How to Keep Skin Hydrated during
Summers with Natural Methods and Home Remedies.
Summers, Heat, Suntan, Sunstroke,
Sun Damage… these are the words that are going everywhere
these days, specially in India, where Summers have already reached an extreme
condition this April end. I just cannot spend more than 2 hours outside in Sun continuously
in these heavy summers. The moment I
come back, I immediately spray cold water on face and follow some other home remedies to prevent suntan and get
rid of sun damage in summers, any if occurred.
Loss of water in Summers in the most, so its very important to take proper
measures to retain and maintain skin hydration for healthy looking beautiful
skin even in summers.
Just
imagine if we feel so much hot inside, what would be the condition of our skin
outside directly facing the stroking sun rays in summers. Yes summers cause a
lot of damage to skin and create problems like skin darkening, tanning and
dehydration. Dehydration affects both skin and body badly in summers because
along with the sun damage, sweating also takes lot of water out from our body
in summers, thus resulting in dehydrated skin and Body
But don’t
worry, we definitely have some cure and home remedies to prevent these damage
caused in summer, buy keeping our skin hydrated in summers.
Causes of Dehydrated Skin
Aging
Aging
is the natural process in everyone’s life and we just cannot stop it. Sebaceous
glands, which tends to produce oil, become less active with aging, thus making our
skin dehydrated
Weather Conditions
Weather
conditions play an important role in skin condition. If one spends a lot of
time in Sun, specially in summers, it results in dehydrated skin. Cold winds
also result in skin dehydration
.
Eating & Drinking Habits
Eating
and drinking habits also affects the skin condition. If person does not take
proper diet including all vitamin and minerals, resulting in deficiency of essential
vitamin thus resulting in dehydration. If a person a does not drink sufficient
glasses of water, this results in dehydration. This needs to be given special
attention in summers when loss of water from the body is most. Compensating
this loss with intake of fresh water glasses and other healthy fluids like
juice helps in keeping skin hydrated.
Drinking water early morning has
infinite health benefits, not only to body but to skin as well.
Excessive Intake of Medicines
Taking
too many medicines also results in skin dehydration.
Harsh Skin Care Products
Using
cosmetics makeup and skin care products with harsh chemicals affects the skin condition
badly
Symptoms of dehydrated skin
Symptoms of dehydrated
skin are almost similar to dry skin type. Skin appears dull, dry, inelastic and
problematic. Skin peeling and bleeding might occur in severe cases.
How to Reduce Dehydration by
Keeping Skin Hydrated in Summers
Water and Water
Yes water is the most important
thing in summers. Along with drinking lot of water in summers, one should also
splash cold water on skin topically. This keeps you hydrated both internally
and externally.
Exfoliating and Scrubbing
Exfoliation is the best
way to get rid of dead dry skin resulting in soft fresher looking skin.
Exfoliated skin helps in keeping skin moisturized for long. One should properly scrub and exfoliate skin without being too harsh. You can use any scrub
available in the market as per your skin type or can even go for your own homemade scrub.
Moisturization
Keeping skin moisturized
is the key to hydrated skin. Applying moisturizer several times a day, at least
in morning and before sleeping is very important to maintain proper hydration
of skin. Applying moisturizer on exfoliated skin keeps skin hydrated for long.
One can go for any suitable moisturizer according to skin type or can even opt
for natural soothing moisturizers like Aloe Vera Gel, which not only
helps in moisturization but also helps in preventing Suntan.
Sunscreen
Just like moisturization,
sunscreen plays an extremely important role in summers. Sunscreen helps in
protecting skin from sun damage, One should apply high SPF sunscreen in summers
as per skin type. Sunscreen should be applied 15 minutes before stepping out
and must be reapplied after 2 hours when in sun continuously.
Fruits and Vegetables.
One should try eating
proper fruits and vegetables to keep hydration level balanced in summers, thus
reducing skin dehydration. Juicy fruits and fruits like watermelon containing
high amount of liquid should be consumed throughout summers to increase intake
of water. This helps in avoiding dehydration thus helping in keeping skin
hydrated in these hot summers.
Reducing Intake of Caffeine and Alcohol
Tea, Coffee, Alcohol
makes are very much responsible for skin dehydration. Thus reducing consumption
of these and replacing these with water and healthy fresh juices is very
beneficial in skin hydration.
Using Herbal Chemical free Skin Care Products
People should avoid using
strong skin care products with chemicals in all seasons specially in summers
and should stick to natural herbal products. Instead of going for various
beauty creams in market, one should try natural home made packs for glowing skin.
These were some of the
best ways to reduce dehydration by keeping skin hydrated in summers. Along with
this proper sleep, rest and stress free relaxed mind is important throughout.
This is such a lovely detailed post...Truly very important for the summers...Will try to incorporate some of these...Thanks for sharing dear! :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.coralswithblues.com/
Great post!!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I've cut down on caffeine and yes to lots of sunblock.
ReplyDeletelovely...thank you for sharing this!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.makeupandbeautyblog.in/2014/05/dabur-vatika-ultra-shine-and-smooth-shampoo-review.html
Detailed and very informative post!
ReplyDelete