Your skin is your shield against the environment. When excessive temperatures threaten to overheat your body, your skin protects the delicate inner organs and maintains a steady body temperature. However, in the process it bears the brunt of the heat and gets sunburned, tanned, wrinkled, blemished or damaged.
Hygiene: Half of summer-related skin infections would not occur if people maintained proper hygiene.
Sun protection : Second to moisturiser, sunscreens are the most ubiquitously used skincare product -- and also the most incorrectly used! Each brand contains different ingredients -- some are UBA-blocking agents, some for UVB, some are chemical sunblocks and others (like zinc oxide or titanium dioxide) are physical sunblocks ie they form an opaque barrier against the penetration of UV rays.
Antioxidants (the internal sun protectors): Oxidative damage by ultraviolet radiation can be mitigated by adequate intake of antioxidants
Moisturisers : Sweating makes us forget just how much we need moisturisers. Heat saps moisture from the skin, leaving it dry and rough.
Click here to read more
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment