Healthy and Young Looking Skin – 5 Essential Steps to Attain Healthier Skin
One of the best ways to keep your skin healthy is to protect it from the sun rays. Also eating a healthy diet and having a quality sleep will avail. You should also remember wash and moisturize your skin every day. Smoking and drinking alcohol is really disservice for your skin.
Here are 5 good basic tips about skin care:
1. Protect your skin from the sun
Stay out of the sun during intensity hours between 10 am and 4 pm, when the rays do the most damage.
You can cover your skin by wearing protective clothing. If you forget to take hat with you, seek a shady place when you are outdoors. Use sunscreen with a sun protection factor higher than 15 and apply about 30 minutes before you go out. Ultraviolet rays generally reflect off water, sand, snow and any light-colored surface, so remember apply sunscreen carefully. Avoid indoor sunlamps and tanning beds, since they can be more harmful to your skin than the sun.
2. Clean and moisturize your skin daily
Cleansing is an important part of skin care because you get rid of all the dust, dirt and bacteria. Clean your face twice a day with a good cleansing lotion. Remember that too hot water strips oils from your skin, so use warm water instead. Soaps contain dry agents which may lead to skin dryness, so it is important to use cleansing lotions rather than soaps. When removing make up take care with the delicate skin around the eyes, and if you use waterproof make up you may need an oil-based product to make sure you get it all off.
Moisturizing is important because it protects the skin from the weather and from drying up and looking dull. Moisturizer helps your skin maintain its natural moisture levels. If you have dry skin avoid alcohol-based products and if you have oily skin avoid oil-based products.
3. Watch smoking and alcohol
Smoking tends to destroy the Vitamin C in your body and damage the elastic tissues that keep the skin tight. Collagen gradually degrades with age, leading to wrinkles. Smoking causes the tiny blood vessels in the skin to tighten, which reduces the amount of oxygen and nutrients that the skin cells receive, which also reduces elasticity and accelerates ageing.
Drinking alcohol tends to expand your blood vessels causing red spots and itchiness on your skin. It also makes your body and skin dehydrated, leaving the skin looking old and tired.
4. Have a healthy diet
By eating the proper foods you take care of your skin internally. To have healthy skin, eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds and fish. Remember drink plenty of water. The recommended two liters of water a day is essential in maintaining the elasticity and suppleness of skin.
5. Have quality sleep
Not enough quality sleep will cause bags under your eyes and make your skin look tired and older. A general guideline for adults is 7-8 hours of sleep a night. Stress is extremely bad for your skin. It indirectly creates instability in your hormonal system, which in turn leads to more skin problems like breakouts and acne. Physical exercise reduces stress and creates a healthy tiredness that helps sleep.
