you will too – if you look after yourself, of course.
The thinnest skin is on the eyes, lips, neck and the back of the hands and the thickest on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
Hands can give away age in a flash. Compared to the face, they have a thinner layer of skin, less fat to hide wrinkles, fewer oil glands to moisturize then and you cant use make-up to conceal them. The secret to good looking hands: take good care of them.
Dullness, dryness, mottled complexion, flakiness and roughness are all signs of stressed out skin. The problem with stress is that it affects the whole body. It triggers a chemical oxidation process in the system that leads to the appearance of harmful free radicals.
Harmful free radicals are single electrons that tend to snatch a pair from paired electrons. In doing so, it inadvertently damages cells and DNA. As a result, a malfunction in the system happens.
You have to be perceptive about the little messages your skin is sending you. In order to cure stressed out skin, you should try the following remedies:
Rest and Relaxation
Rest and relaxation are indispensable. Even machines have to rest so that they will not break down easily. Your body is not a machine. It needs daily rest and relaxation. So do yourself a favor and get lots of sleep.
When you sleep, your body prevents the roaming of free radicals. The brain also properly produces growth hormones that can maintain strong and resilient dermis. Moreover, the brain produces serotonin and melatonin. Serotonin helps strengthen the structure of skin while melatonin prevents collagen damage caused by chronic sun exposure.
Vitamins and antioxidants
Some vitamins also have antioxidatant benefits. By ingesting them, you are hitting two birds with one stone. Vitamins A, C and E are some of the vitamins you should ingest daily.
Vitamin A repairs damaged skin tissues. It also ensures that there is proper connectivity of tissues. Vitamin C lessens UV damage to the dermis. This vitamin also reduces excessive production of melanin so that your skin can remain vibrant and fair. Vitamin E coats dermis cells and wards off harmful free ranging radicals.
Massage your moisturizer properly
Emulate the skin care methods of Japanese women. They use the right skin care products and they know how to use them properly. First, you have to look for a product with CynergyTK, Phytessence Wakame and Nano Lipobelle HEQ10.
CynergyTK is an ingredient that has been extracted from the wool of sheep. It is one of the best providers of a protein called keratin. This is responsible for relentless collagen regeneration. Phytessence Wakame is a type of sea kelp that can prevent the loss of hyaluronic acid. This acid is necessary to keep collagen fibers lubricated. Nano Lipobelle HEQ10 protects your cells from free radicals.
