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15 bad habits that damage your skin

Each person always has bad habits. Some of these habits are quite dangerous for health. Moreover, most people don’t realize about bad habits. In this way, they damage your skin and age first.




Read these following 15 things that you should not do and guide on how to change bad habits.


1. Do not protect the skin from the sun


The best way to avoid the skin becomes dry and covered with wrinkles is you have to protect the skin from the sun. A filter SPF 30 - is the minimum necessary. It’s better to use a 50 or 60 for the facial skin. Consider that the products must contain the filters for both UVA and UVB rays. Always has the good habit of putting sunscreen not only when you are on the beach, but also any places when you are outside home.


Many of us are mistakenly thought that the trick could protect them from the sun because there are filters which contain the basics that is the powders. But we must also put on the parts exposed to the sun, sunscreen because the makeup does not contain the necessary amount of filters.


You should apply cream 20 minutes before leaving. If you believe in theory you have to reapply every 2 hours. If you're in the office, apply it before going home if there is still a burning sun. That's the same way, even if you go by car. And do not forget the lips! Use a lipstick with protective filters, if you are accustomed to use the lip gloss (lip gloss), controlled the amount of SPF. Must be at least SPF 20.


I know it's boring when you think to apply all these tricks, but think of wrinkles! And believe me, you would not want to know what effect from the sun has on our DNA. Protection is important!


2. Smoking


If you’re addicted smoking, I think it's time to stop. Here is the reason to do so: smoking makes you have deep wrinkles and changes the color of the face! According to research published in the journal "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" after every 10 years of smoking, the body shows more than 2.5 years.


3. Drinking too much alcohol


Drinking more than a cocktail a day hurts your skin! Alcohol increases the amount of inflammatory agents in the vascular system - "This speeds up the process that makes the loose skin and sagging," says dermatologist Fredric Brandt.


4. Choosing the product which is not appropriate for your skin


Take something that is not appropriate for your skin is a common mistake, says Leslie Baumann, a dermatologist in Miami and author of the book The Skin Type Solution. What you need to do is identify what type of skin you have and buy products that are 100% made and suited to your skin type.


5. Do not pay attention to the neck and the breasts


Skin care does not end on the chin. "There are always parts of the body exposed to the sun and rarely receive the same treatment and the same level of protection and hydration, which the face receives. But paradoxically the skin in those areas is more delicate and more vulnerable to photo-aging, "says Howard Fein, a dermatologist.


What you have to do: the next time you put on sunscreen (sun protection cream for - commonly known as bronzing) on the face or even the day cream or night or if you make a scrub, do not forget the areas that are a little further down! The neckline is important!


6. Do not check in your skin health


The statistic says that cases of melanoma in 2004 were 50% more frequent than in 1980. What is the conclusion? Get checked by dermatologists at least 1 time per year. Do not forget to check in your skin health and then, if you see something strange or measures of the change is visually immediately go to a dermatologist. The vulnerable places are usually not checked: the skin covered by hair, the soles of the feet and the skin under the nail.


7. Use dirty brushes for makeup


If you do not wash your brushes at least once every two weeks, you will have disturbing risk of infections of the skin, enlarged pores and closed, and pins. To wash the brushed you can use a simple shampoo. However if you notice that the color does not go away easily, do this: take a little 'extra virgin olive oil, mettetene few drops on a piece of toilet paper and then try to gently wipe the brush until the color remains on paper. Finally, washing it with shampoo. You will see the magic! Do not worry about the oil, it is only good for the skin, does not bring any damage to the brushes and the smell does not stay because it takes away with shampoo.


8. Talking on the phone all the time


Clean it or not, your cell phone stuck on your cheek and chin can cause the onset of the pins. If you are a talkative, you have to consider buying a Bluetooth headset.


9. Use too much scrub


If you're fighting with the prongs on the scrub you can combine a bang, because too often and clean the pores in a vigorous manner due to the production of sebum will close the pores and worsen the situation.


