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Mar 2020
9m 40s

The Science of Beauty

SKINCARE
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Taking good care of your skin is essential, especially with what damage pollution and sun exposure can inflict. Keeping skin healthy should be a priority for you so read on for some great ideas on how you can protect your skin to keep it looking its best and treat various ailments and conditions that plague so many of us. Lamelle and Nimue are brands we can recommend, tried and tested.

Avoid scratching dry skin. Though it might itch, scratching dry skin only exacerbates the problem. Apply lotion to moisturize the area. If necessary, you can even apply anti-itch creams that are specially formulated for dry skin. Applying products containing shea butter to dry patches of skin can also do wonders.

If you are going outside in the summer, use a moisturizer or a sunblock with SPF. SPF helps to fortify your skin with a shield to protect you from the sun, so that your face does not get burnt. Reapply your SPF lotion if you happen to go swimming or if you are involved in any type of activity and end up sweating a lot.

One great thing you can do to clear up your skin, is to get out in the sun. If you go outside, the sunlight will give your skin the vitamin D that it needs. It will also allow your skin to get fresh oxygen. Don't stay out in the sun too long though or you will burn your skin cells.

Hyaluronic Acid

When you are looking for skincare products that can help you firm your skin you should look for things that contain components like green tea, aloe-vera, Shea butter, emu oil or hyaluronic acid. Many plastic surgeons agree that these help firm your skin. Look for these or a combination of them to see the results.

Hyaluronic acid is a very powerful skin hydrating serum. If your skin is feeling very dry beyond repair, buy some hyaluronic acid and apply to the afflicted areas with a dropper. This acid has the most moisturizing and hydrating effects on the market today. It is able to hold up to 1000 times its weight in water.

Use a moisturizer on your skin. If your skin does not absorb all the different products you are using on your face, then you are not getting any benefits from them. You can maximize your skin's ability to draw in each product by ending your routine with a moisturizer. Try to find one that has glycerin or hyaluronic acid.

Treat dry skin carefully to maximize its ability to retain moisture. Your cleanser should be gentle so that it doesn't strip valuable oils from your skin, and your daily moisturizer should include ingredients like hyaluronic acid or glycerin, which both hydrate thirsty skin. Weekly exfoliation will help to brighten your complexion by removing dead skin cells. We find Lamelle products have excellent cleansers. 

Maintaining healthy skin is an investment and a very wise one! Hopefully, this article has given you some really smart ideas and tips on how to keep your skin nourished, healthy and protected. Unless you were born with perfect skin you need all the help you can get, just like most people, to keep up with the best tactics for great skin and putting your best face forward! Visit a skin clinic in Pretoria for more information.

The Science of Beauty by Rachel Varga is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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