Six habits that are bad for your skin
The trend of taking care of your skin and nurturing it in every way is growing stronger every year. Innovative cosmetic products are being developed, the beauty market offers new nurturing procedures, and there are more options for preserving skin youth now than there were a decade ago. However, are all these procedures and the cosmetics market promising greater effects really the secret to beautiful and healthy skin? I will be straightforward and answer frankly – I think not. I think that proper skin care is still more important than any modern innovations. And if each and every one of us gave up improper skin care habits, we would definitely prolong the youth and beauty of our skin without much effort and miraculous procedures.
Sunbathing
This is probably the worst habit when it comes to skin and our own health. Studies have shown that about 80-90% of visual skin aging processes are caused by sunlight. UV rays slow down skin renewal, healing, increase inflammation, destroy collagen and elastin, promote skin pigmentation and scarring. All of these processes contribute to faster skin aging, not to mention side effects such as skin diseases and cancer. Therefore, you should not only avoid sunburn, but also constantly protect your skin from sunlight if you want to preserve your skin's youth for longer, as well as reduce the risk of developing skin cancer.
Hot water is harmful to the skin
Another important detail. We clean our face practically every day and even several times with the help of cleansers or other products. Pay attention to what kind of water you use for this. Hot, as well as very cold water, is harmful to the skin, the skin experiences stress. Therefore, it is best to wash your face with lukewarm water. The same applies to the skin of the body - a very hot shower is not your skin's friend.
Exfoliants with grains
I think that those who want to properly care for their skin should not have such a product in their cosmetics store at all - neither for the body, nor, even more so, for the face. Scrubs with mechanical particles not only do not effectively exfoliate the layer of dead cells, but also do one very bad job - they destroy the skin's protective barrier. A broken skin's protective barrier means a broken moisture balance, which worsens the condition of the skin, because its proper moisture is one of the secrets of healthy and beautiful skin. Such scrubs have other negative sides - they can mechanically damage the skin and harm skin suffering from acne and pimples.
Masks made from food products
No matter how deceptive the cosmetics market is, all products entering it undergo a lot of testing to assess their safety and ensure that they will not cause a strong negative effect on the skin or human health. However, the effects of food products that you think of using in a homemade mask or scrub on the skin have not been studied and properly evaluated. Therefore, by engaging in such self-care activities at home, you not only risk irritating or sensitizing your skin, but it is very possible that with the help of substances contained in food products, you are slowing down the skin's renewal processes and damaging the protective barrier.
The right cosmetics
The most important thing is gentle skin care products without alcohol, allergens, dyes and other less skin-friendly substances. Although the cosmetics market is strictly controlled, it is still allowed to use substances that are not beneficial for our skin, which can sometimes cause sensitization and damage. The use of poor-quality cosmetics also affects earlier aging processes, so when choosing skin care products, it is very important to choose the best products that help and protect the skin.
Facial expressions
We probably don't think about them at all, but facial expressions also have a significant impact on the formation of wrinkles. Wrinkles from a smile adorn us, but early wrinkles on the forehead do not look very attractive and are usually caused by our facial expressions. I recommend that you observe yourself for a few days to understand that you often frown, that your face is often adorned with sad expressions that do not add attractiveness and form early wrinkles. If you help yourself get rid of these habits, you will definitely delay the visual aging processes of the skin.
