A boiling shower in winter?
Better to give up to keep your skin healthy/ShutterStock
The winter season has arrived and with it the dryness of your facial skin.
To give it the best care in the cold season and before you make mistakes and cause damage that will sometimes become irreversible, get 7 warning signs that will make us survive the winter with healthy, flexible and shiny skin.
1. Calculated soap:
do you wash your face and body with too much soap?
stop it
We tend to think that in every shower we must soap the face and body, but this is not true.
There are places that tend to more extreme dryness, such as the skin of the face, hands and feet, and it is recommended not to soap frequently in order not to cause dryness in these areas.
It is also important to use soap-free soaps that are suitable for dry skin.
Increased washing of the facial skin will cause dryness in the skin.
The lack of moisture in the air will intensify this dryness.
2. No heavy creams:
in winter there is a tendency to wear heavier fragrances, which contain substances that may cause skin irritation and unwanted reactions.
Therefore, in the cold season it is recommended not to use excessively perfumed products such as heavy creams with the smell of perfume and alcohol.
Despite the intoxicating and good smells, this may damage the facial skin in the short and long term.
3. End the long, hot showers:
Here's a fact that might surprise you - when the skin is under water for too long, it becomes drier.
In addition, the heat of the water increases the appearance of capillaries, redness and expansion of the blood vessels.
So if you got out of the shower and felt tingling and itching in your skin, know that you were carried away with the high temperature of the water.
When the water is very hot, the salts in it tend to dissolve more than in cold water and are more absorbed by the skin, therefore, it is advisable to shower, even in winter, with lukewarm to warm water, but not boiling.
A little tip after the shower: when the skin is still moist and has not yet had time to dry, this is the best time to give it maximum moisture because at this time it is able to absorb more of the ingredients in the cream and provide an optimal effect.
Restrain yourself with large amounts of soap and shampoo on cold days.
Your skin will thank you/Giphy
4. Switch to silk sheets:
Most of our bed linens are made of cotton.
But cotton tends to absorb moisture from the skin and hair and leave them dry.
On the other hand, silk pillows keep the skin moist, and their smooth touch even helps prevent wrinkles and acne.
5. Do not exfoliate:
Never exfoliate dry, flaky skin by yourself.
The simple reason is that what seems to you like an innocent peeling of the skin, may end up being a rash, inflammation or even a skin disease phenomenon.
If you peel the skin, more damage may be caused, including the development of an infection.
After every shower, it is recommended to regularly apply moisturizing cream on the face and body, thus preventing dryness and skin peeling.
Does the dryness and peeling not go away after a week?
Consult with professionals.
6. Drink water, and a lot.
mainly in winter.
In the cold of winter we are much less sweaty and thirsty.
But this does not mean that our body should settle for less fluids than it receives in the warmer seasons.
The first thing that will dry out as a result of a lack of fluids will be the skin, so dryness is a common phenomenon especially in this season.
It is recommended to drink at least as much as in the summer, even if you are not thirsty.
Your skin will thank you.
7. An enemy whose name is the air conditioner:
the means of heating that we operate at home in the cold season have harmful effects on the skin.
The hot air from the air conditioners, for example, causes the skin to lose its moisture and elasticity and even crack.
Therefore, make sure not to turn on the air conditioner for a long time, but for limited times, and make sure to ventilate the space often.
It is highly recommended to place a bowl of water inside the space where the air conditioner is on.
This way, the water will evaporate and add a little moisture to the dry air that the air conditioner distributes.
Paula Belik Dayan is an expert in natural medicine and advanced cosmetics
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