You are never too young or too old to start taking care of your skin. In fact skin care and protection should be an essential part of your health fitness and beauty regime. If you take care of your skin your skin will take care of you! But with all of the lotions creams and potions on the market it can be difficult to know which product will work for you. Many products claim to remove wrinkles or heal dry skin. Others claim to contain expensive ingredients that they say will improve the effects of the product. Here is a guide to the basic skin care products on the market and how you can decipher which product will work best for you.
A Look At The Products
There are several types of skin care products that may make a useful additional to your daily skin care. These include cleansers sunscreens moisturizers eye creams toners exfoliants retinoids herbals and skin care supplements.
Cleansers: Cleansers help to remove the dirt debris pollutants and perspiration that accumulate on your skin throughout the day. They may come in liquid foam or bar form.
Sunscreen: Sunscreen is an essential product for the care and protection of your skin. While it is true that some exposure to sunshine is necessary for the body to synthesize vitamin D you really only need 10-15 minutes each day to accomplish this. Excess sun exposure can cause changes in the skin cells leading to damage. People with fair skin need to be much more careful than those with darker skin. But dark skin can become damaged too. Applying a liberal amount of a natural sunscreen with at least an SPF 15 will prevent sun damage and lower your risk of developing skin cancer. Many moisturizers come with sunscreen already included.
Moisturizer: Moisturizers can soothe dry skin and make wrinkles less noticeable. They come in cream lotion and oil form. Oil based moisturizers are good for severely dry skin on the body whereas a cream or lotion is a better choice for the face as it will leave the face feeling less heavy and greasy. Use a moisturizer right after bathing to seal moisture into your skin.
Eye Creams: An eye cream can help to improve the condition of the fragile skin around the eyes. It helps to hydrate and protect this area and it may even help to minimize dark circles or temporarily tighten fine lines.
Toners: Skin toners offer a bit of extra cleansing to skin that tends to be combination or oily. But if your skin has become dry avoid using a skin toner. These skin care products often contain alcohol or acetone and they can aggravate dry or sensitive skin.
Exfoliants: Moisturizers and cleansers that contain exfoliants help to improve the appearance of skin by sloughing off dead cells on the skin's surface. They may also help to smooth out the skin's appearance and even out discoloration from overexposure to sun. Since older skin does not naturally lose dead skin cells as easily as younger skin does an exfoliant may be a good product for skin that appears rough and sallow with ...
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