The skin is really a delicate part of the body and needs to be treated with care. One can have the most amazing skin without necessarily having to apply skin care products.
This is so because not all products solve all our skin woes. Some are meant to be precautions and the other being the diet and our daily activities.
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Take a look at the 11 ways to take care of our skins without having to apply any product below:
- Avoid Too Much Sun:
When the human body is exposed to too much sun, it damages collagen fibres and as well kills the vitamin A in skin.
The sun can negatively accelerate ageing of the skin, and increase the risk of skin cancers. Studies have revealed that 90% of ageing are caused by the sun.
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It is very appropriate to put on shades during very hot sunny days as squinting doesn’t exactly protect your eyes.
2. Sleep on a silk or satin pillowcase:
What the body sleeps on matters in one’s bid to have a perfect skin condition. It is very appropriate to consider sleeping on a silk or satin pillowcase.
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Sleeping on hard surfaces make it difficult for your spine to maintain its natural curve.
Hard surfaces also cause wrinkles of the skin and frizzy hair. It is very important to choose soft surfaces.
3. Drink Enough Water:
Drinking enough water helps to maintain the balance of the body fluid and also avoid dehydration.
While it’s tempting to squeeze a pimple, you can create a lot more lasting damage to the skin than that instant gratification is worth. First, there’s a type of acne called acne mechanica, which is caused by friction from touching the face and pushing oil and bacteria back into the pore.
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It aids the liver in eliminating toxins from the body, reduces puffiness, helps with kidney function. This according to experts, helps avoid psoriasis and eczema.
4. Reduce Sugar Intake:
Sugar tastes sweet, but its implication can be deadly sometimes. The effects of added sugar intake includes higher blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, diabetes, and fatty liver disease among others.
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It is therefore very important to balance our sugar intake to avoid unnecessary health complications.
5. Don’t pick and touch your face:
One can cause severe skin damage to the face when he or she usually picks or touches the face.
In one’s bid to squeeze a pimple, he or she can create a lot more lasting damage to the skin than that instant gratification is worth.
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There is a type of acne called acne mechanica, which is caused by friction from touching the face and pushing oil and bacteria back into the pore, constant pick and face touching can result to this mechanica.
The act of picking or touching the face can also result in a scar or a brown spot on the face.
6. Sleep:
Sleep is important because it enables the body to repair and be fit and ready for another day.
A body that have enough rest usually enjoys nourishment. Have a good sleep also decreases the stress hormone cortisol which is responsible for skin discolouration, thinning skin, and stretch marks.
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It is advisable to have a sleep of 6 hours at least at night.
7. Avoid smoking or being around cigarette smoke:
Cigarette is one of the useless medicines that depletes the human skin. When cigarettes are being smoked, it releases toxins that damage the DNA of skin cells.
The toxins after landing in the body constrict blood vessels which deplete the skin of much-needed oxygen, vitamins, and nutrients.
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When the smoke otherwise known as the puff is exhaled out, it hits the skin on the face and causes blackheads, especially around the mouth and cheek areas.
8. Exercise:
Sleep has got a lot of important benefits to the human body. Sleep improves memory and brain function, protect against many chronic diseases, aid in weight management, lower blood pressure and improve heart health.
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It also improves the quality of sleep, reduces feelings of anxiety and depression, combats cancer-related fatigue and improve joint pain and stiffness.
Proper and timely exercise glows the skin.
9. Bath:
On the scale of preference, bathing is one of the most important things. Bathing helps in the hydration of the body, cleaning of dirt and stains on the body and also provide a superb body temperature.
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Bathing twice a day can be very good for our skin.
10. Wash your makeup brushes:
Unwashed makeup brushes leaves bacteria, oil, dust, and sweat on it. If these brushes are not properly cleaned regularly, all that toxins will end up on the body. This can cause inflammation, clogged pores, and acne.
Advisably, one needs to wash the brushes at least once weekly.
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