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Your Skin Care Routine

By: Victoria Hemingway

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We all realize how important skin care is. The view on how to care for our skin differs by person. Some people believe that going to beauty shops every few days is skin care. Others think that skin care is just a matter of applying some cleansing lotion on your skin, every occasionally. Then there are people who are convinced that skin care is an event that should occur once a month or once a year. Still there are other who are busy with skin care all the time. However, skin care is not that complex and neither is it very expensive (given how beneficial it can be). Skin care is establishing a routine procedure for attending to the needs of your skin.

Before you develop your routine, you need to determine if your skin-type is oily, dry, sensitive, normal, etc and select the skin care products suitable for it (you might need to experiment with a few skin care products). The following regime should work for most people with normal skin.

The most important skin care routine is ‘Cleansing’. The three main ingredients of a cleanser are oil, water and surfactants. Oil and surfactants extract dirt and oil from your skin and water then flushes it out, thus making your skin clean. You might have to try a couple of cleansers before you find the one that suits you the best. However, you should always use soap-free cleansers. Also, you should use Luke warm water for cleansing (hot and cold water, both, cause damage to your skin). Take care that you don’t do vigorous scrubbing of your skin and end up damaging your skin in the process.

Another important skin care item is exfoliation. Skin follows a natural repair process where it sheds the dead cells and replaces them with new skin cells. Exfoliation is just a way to assist the skin in this process. Dead skin cells are not able to respond to skin care products but will still absorb these products, thus preventing them from reaching the new skin cells. Therefore removing dead skin cells is important in order to increase the effectiveness of all skin care products. Normally, exfoliation takes it place just after cleansing. As with any skin care procedure, it’s important that you understand how much exfoliation you need. Exfoliate a few times per week for oily/normal skin and 1-2 times per week for dry/sensitive skin. Exfoliate a couple of times more in hot and humid weather.

Moisturizers are also important elements of a skin care routine. This is one of the most important things in skin care. Even people with oily skin need moisturizers. Moisturizers not only seal the moisture in your skin cells, but also attract moisture (from air) whenever needed. Using too much moisturizer can however clog skin pores and end up promoting acne. The amount of moisturizer needed by your skin will become apparent to you within one week of you using the moisturizer. Also, applying the moisturizer is best when your skin is still damp.

The last thing on skin care routine is sunscreen. A lot of moisturizers (day-time creams/moisturizers) come with UV protection so you can get double benefits from them. Such moisturizers are recommended for all days (irrespective of whether it is sunny or cloudy).

Again, experiment with various skin care products and also with the amount you need to apply. What gives you best results is the best skin care mixture for you. However, if you have some kind of a severe skin problem, it is best to consult your dermatologist before you actually start using any skin care products.

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