6 Easy Ways To Keep Your Skin Healthy

By Godswill Ajoma

Surely, not everyone has the time to do an intensive skin care. Are you a part of the “everyone”? No need to panic you can have a healthy and glowing skin by reading and implementing these easy ways.Here are five basic choices you can maximize to give you a nice skin, delay aging and prevent skin infections.

1. Healthy Diet

Just by eating good and a balance diet, you can leave your skin glowing. Fruits, veggies, protein and food rich in fish oil can give you a fresh and clean looking skin.

And of course, drinking enough water daily – at least 6-8 glasses can keep your skin hydrated.

2. The Sun Is Not a Good Influence

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One of the most vital ways to maintain ahealthy skin is to protect it from the sun. excessive exposure can cause wrinkles, age spots and other skin infection. Take this advice seriously;

• Always use sun glasses
• Wear protective clothing.
• When the sun is scotching, seek for a shade. Avoid the sun when the rays are strongest.

3. Cut Your Skin Some Slacks!

Do not shave too frequently, it can affect your skin. And when you do, be careful and make sure you lubricate, apply shaving cream or gel before shaving. And also make sure you use a clean, sharp razor. Don’t forget to have in the direction the hair grows.

Limit the use of hot water for long shower, use warm water rather than hot. 

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Avoid strong soaps. Strong soaps and detergents can strip oil from your skin. Instead, choose mild cleansers.

Pat dry. After washing or bathing, gently pat or blot your skin dry with a towel so that some moisture remains on your skin.

Moisturize dry skin. If your skin is dry, use a moisturizer that fits your skin type. For daily use, consider a moisturizer that contains SPF.

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4. Don’t Smoke

Smoking makes your skin look older and contributes to wrinkles. Smoking narrows the tiny blood vessels in the outermost layers of skin, which decreases blood flow and makes skin paler. This also depletes the skin of oxygen and nutrients that are important to skin health.

Smoking also damages collagen and elastin — the fibers that give your skin strength and elasticity. In addition, the repetitive facial expressions you make when smoking — such as pursing your lips when inhaling and squinting your eyes to keep out smoke — can contribute to wrinkles.

In addition, smoking increases your risk of squamous cell skin cancer. If you smoke, the best way to protect your skin is to quit. Ask your doctor for tips or treatments to help you stop smoking.

5. Manage Stress

Uncontrolled stress can make your skin more sensitive and trigger acne breakouts and other skin problems. To encourage healthy skin — and a healthy state of mind — take steps to manage your stress. Get enough sleep, set reasonable limits, scale back your to-do list and make time to do the things you enjoy. The results might be more dramatic than you expect.

6. Adequate Water intake:

Reduces Wrinkles. Water keeps your body hydrated and refreshed and helps maintain your skin’s elasticity. People who drink large amounts of water are less likely to suffer from scars, wrinkles, and soft lines and they won’t show as many signs of aging as those who drink little amounts of water.

By Godswill Ajoma