Everyone has the desire to have a healthy skin. It is natural for all of us to want to appear attractive, and skin plays an important part in this endeavor.
Moreover, having a healthy skin is also important for the sake of one’s own comfort. Skin conditions like acne, dryness etc. can be rather painful to live with as well.
Therefore, it is important to know how to keep your skin healthy. While you can use skin care products to supplement your healthy skin care routine, but the lifestyle factors are just as important to cater to.
For special skin conditions, you must follow the instructions of your Dermatologist in Islamabad. As for the rest, we have rounded up home hacks that can help you keep your skin healthy.
Not use scalding hot water
While we all like hot showers, especially when it is colder outside, however, they are, unfortunately, not good for the skin. When the water is too hot, it leads to loss of moisture from the skin. Consequently, skin becomes dry and itchy.
It is especially vital that you do not wash your face with hot water, as it not only leaches moisture of your face but also makes it dehydrated then. Moreover, the skin barrier is also weakened then, making skin more prone to breakouts. Therefore, go for lukewarm water for bathing.
Wash face with cold water
While you can also use lukewarm water to wash your face, but you should ideally go for cold water for to clean you face. It helps in depuffing the face, and thus is great for the dreaded puffy under eyes.
Furthermore, cold water also helps in keeping the skin soothed and calm. It is even more important for people suffering from skin conditions like acne, rosacea etc., to not use hot water.
Sleep on your back
The position you sleep in is not just important for your posture and muscles, but also for your skin. When you sleep on your side, your face gets squished, which then leads to wrinkle formation.
So, if you want your skin to remain smooth and wrinkle free, you need to sleep on your back.
Silk pillowcases
Your pillowcases play an important role in the health of your skin, after all, you rest your face on it for a third of the day. Due to the close contact, the dead skin, bacteria, grease etc. from your face and hair get deposited on the pillowcase.
When you do not change your pillowcases often enough, you set yourself up for breakouts. Therefore, you should clean your pillowcases at least once in a week.
However, to take your skin care up a notch, you should use silk pillowcases. Since silk does not absorb the grime from the face, it does not act as a breeding ground for the bacteria. Moreover, it also does not crease, and thus, does not promote wrinkle formation.
It is not just the facial skin that is affected by the pillowcase, but hair as well. Friction from the cotton pillow covers can affect your hair. Silk pillowcases, on the other hand, prevent tangling of the hair and makes them shiny as well.
Humidifier
Winter is here and so is the heating. Whether it be radiators or good old fireplace, the air becomes dry due to the heat then. Due to this, skin loses out on its moisture, and becomes dry as a result.
Since dry skin causes a lot of problems; from breakouts to allergies to irritation, therefore remedying the dryness is imperative.
One effective way to do this is by using humidifier. These machines introduce moisture in the air, so less is leached out from your skin. A 30 to 50% humidity should do, but you can also confer with your Skin specialist on the effective percentage.
