8 Tips for a Healthy and Shining Skin
28.January, 2009
Tip 1: Drink Water
Water has long been considered as the most efficient natural treatment or an almost free treatment for any skin condition because of its being alkaline, with pH 7.3. It prevents dehydration which is capable of producing sebum or oil from the sebaceous glands. Your skin needs water in order for it to function best, thus doctors and nutritionists suggest that a daily intake of between 6 to 8 glasses of water per day is highly needed.
Tip 2: Watch Your Diet
Nutrition plays a vital role in skin health too. Specific foods such as those acidic foods and dairy products are said to be effective in causing an allergic reaction in some people. Also, one of the widely debated topics in the area of nutrition today is chocolates. Some say that chocolate does affect the condition of the skin, while others say it doesn’t. Whatever the result may be, the best advice is just to follow a nutritious diet that has a number of fresh fruits and green-leafy veggies, as well as fiber.
Tip 3: Consider Exfoliants
Many experts say that exfoliating your skin is another great way to attain a beautiful skin. So, try to invest in a good body exfoliant or “loofah”, as it is commonly called, as it is capable of eliminating the dead skin cells from your body. Accordingly, this should be done once or twice a week so to free the skin to breathe. What’s more, exfoliants help to put off ingrown hair from developing.
However, it is essential to avoid using any body exfoliant on the skin on the face. The main reason for this precaution is that the facial tissue is more sensitive and finer than those tissues of the body.
Tip 4: Consider a Healthy Routine for Facial Care
When it comes to facial skin care, getting into a healthy beauty routine is not bad. Most of the doctors today greatly suggest that you cleanse, moisturize and tone your skin twice every day. When cleaning, never fail to remember cleaning the area on the neck, including your face. Apply a moisturizer or neck cream after.
Before going to bed at night, always bear in mind to remove all make up. Clean your skin before you sleep, no matter how tired you may feel. It was found out that during the night, the skin goes through a process of elimination and cannot breathe properly if it is clogged with make up. And, you may also find out that sleeping with your make up on will cause your skin to “break out” with spots on it.
When it comes to shaving for men, some men may experience shaving rashes. For many, these rashes lower their self-esteem, but this is actually not a big problem to think about. There are a lot ways to avoid rashes. Perhaps one of the best is to make sure that when shaving, the razor strokes are following the direction of hair growth. That’s simply it!
Tip 5: Heal Your Feet
When it comes to skin care, the feet are often neglected. So, if care you found no time for a professional pedicure, try to fill a football or basin with warm water and add your favorite essential oil. Soak your feet for about fifteen minutes. Then, dry them and apply a rough skin remover onto them. Rinse this off and dry you feet well. And, if you consider pedicure, simply add some body cream to your feet for an easy and quick fix pedicure.
Tip 6: Avoid Too Much Exposure to the Sun
One of the most common precautions when it comes to skin care is avoiding too much exposure to the sun. As you may know, over exposure to sunlight causes sunburn. So, while current sun blocks only block out the UVB rays and still let in harmful UVA rays, it is still wise to cover up before venturing into the hands of Apollo. If possible, use a wide brimmed hat while tending your garden to keep the sun from your face.
Tip 7: Exercise
Aside from considering a healthy diet, exercising your body also helps keep your skin healthy. Note that a proper exercise does not only keep the body fit by regulating the oxygen; it also improves the glow of the skin as well.
Tip 8: Take Enough Rest
One common problem that face people is stress; the one which is not normal. It was found out that when a person is stressed, the adrenal cortex converts adrenal androgens to the hormone testosterone in male and female, which in turn results in overactive sebaceous glands. These adrenal androgens are released causing a double amount of testosterone, causing the face to be oily, while other areas of the body are still dry from dehydration. So, taking proper rest that includes 6 to 8 hours of undisturbed sleep daily is the best way to rejuvenate the skin.
Antiaging Pill - A Shortcut
28.January, 2009
There is a lovely saying in English, “If you want a difficult task to be done in the easiest possible manner, give it to a lazy person.” How true! Human beings always looked for short cuts and comforts in life. They always seemed to want more when it comes to comfort, when it comes to having better results faster.
Look at women’s beauty treatments, for example. Once upon a time, the only way to remove unwanted hair from the body was with wax. Soon it was replaced with a better method called electrolysis where with the help of a laser needle it would be able to kill the hair so it never bothered you again. Hardly did this type of treatment stabilize, that the laser diode method came in vogue. In this method, you still use the laser, but instead of applying it hair by hair, it would be applied on a large area of skin whereby the hair would be eliminated faster and easier.
Is There An Antiaging Pill?
Talking from the point of view of one antiaging pill… first, let us make this aspect clear. There is no one such pill available. If this would be so, it would definitely be worth its weight in gold. Imagine, having a pill that you have to take for a certain period after which you are say, ten or twenty years younger. Wow! It makes your heart skip a beat just thinking of such a possibility.
Unfortunately, there is no such magic wand, no such antiaging pill. However, we do have a number of anti-aging related treatments that may make some difference in the weight of the years we carry on our shoulders. One that deserves mention here is the hormone pills / treatment.
The hormones are the magic wands of the body. These are substances that are produced by adrenal glands, which control the function of the various organs in the body. They also control largely the overall aging process. It is true that in some instances the hormone therapy works wonders. However, there is not sufficient evidence to say that as a rule this could be the much-sought-after antiaging pill. Besides, meddling with the hormones production can be as dangerous as smoking in a dynamite warehouse. You never know when and how it can backfire with fatal results.
Other treatments, besides the antiaging pill, worth mentioning would be the course of supplements of natural anti-oxidants such as goji berries, blue berries, acai berries, mangosteen and so on. Each one of them has been reported to work to some extent or other. However, unless and until we have real proof in terms of findings from standard medical research studies, the reports cannot be generalized for the public at large.