Skin Care Should Start Early to Avoid Severe Problems
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Skin problems often begin with untreated dry skin conditions. Although dry skin is fairly common, a lot of people don’t do anything about it until the skin starts flaking, cracking or catching on their clothing. What most people don’t realize is that their skin has probably been dry for some time before those symptoms appear. In fact, if your skin feels just slightly rough, your problems have already started. Should you do something about it in these early stages? Absolutely: doing something now could prevent severe problems, including rashes, eczema and even wrinkles. Thousands of doctors now recommend a shielding lotion to prevent and treat dry skin and other skin problems, but there are a few natural remedies you should also include in your skin care treatment routine.
Why is it important to take action against dry skin early? The outer layer of the skin is composed of oils, fats and dead skin cells. These form a protective layer that locks in natural moisture and prevents bacteria, chemicals and other toxins from being absorbed into the body. Even mildly rough skin has tiny invisible cracks in it and has already lost some of that protective layer.
This opens the door to severe skin problems far worse than a little roughness, and to the development of both skin disease and general illness.
What can you do about it? In addition to using a shielding lotion, a good shielding lotion bonds with the outer layer of the skin to form a new protective layer that locks in moisture and keeps out chemicals, there are a few simple skin care and life style changes that can help prevent the severe problems you’re trying to avoid.
* Stop eating sugar, processed foods and junk foods. The body was not designed to survive on sugar, chemicals and food that came out of a box. Eat a well balanced diet with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and fish. Do your best to buy organic so you don’t get loaded up with chemicals at every meal.
* Drink several glasses of water every day filtered, clean drinking water.
* Avoid cigarettes, caffeine and alcohol. They’re all toxic, and cigarette smoke is known to cause dry skin and wrinkles.
* Exercise at least 20 minutes three times a week to ensure nutrients are circulated throughout the body, and into the skin. Exercise is vital to any skin care treatment program.
* Take stock of the skin care products in your bathroom. Do they contain long lists of chemicals? If so, you might want to get rid of them and try some of the old fashioned remedies used by your grandmother. Coconut oil, palm oil and other oils with the correct pH balance are great cleansers and rose water is a perfect dry skin toner. Use witch hazel for oily skin. Also, instead of chemicals masques and peels make your own with mild, natural skin care ingredients, and replace thick, greasy skin creams and moisturizers with a shielding lotion.
Above all, be gentle. Once you’ve disturbed the skin’s natural structure and function, you’ve opened the door to everything you’re trying to prevent.
Catching dry skin in the early stages is faster, easier and more effective than trying to treat severe skin conditions. Start your new healthy natural skin care treatment lifestyle today, and you’ll be rewarded with healthy skin for years to come – and don’t forget the shielding lotion.
About the author:
Author, Gloria MacTaggart, is an expert author on skin care solutions and contributes articles on skin care for 21st Century Formulations. For more information, please visit http://www.SkinMDNatural.com.