Healthy Skin

Healthy skin

Skin care is an important part of our health too because damaged skin can lead to infections and other things. It is important to take care of your skin and I am going to list some healthy tips to ensure great skin health.

Diet and lifestyle

The one thing that I think most people neglect is that our diet and lifestyle greatly affect our skin health. It's not just about fancy creams and face masks to help our skin stay healthy.

What we eat and drink does affect our skin because too much sugar can actually destroy our skin. Some people are more sensitive to foods that can lead to skin irritation and out breaks of acne.

Eat healthier foods such as whole foods for better skin and protect your skin from sun damage by proper skincare with spf and even wearing a hat to help not get too much sun exposure.

Avoiding smokey areas and pollution as much as possible given where you live can help greatly reduce negative effects on our skin

There has been so much research on the negative effects smoking has on our health and even damaging skin cells. If you do smoke than yes quitting would help improve overall health, but I know this habit can be a hard one to quit. There are tips to cut down and cut out nicotine addiction completely that I can post in another blog to help.

Exercise has been known to be a benefit to our skin too because it boosts circulation and helps with detoxification.

Staying hydrated is a major factor in contributing to healthy skin, so make sure to always have adequate water intake.

Hormones

Hormones play a crucial role in our skin health because they can contribute to acne and oily or dry skin.

Making sure our hormones are in balance is key and I know this can be hard especially for women during major hormonal changes such as pregnancy, puberty, perimenopause and menopause. I encourage speaking with health care specialists to help with these hormones.

Other ways for helping our hormones are our gut health by what we eat and drink. Sometimes we have to do an entire reset with our diet.

Stress can affect our hormones and tips for reducing stress is daily exercise, moving our bodies, journaling, meditation and yoga.

A good skin care routine

Finding the right products can be a lot of trial and error since some products can cause rashes and be too harsh. Depending on skin type and trying and finding what works for you is best.

Make sure that you wash your face not only at night before bed but also in the morning. With hectic schedules and busy days, sometimes we are so tired and just want to lay down right away and washing all your make up off prior to bed does not always happen. I cannot stress enough the importance of removing all make up before bed to avoid clogged pores.

Making sure to have clean pillowcases and bed sheets because after about a week it's best to clean our bedding due to our sweat, shedding of skin cells and dirt that can accumulate.

Exfoliate skin no more than 2 times per week to avoid drying out our skin of its natural oils to retain moisture.

Establishing a good routine that works for you is key but remember that washing our faces both am and pm help and also after any kind of exercise. Healthy skin care helps our skin stay youthful and glowing.