Skin Care Tips Derms Do Themselves: Pour on the Protection To ensure you layer on enough sunscreen, fill the hollow of your palm (about 1/2 teaspoon) with a broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher to coat your face, neck, and ears. Eat a Skin-Saving Breakfast Such as almonds. They contain essential fatty acids, which help put the brakes on inflammation that accelerates fine lines, sagging, and blotchiness.Not feeling like a nut? Salmon, tuna, and halibut are good lunch/dinner sources. Spray Away Dryness To keep your skin supple, spray it several times daily with La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water. Bonus: The water is packed with minerals like selenium that protect against UV damage. Zen Your Skin High levels of tension can spike hormone production that leads to breakouts or aggravates conditions like psoriasis. Controlling stress keeps your skin calm—but thats easier said than done, take a 10-minute time-out to apply a face mask and relax on your bed. Protect with Powder Sunscreen stops working in less than 3 hours, so reapplication is key. For easy touch-ups, use a powder sunscreen such as Glo Minerals Protecting Powder Sunscreen Pair Your Potions A cross-training regimen is the key to rapid rejuvenation. Some ingredients—like sunscreen and antioxidants in the morning and retinoids and peptides at night—work better as a team. Strike a Pose Most people will bend over back-ward for great skin, try bending forward. Yoga moves like Childs Pose, Downward-Facing Dog, and Sun Salutations improve circulation—the boost of oxygen is what gives skin that lovely yoga glow. Another reason to take to the mat: New research finds regular yoga practice may reduce the inflammation and stress that speed skin aging. Tea Up Research suggests that both types of tea, green and black, contain protective compounds—like EGCG and theaflavins—that help prevent skin cancers and the breakdown of collagen, the cause of wrinkles.
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 12:50:30 +0000
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