You'd better watch out...
winter is coming! Without proper information about how to handle your skin in the colder months, you may find yourself with breakout or at the very least feeling all dried out.
In the winter months, many of you may think you need a "heavier" moisturizer because your skin feels dry.
Most likely, however, your skin is dehydrated.
A common mistake people with dehydrated skin make is to overmoisturize.
Because your skin feels dry, it seems logical to give the skin more moisture.
But this is where your problems can really begin.
You start off with dehydration and can end up with congestion or breakout on top of the dryness (dehydration).
Making the distinction between dry and dehydrated skin is imperative.
Without knowing which skin condition you have, you could really cause problems down the road.
What is the difference between dry skin and dehydrated skin? There is a definite misunderstanding that surrounds these two separate conditions, which many people mistake as the same condition.
Women (and men) think they have dry skin because it feels dry, when really they're simply dehydrated.
Although true-dry skin and dehydrated skin feel the same, their causes are totally different, and the treatment of each separate condition is also very different.
Dehydration means there is an excessive dead cell buildup on the surface of your skin, and therefore you need to exfoliate (manually remove the dead skin).
No amount of moisturizing will truly fix the problem, but through regular and thorough exfoliation, you can greatly reduce or eliminate dehydration.
Dehydrated skin is lacking water, not oil.
True-dry skin is oil dry.
This skin simply does not emit much or enough oil.
Therefore, if you have true-dry skin, you probably don't have blackheads, whiteheads, and most likely never have breakout either.
True-dry skin needs moisturizing to help add oil to its oil-deficient surface.
Exfoliation can help, but what is really needed is proper moisturizing.
OK, so my skin is dehydrated, not dry.
What should I do? In a word: Exfoliate! There are many methods you can use to get rid of the dead skin on your face.
Gommage (soft gel peel) is my personal favorite.
There are other exfoliators like papaya enzyme peels as well as AHA peels and so forth - all of which can irritate sensitive skin.
If your exfoliation system is causing irritation or redness in your skin, you may want to switch to a more gentle one.
However you choose to do it, the way to get rid of dead skin cells is to slough them off - or exfoliate.
Your skin will let you know when it's time to exfoliate: when it feels tight and dry.
During the winter months, you may need to exfoliate more often, maybe 2 or 3 times per week.
This depends on your environment (how dry the heat is in your home) and just how dry your skin feels.
Remember, exfoliation will relieve that dry feeling.
By exfoliating regularly, you can keep your skin soft and supple, even through a rough, cold winter.
Good luck and Happy Winter!
winter is coming! Without proper information about how to handle your skin in the colder months, you may find yourself with breakout or at the very least feeling all dried out.
In the winter months, many of you may think you need a "heavier" moisturizer because your skin feels dry.
Most likely, however, your skin is dehydrated.
A common mistake people with dehydrated skin make is to overmoisturize.
Because your skin feels dry, it seems logical to give the skin more moisture.
But this is where your problems can really begin.
You start off with dehydration and can end up with congestion or breakout on top of the dryness (dehydration).
Making the distinction between dry and dehydrated skin is imperative.
Without knowing which skin condition you have, you could really cause problems down the road.
What is the difference between dry skin and dehydrated skin? There is a definite misunderstanding that surrounds these two separate conditions, which many people mistake as the same condition.
Women (and men) think they have dry skin because it feels dry, when really they're simply dehydrated.
Although true-dry skin and dehydrated skin feel the same, their causes are totally different, and the treatment of each separate condition is also very different.
Dehydration means there is an excessive dead cell buildup on the surface of your skin, and therefore you need to exfoliate (manually remove the dead skin).
No amount of moisturizing will truly fix the problem, but through regular and thorough exfoliation, you can greatly reduce or eliminate dehydration.
Dehydrated skin is lacking water, not oil.
True-dry skin is oil dry.
This skin simply does not emit much or enough oil.
Therefore, if you have true-dry skin, you probably don't have blackheads, whiteheads, and most likely never have breakout either.
True-dry skin needs moisturizing to help add oil to its oil-deficient surface.
Exfoliation can help, but what is really needed is proper moisturizing.
OK, so my skin is dehydrated, not dry.
What should I do? In a word: Exfoliate! There are many methods you can use to get rid of the dead skin on your face.
Gommage (soft gel peel) is my personal favorite.
There are other exfoliators like papaya enzyme peels as well as AHA peels and so forth - all of which can irritate sensitive skin.
If your exfoliation system is causing irritation or redness in your skin, you may want to switch to a more gentle one.
However you choose to do it, the way to get rid of dead skin cells is to slough them off - or exfoliate.
Your skin will let you know when it's time to exfoliate: when it feels tight and dry.
During the winter months, you may need to exfoliate more often, maybe 2 or 3 times per week.
This depends on your environment (how dry the heat is in your home) and just how dry your skin feels.
Remember, exfoliation will relieve that dry feeling.
By exfoliating regularly, you can keep your skin soft and supple, even through a rough, cold winter.
Good luck and Happy Winter!