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We all want our skin to look healthy and youthful for as long as possible. Of course, our internal clocks and genetics play a major role as far as when and how well our skin will age – but fortunately, there are other factors that we can control.
Protecting your skin at the surface is a major aspect of keeping your skin healthy. Over-scrubbing, scraping, or and picking at the skin will leave marks and long-term damage. To keep a healthy, younger-looking glow to your skin, be gentle when you wash your face and keep your hands away from your skin throughout the day. Here are some other factors to consider for healthy skin:
Wear Sunglasses
Putting on a pair of sun glasses can not only add a to your style, but it actually does protect your eyes from harmful UV rays. The lenses protect your eyes from sun damage that can cause creasing and lines over time.
Avoid Yo-Yo Dieting
Constant, extreme changes in your weight are not only bad for your health, but can leave your skin saggy and reduce its ability to bounce back from the weight loss or gain. Skin stretches to accommodate extra pounds, but when the fat is suddenly lost, that extra skin remains stretched.
Use Sunscreen
If you want to prevent those ugly looking brown spots that appear from the sun, then you’ll want to start wearing sunscreen daily – even when the sun isn’t out. As little as SPF 15 can prevent long term sun damage. Try a moisturizer that contains sunscreen and make it part of your everyday skin regime.
No Smoking!
Yes, it’s a proven fact – smoking causes premature aging. Chemicals from the cigarettes get into your blood stream and eventually into your skin cells. Eventually, your skin will look dry, less youthful, and less supple. Even secondhand smoke can put your skin at risk. Long-time smokers, however, usually have trouble quitting but feel the need to do so eventually. Well, yes, if it ages your skin and causes other health problems, then it only makes sense not to do it, right? Although quitting can be difficult, it’s not impossible. Give it a try and see for yourself.
Source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/the-5-essentials-of-younger-looking-skin/ar-BBhZztc#page=5
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It’s officially beach season! But with the hotter temperatures, comes sunburn, a painful and potentially dangerous irritation of the skin that occurs due to too much exposure to sun, and not enough skin protection. We all know how important it is to protect our skin from harsh UV rays, especially for children and those with complexions that burn easily. But certain parts of our bodies seem to get left out when applying sunscreen.
Ears
According to a 2007 study from The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal, the ears are the third most frequent location for basal cell carcinomas. This makes up about 80 percent of the 1.3 million new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer in the U.S. each year, according to the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
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Underarms
You may think this area is safe since it is literally under your arm however, it still can lead to sun-damaged skin! It’s important to apply sunscreen to every area of skin that’s exposed to the sun.
Eyelids
Consumer Reports recommends using a moisturizer or eye cream that contains SPF, since those are absorbed much more easily and are very gentle on the eyes.
Lips
You might not think of this area when it comes to sun protection, but this sensitive area needs plenty of SPF, too. The easiest way to get enough protection from the sun for your lips is with nourishing lip balms that contain SPF. The lower lip in particular needs some sunscreen love, as it is 12 times more likely to develop cancer than the top lip, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. And men – don’t shy away from lip balm. Studies show that men are up to 13 times more likely to develop lip cancer than women.
Back of Knees
This little crease behind our legs often gets neglected from sunscreen application. But, taking a sunbath on your stomach leaves those knee backs very exposed to harsh UV rays, so make sure to lather up in this area as well.
We put on sunscreen, we sit in the shade, and we wear a hat and sunglasses but all of these protective measures have limiting factors. Sunscreen is very important but many of them contain harsh active ingredients and other chemicals that disrupt our healthy hormone balance and have major negative effects on our healthy respiratory, endocrine and immune function. There is something you can do to give yourself a lit bit of extra protection that doesn’t require sunscreen, a hat or sunglasses and it stays with you all day, every day, in the water and while you are exercising and sweating. It certainly does not replace any of these other protective measures, but it can give you an edge when it comes to protecting the skin from aging, wrinkling and even sunburn.
It’s never too early or too late to protect your skin from the sun. Shield your skin with superfoods and sunblock to safeguard skin with a protective layer of vitamins, nutrients and minerals from the inside and outside.