Navigate the harsh embrace of winter with expert tips to maintain Skin Hydrated, ensuring a supple and glowing appearance even in the coldest months. Discover essential practices that safeguard your skin’s moisture barrier, combating the seasonal dryness for a complexion that defies the chill.
Moisturize Properly
Use an oil-based moisturizer during winter months. This will create a protective layer on the skin thus allowing it to retain more moisture. You can switch back to your creams or water-based moisturizers once the harsh weather subsides. When choosing your oils stick to avocado oil, mineral oil, primrose oil, or almond oil. These will not clog up your pores.
Sunscreen
The battle between the skin and the sun does not stop in the winter. Apply facial sunscreen on sunny days even if it is below zero outside, the winter sun will still damage your skin. Make sure to reapply throughout the day.
Invest in a Humidifier
Since heating our homes is essential for most of us during the winter months we cannot avoid the hot dry air that is being blasted at us while indoors. To put moisture back in the air, invest in a humidifier. This will prevent your skin from drying out and improve the quality of air in your home.
Be Mindful of the Products you Use
If your skin is feeling dry, avoid using harsh peels, masks, and alcohol-based toners. These can strip vital oils from your skin. Replace these products with cleansing milk, an alcohol-free toner, and masks that are “deeply hydrating”, rather than clay-based.
Watch the Water Temperature
Washing or bathing in super-hot water dries out your skin. Instead keep your water temperature at warm, especially when cleansing your face.
Watch your Diet
Foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids can work wonders on the skin. This is because, omega-3s job is to keep the skin cells lubricated, which then contributes to a rejuvenated appearance. Examples of foods you can incorporate into your diet include salmon, kidney beans, olive oil, walnuts, and various others. Do your research! Adding foods rich with omega-3s will be beneficial to your overall health as well as your skin.
Don’t Forget about the Lips!
Nothing makes a face look more winter-stricken and dry than chapped lips. Make sure to keep a good lip balm on hand. Avoid any scented lip products or lip stains that are heavy on drying ingredients. It is also a good idea to exfoliate your lips once a week to scrap off any dry skin.
Keep Hydrated
Make sure that you are drinking enough water.
Skin Care Treatment
Hydrating skin treatments offered at Mederm Esthetic clinic can really help to infuse hydration back into the skin surface. Red Light Therapy increases natural hydration levels, and reduces inflammation, improves circulation, minimizes the appearance of pores and accelerates skin repair.