Make only 1 facial cleansing once a week, plus the products used must be suitable for your skin type. In summer you can scrub 2 times a week, to help the skin breath and absorb nutrients from creams.


10. Go to bed late


The cause of all diseases, including skin blemishes is stress. Lack of sleep is one of the things that cause stress. Among other things while you sleep the body is being rebuilt, if deprived of sleep, the primary aging is inevitable.


11. Do not clean face before going to bed


If you have this horrible habit that you know you are hurting your skin terribly. Apart from the fact that facilitated the emergence of pins and acne damaged skin. At night the body temperature is slightly higher then the skin absorbs anything that is above. In your case, is the trick made from chemicals that should not penetrate the deeper layers of skin. You should rather think of putting a cream rich in nutrients. The skin will be grateful.


Remove the trick just returned home. Arrange to do it regularly every day, it just takes 20 days for it to become second nature.


Consider also that washing your face is not enough; there are some facts for cleansing, accompanied by lotions for the face and eyes.


12. Eating junk food


The skin condition depends a lot on what you eat. For example, if you replace carbohydrates with protein, decrease the amount of pins because carbohydrates cause a rise in blood sugar levels and this stimulates the production of insulin. Insulin in turn stimulates androgen hormones, which produce sebum that clogs pores and the needles appear.


To improve the condition of the skin changed your eating habits.


13. Squeeze the prongs


I understand that the temptation is great, but actually pressing the stylus into the bacteria are even more deeply into the skin. It causes infections and other subsequent new pins. Let him alone only to professionals. A solution that seems to work is to apply the needle treatment that contains no more than 2.5% benzoyl peroxide at night and the next morning.


14. Do not go to the gym


I have already said that stress has a disastrous effect on the skin. When you are stressed, the level of cortisol increases and causes acne and pins. To lower the level of cortisol go to the gym!


15. Making lamps


The UVA ultraviolet light of the lamps and much more focused combination of solar UVA + UVB and then attacked first the deeper layers of the skin.

Monday, June 27, 2011

15 bad habits that damage your skin

Each person always has bad habits. Some of these habits are quite dangerous for health. Moreover, most people don’t realize about bad habits. In this way, they damage your skin and age first.




Read these following 15 things that you should not do and guide on how to change bad habits.


1. Do not protect the skin from the sun


The best way to avoid the skin becomes dry and covered with wrinkles is you have to protect the skin from the sun. A filter SPF 30 - is the minimum necessary. It’s better to use a 50 or 60 for the facial skin. Consider that the products must contain the filters for both UVA and UVB rays. Always has the good habit of putting sunscreen not only when you are on the beach, but also any places when you are outside home.


Many of us are mistakenly thought that the trick could protect them from the sun because there are filters which contain the basics that is the powders. But we must also put on the parts exposed to the sun, sunscreen because the makeup does not contain the necessary amount of filters.


You should apply cream 20 minutes before leaving. If you believe in theory you have to reapply every 2 hours. If you're in the office, apply it before going home if there is still a burning sun. That's the same way, even if you go by car. And do not forget the lips! Use a lipstick with protective filters, if you are accustomed to use the lip gloss (lip gloss), controlled the amount of SPF. Must be at least SPF 20.


I know it's boring when you think to apply all these tricks, but think of wrinkles! And believe me, you would not want to know what effect from the sun has on our DNA. Protection is important!


2. Smoking


If you’re addicted smoking, I think it's time to stop. Here is the reason to do so: smoking makes you have deep wrinkles and changes the color of the face! According to research published in the journal "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" after every 10 years of smoking, the body shows more than 2.5 years.


3. Drinking too much alcohol


Drinking more than a cocktail a day hurts your skin! Alcohol increases the amount of inflammatory agents in the vascular system - "This speeds up the process that makes the loose skin and sagging," says dermatologist Fredric Brandt.


