Facts About Dehydrated Skin - Part 2

 
The second part in the dehydrated skin series continous with the right products. You should first check to make sure that you are using products that harmonize best with yourskin type. If you feel they’re too drying or you experience flaking, check with the sales consultant or skin technician. They may ask you to make modifications to your ritual or suggest making product changes. For, example, you may want to switch from a gel to a lotion cleanser. Here are things that you should know:

• If your skin feels tight at midday, consider switching your foundation or powder to one with more moisture and less oil-absorption.
• Too many salon treatments are simply too much of a good thing. Back off on the frequency. Every six weeks is often enough, and you may want to reduce visits to the salon for peels even further. Talk with your aesthetician to evaluate if your skin dryness is caused by the frequency of peels, your skin care products, or another factor all together. Medications. Many kinds of medication can cause dehydration. Find ways to get off the medication. If this isn’t possible, be sure to take care of the other causes listed here and properly follow all the steps of your daily cleansing routine, and your skin should respond well.
• Even the common cold or flu can dehydrate your skin. If you’ve been through a more challenging illness, such as cancer, the chemotherapy or radiation treatments can dehydrate your skin. Maintain your daily skin care ritual even when you’re under the weather.
• Polution seems to be just about everywhere these days but pollution can dehydrate your skin. To remedy, avoid the other triggers in this list, maintain your daily skin care ritual, and exfoliate regularly.
• Apply moisturizer before your flight. Transfer some toner that contains a humectant into a spray bottle and spritz your face during the flight. You can also use purified water for your spritz. (Aim carefully. The person next to you may not want an unexpected spritz!) Make sure that your toner contains humectants and doesn’t contain any alcohol.
• Alcohol is a diuretic and draws fluids from the body, lowering the body’s water content. When you’re hung over after drinking, it’s because your body was dehydrated by alcohol. If you have dehydrated skin, it’s best to avoid alcoholic beverages.
• Smoking dries out the body both internally and externally. This affects both smokers and people subjected to second-hand smoke. The only solution is to stop smoking.
• Both regular and diet sodas contain sodium and are acidic. Drinking these results in dehydrated skin. Avoid sodas and increase your intake of purified water. Carbonated water contains dissolved carbon dioxide, which is highly acidic, so avoid other bubbly drinks as well. 
• Do whatever it takes to get a good night’s sleep. Go to bed earlier to ensure a full night’s rest, or take an afternoon nap if you can’t get all your sleep in at night.
• Eat better!

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