When winter comes, the weather gradually becomes cold and dry, the humidity in the air gradually decreases, and a series of skin problems will occur.
Do you know how to take care of your skin?
The following 8 tips will help you:
1. The bath water temperature should not be too high
In winter, many people will adjust the water temperature higher when taking a bath, thinking that they can feel more comfortable when they take a hot bath, but they don’t know that too high a bath water will make the body lose water faster and make the skin dry more easily. Therefore, when taking a bath, try to choose water at about 40 ℃, and the bath time should not be too long. Try to control it to about 10 minutes.
2. Pay attention to cleaning supplies
When taking a bath in winter, if you use too strong cleaning products, it is easy to damage the oil film of the skin and lead to more serious dryness. Therefore, try to choose mild cleaning products without additives.
3. Use moisturizer
After taking a bath, you should use moisturizer or moisturizer to lock up the moisture in your skin, especially within a few minutes after taking a bath, choose some moisturizers with better ingredients and higher moisturizing effect, so as to alleviate dry skin.
4. Wear gloves
As the skin of hands is most prone to dryness, you should wear gloves when washing dishes or doing housework. Don’t let your hands soak in water for a long time. This will easily damage the skin oil and dry it. In addition, pay attention not to over clean your hands. You can apply some hand cream properly.
5. Increase air humidity
In winter, the indoor air is easy to dry and make people uncomfortable, especially when they sleep at night, so humidifiers can be used. The use of humidifiers can increase the indoor humidity, make the body have enough moisture, prevent dryness, and avoid dry rhinitis for some people.
6. Drink plenty of water
In winter, because of the cold weather, many people do not exercise and are not easy to feel thirsty, so they will reduce the amount of water they drink. However, we should know that in winter, the organs and skin of the body are prone to water shortage. At this time, we need to drink a lot of water to keep wet, avoid skin drying due to water shortage, and effectively improve the phenomenon of dry skin.
7. Pay attention to sunscreen
Everyone likes to bask in the sun in winter, but the ultraviolet rays in winter are not inferior to those in summer. If there is ice, snow and other weather conditions, it will aggravate the ultraviolet reflection, and seriously cause sunburn in winter.
8. Skin massage
Adhere to facial and hand massage two or three times a day, which can promote skin blood circulation and restore skin elasticity. The simpler is commonly known as hand rubbing and face rubbing. It is better to have no skin discomfort and a slight fever.
The maintenance of the dermis should be adjusted by taking orally and exercising, maintaining a good work and rest, strengthening physical exercise, drinking more water, and eating more foods rich in vitamin A (such as animal liver, fish, seafood, eggs, carrots, etc.) and vitamin E (such as walnuts and almonds), which can promote the secretion of sebaceous glands and keep the skin moist.
Tips:
When the skin is easy to dry in winter, we must take some measures to alleviate the dry situation and avoid some skin diseases, especially dry eczema. When the skin is too dry, it is easy to induce eczema, resulting in skin discomfort and distress, so care should be taken.
How should dry skin be maintained?
For the maintenance of dry skin, avoid over cleaning or using overheated water to wash your face, otherwise it will irritate your skin, and pay attention to sun protection and protection; We should also pay attention to supplementing moisture and oil, and we can use some moisturizing skin care products; In addition, we should have regular work and rest in daily life, drink more water and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, which can supplement water and help maintain dry skin.
- Avoid excessive irritation: for people with dry skin, it is not suitable to use cleaning products with strong cleaning power or alkaline, which may cause irritation or damage to the skin. Try to use water with proper temperature for face washing and bathing to avoid frequent cleaning or damage to skin surface by overheated water. In spring or the season changing period, it is recommended to choose mild, moisturizing and moisturizing skin care products to minimize skin irritation;
- Do a good job of sunscreen: exposure to the sun will accelerate the loss of water on the skin surface, adversely affect the water shortage symptoms of dry skin itself, and ultraviolet rays in the sun may also cause color spots. Therefore, it is necessary to do a good job of sunscreen every day, which is also helpful to slow down skin aging;
- Supplement water and oil: you can choose products with rich nutrition, sufficient oil and good moisture to care for the skin and repair the skin’s cortical protective film. If conditions permit, you can also take beauty care regularly, supplement deep nutrition to the skin, and concentrate on improving the dryness and water shortage of the skin; In addition, patients can also go to regular hospitals for treatment, such as water light acupuncture treatment and local water replenishment;
- Life conditioning: try to live regularly, exercise for at least 30 minutes every day, and avoid excessive fatigue, tension, staying up late, etc. Balancing diet, preventing unbalanced intake of nutrients, drinking more water, eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, protein food, etc. will help improve the symptoms of water shortage.