4. Choosing the product which is not appropriate for your skin


Take something that is not appropriate for your skin is a common mistake, says Leslie Baumann, a dermatologist in Miami and author of the book The Skin Type Solution. What you need to do is identify what type of skin you have and buy products that are 100% made and suited to your skin type.


5. Do not pay attention to the neck and the breasts


Skin care does not end on the chin. "There are always parts of the body exposed to the sun and rarely receive the same treatment and the same level of protection and hydration, which the face receives. But paradoxically the skin in those areas is more delicate and more vulnerable to photo-aging, "says Howard Fein, a dermatologist.


What you have to do: the next time you put on sunscreen (sun protection cream for - commonly known as bronzing) on the face or even the day cream or night or if you make a scrub, do not forget the areas that are a little further down! The neckline is important!


6. Do not check in your skin health


The statistic says that cases of melanoma in 2004 were 50% more frequent than in 1980. What is the conclusion? Get checked by dermatologists at least 1 time per year. Do not forget to check in your skin health and then, if you see something strange or measures of the change is visually immediately go to a dermatologist. The vulnerable places are usually not checked: the skin covered by hair, the soles of the feet and the skin under the nail.


7. Use dirty brushes for makeup


If you do not wash your brushes at least once every two weeks, you will have disturbing risk of infections of the skin, enlarged pores and closed, and pins. To wash the brushed you can use a simple shampoo. However if you notice that the color does not go away easily, do this: take a little 'extra virgin olive oil, mettetene few drops on a piece of toilet paper and then try to gently wipe the brush until the color remains on paper. Finally, washing it with shampoo. You will see the magic! Do not worry about the oil, it is only good for the skin, does not bring any damage to the brushes and the smell does not stay because it takes away with shampoo.


8. Talking on the phone all the time


Clean it or not, your cell phone stuck on your cheek and chin can cause the onset of the pins. If you are a talkative, you have to consider buying a Bluetooth headset.


9. Use too much scrub


If you're fighting with the prongs on the scrub you can combine a bang, because too often and clean the pores in a vigorous manner due to the production of sebum will close the pores and worsen the situation.


Make only 1 facial cleansing once a week, plus the products used must be suitable for your skin type. In summer you can scrub 2 times a week, to help the skin breath and absorb nutrients from creams.


10. Go to bed late


The cause of all diseases, including skin blemishes is stress. Lack of sleep is one of the things that cause stress. Among other things while you sleep the body is being rebuilt, if deprived of sleep, the primary aging is inevitable.


11. Do not clean face before going to bed


If you have this horrible habit that you know you are hurting your skin terribly. Apart from the fact that facilitated the emergence of pins and acne damaged skin. At night the body temperature is slightly higher then the skin absorbs anything that is above. In your case, is the trick made from chemicals that should not penetrate the deeper layers of skin. You should rather think of putting a cream rich in nutrients. The skin will be grateful.


Remove the trick just returned home. Arrange to do it regularly every day, it just takes 20 days for it to become second nature.


Consider also that washing your face is not enough; there are some facts for cleansing, accompanied by lotions for the face and eyes.


12. Eating junk food


The skin condition depends a lot on what you eat. For example, if you replace carbohydrates with protein, decrease the amount of pins because carbohydrates cause a rise in blood sugar levels and this stimulates the production of insulin. Insulin in turn stimulates androgen hormones, which produce sebum that clogs pores and the needles appear.


To improve the condition of the skin changed your eating habits.


13. Squeeze the prongs


I understand that the temptation is great, but actually pressing the stylus into the bacteria are even more deeply into the skin. It causes infections and other subsequent new pins. Let him alone only to professionals. A solution that seems to work is to apply the needle treatment that contains no more than 2.5% benzoyl peroxide at night and the next morning.


14. Do not go to the gym


I have already said that stress has a disastrous effect on the skin. When you are stressed, the level of cortisol increases and causes acne and pins. To lower the level of cortisol go to the gym!


15. Making lamps


The UVA ultraviolet light of the lamps and much more focused combination of solar UVA + UVB and then attacked first the deeper layers of the skin.