Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Proactive Skin Care

A Few Useful Proactive Skin Care Steps To Prevent Problems Rather Than Cure Them

Prevention is better than cure and the same holds true in the case of skin care, especially if you make an effort to learn about proactive skin care. In order to understand just why proactive skin care is good for you, first of all it is necessary to learn what reactive care is because you will then understand that it is just like finding a cure for a problem rather preventing it from happening in the first place. Thus, if you realize at the very outset that an ounce of prevention will prove to be far better than a ton of cure, you will be on your way to understanding the many benefits of proactive skin care.

Healing Touch

In fact, proactive skin care helps in healing blemishes in your skin and it is also effective in blocking new ones from forming. As everybody knows, acne is basically caused by lesion that is known as comedo which is nothing but enlarged hair follicle that gets plugged with bacteria, oil as well as dead skin cells. What’s worse is that because of continuous production of sebum, the bacteria within your swollen follicle begins to flourish and then grows into acne.

Thus, proactive skin care requires that you act before the acne forms and this is easily achieved by cleansing as well as treating your skin with water (warm) as well as mild cleanser after which you can apply benzoyl peroxide solution which will penetrate the pores and removes dead cells as well as kills bacteria and leaves your hair follicles clear once more.

Also, there is another proactive skin care solution that you can try in order to protect your skin from the harsh rays of the sun, even though you should realize that it is not the direct rays that cause the damage; rather, it is the ultraviolet rays that are actually invisible that do all the damage such as even causing skin cancer. Thus, you need to avoid being exposed to direct sunlight during the hours between ten in the morning and four in the evening when ultraviolet rays will be at their most intense.

Avoiding smoking is another proactive skin care solution that will keep you free from the many ill-effects of smoking and it will also prevent your skin from aging that in turn will lead to formation of wrinkles and which also causes blemished skin as well. You must also realize that too much of anything can do more harm than good and thus you need to ensure having a proactive skin care regimen that will keep you from using abrasive or exaggerated measures to cleanse your skin.

Thus, proactive skin care on a daily basis also means having a warm bath in the morning with which to get the day started though understanding the need to limit the time you spend in bathing since too much time in the bath can remove your essential oils and thus cause dry skin. In addition, you must use mild soaps and also not use additives that can irritate your skin.

With these simple proactive skin care steps, you can ensure having healthy as well as blemish-free skin and also ensure that you prevent skin problems from affecting you rather than having to waste your time and money in curing them.

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