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HOW you look after your skin.
In a recent survey of over 180 respondents, a staggering 9% do not cleanse their skin at all and 14% do not use any form of moisturiser.
In the same survey, respondents were asked if they felt they were successful with their skincare regime. An astounding 23% answered “No”. What’s more the 77% that gave a positive response also had qualifying notes to the affect that their skin “doesn’t get worse”, “it’s not too bad” or “there are not too many spots”. It’s questionable whether these people are actually successful or just complacent.
Have a good look at your skincare routine. Think about your answers to the following questions.
• Do you cleanse your skin before going to bed?
• Do you pick or squeeze your spots regularly?
• Do you frequently give your skin a good scrub with an exfoliator, cleansing wipe or a facial brush?
• Do you wear make-up to cover up your spots?
• Do you avoid shaving because of spots?
Do you cleanse your skin before going to bed?
If there is any one thing you should do in your skincare regime, that is cleanse your skin before you go to bed.
Do you pick or squeeze your spots regularly?
Some sources will tell you picking your spots is okay. While you may get a sense of satisfaction, consider this;
• You are potentially cross-infecting spots and creating more spots
• You can cause broken capillaries (little red veins)
• You can cause scarring
• You are not solving the issue, only satisfying an urge
Do you frequently give your skin a good scrub with an exfoliator, cleansing wipe or a facial brush?
If you suffer from pimples, the last thing you want to be doing is giving it a good scrub! When you scrub you stimulate your skin. When your skin is stimulated, what does it do? It produces more oil(sebum). Acne is already a case of trapped, bacteria-filled sebum.
It is recommended however, that you do a gentle exfoliation no more than once a week. As you know, the pores are blocked with sebum, dead skin and bacteria so you want to assist your skin in shedding this build-up but in a skin-friendly fashion.
Exfoliating agents should be gentle – smaller than a grain of sand. Many have particles that are too rough for your face that can even scratch and damage your skin.
Do you wear make-up to cover up your spots?
While many of us don’t wish for people to see our spots, there are a number of considerations that you need to be aware of when using make-up to conceal them.
Is your choice of make-up non-comedogenic? This means that is has been designed not to block pores. What’s more, has it been designed with the overall health of your skin in mind?
Any colour you add to your skin for whatever reason should always be complimentary to the function of your skin. Is your choice of colour simply make-up or is it skincare providing beneficial ingredients and colour for your skin? Your pimples are already a case of angry, blocked pores. Are you helping or hindering it?
Do you avoid shaving because of white heads?
This is a perfectly reasonable response for men with sore acne. Shaving is an abuse on your skin even without acne. Your beard will attract and hold more debris than without facial hair. For those of you in this situation, it is imperative you give your skin a healthy cleanse and make sure you thoroughly pat dry your face after cleansing.
WHAT you feed your skin.
There are countless books, videos, television shows and experts constantly bombarding the public with the best foods to eat at the best times of day in the best quantities and even what not to eat. No one tells us what’s best for our skin in terms of what to “feed” it. Skincare deserves a heightened level of attention to promote how good skincare management addresses your sense of well being both internally and socially.
Your skin – the largest organ in your body and last in the pecking order for nutrients from the food you eat – needs to be fed as you do your body. If you consider a healthy eating plan, it addresses what your body needs to perform. You don’t crave junk food. You feel better. You sleep better, even remain injury-free. You’re happy.
Consider what you feed your skin. After cleansing do you the need to immediately apply a moisturiser? During the day are you constantly reapplying lip or hand products because they feel dry. Do you have sensitive skin and only splash your face with water but without much relief? Do you have persistent pimples?
These are all signs of a bad skin diet. When people tell you they cleanse, tone and moisturise regularly always take this with a pinch of salt. It is more important to know with what products they cleanse, tone and moisturise as they may be doing their skin a disservice and feeding it junk food.
Junk food products will take away what your skin naturally produces – i.e. sebum – to protect and moisturise your skin. When you upset your natural potion, your skin goes into a panic mode and pumps out more sebum. Do you find you feel extra greasy mid-day? You probably stripped all your natural oil away in your cleansing and your skin is trying to make up for the abuse you caused it.
Do you moisturise with products containing Mineral oil, Liquidum paraffin, petrolatum or lanolin? After you’ve stripped away your natural oiliness and replaced it with a product that contains one of the above, you’ve now put the equivalent of a plastic bag on your skin.
There are many who will say that Mineral oil is a natural product and is okay for your skin. It is true that it is a natural product however, this natural product has a molecular size that is too large for the pores in your skin. It’s like trying to swallow an apple whole.
You need to feed your skin ingredients that it can digest, enjoy and nourish in order to fend for itself. Spots cannot survive in a skin that is fed a proper diet.
Key ingredients for the effective management and control of white heads.
For the comprehensive list of ingredients and a complete regime recommendation please contact us directly or complete the advice request form on-line.
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