Skin care and common sense precautions can help your skin retain its young and healthy look. Follow these 5 Tips for Healthy Looking Skin to help your skin glow at all ages. Together they are a powerhouse of youth.
- 1. Sun Protection
- 2. Diet and Exercise
- 3. Gentle Cleansing
- 4. Stop smoking
- 5. Reduce stress
Protecting your skin from the sun’s rays is the most important step you can take to keeping your skin beautiful. Over time, prolonged sun exposure causes wrinkles, and in some cases freckles, age spots and rough, dry skin. The most serious skin problem, skin cancer, is usually a direct result to overexposure to the sun. skin care, for men and women alike, should include wearing both sunscreen and protective clothing to shield their skin from the sun.
Watching your diet and exercising seems to always be one of the tips for any health oriented regimen – and for good reason. Cutting sugar, increasing your water intake and your fiber intake will immediately make a difference to your overall well-being. Adding fibrous vegetables and fruits like whole grains, beans, cauliflower and apples is easy and tasty as well as healthy. Eating some “good” fats like fish and nuts will add natural fats you need to your diet. Recent research suggests that if your diet is rich in vitamin C but low in fats and carbohydrates, it may promote younger looking skin. Good to know.
Exercise certainly brings many benefits, and one of the best things you can do for your skin is to get moving! Stress is reduced and even moderate activity can affect skin and help prevent bloating, puffiness, development of cellulite, and heightened muscle tone.
Facial skin is fragile – so delicate that cleansing should be gentle in manner and in choice of products used.Many natural cleaning products are available now that eliminate exposing your skin to harsh chemicals. Use warm rather than hot water to help retain natural skin oils. Pat moisture off your face, rather than scrubbing it dry. Always wipe the area around your eyes inward toward your nose, rather than outward toward your ears as this area is probably the most delicate skin on your face. Last thing, don’t forget to moisturize as needed.
Smoking is a real culprit in the aging process, making your skin look older and contributing to wrinkles. Besides the real threat of cancer, smoking also narrows tiny blood vessels in the skin decreasing necessary blood flow. The result is depleted oxygen and nutrients, such as vitamin A, that are important to maintaining healthy-looking skin. Smoking also damages the fibers that give your skin its elasticity- collagen and elastin. Wrinkles around the mouth and eyes are also worsened by the repetitive facial movements required by drawing on a cigarette or cigar and squinting to keep smoke out of the eyes. The threat of cancer to yourself and to those your love make quitting smoking a logical step.
Controlling stress can decrease acne breakouts and help limit other skin problems. Develop good stress management tools: set reasonable deadlines, re-evaluate your daily to-do list, and make time to relax and enjoy life. Developing a creative hobby can help balance your life and give you something to look forward to.
