Essential Summer Skin Care

Essential Summer Skin Care

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When temperatures rise outside, the best thing you can do is stay cool inside. But if you have to go out and brave the sun, remember to drink plenty of water to keep your body - and your skin - as hydrated as possible.

You should also use a healthy amount of sunblock lotion. Tans look nice, but remember, tanned skin is sun-damaged skin. If you have even a pink glow to your skin, you've received too much sun. Here's are some things to keep in mind to keep you skin healthy in the bright, sunny weather:

1.Use Sunblock Lotion

Everyone should wear sunblock lotion, no matter what your ethnicity or natural skin color is. Some dark-skinned people will say that they don't need sunblock lotion. Medically, that's not true. Let me put it this way; Everyone with skin should use sunblock lotion. Darker-skinned people do have more melanin in their skin than lighter-skinned people and so they are less likely to get sunburns, but they can still get them.

Your sunblock lotion should be at least 30 spf and the higher the better. You should put your sunblock lotion on half an hour before going out into the sun. This gives the lotion time to absorb into your skin. If you're using a spray-on sunblock lotion, just be careful not to get it in your mouth, nose, or eyes. And make sure you get a good coating of it on the tops of your ears, the end of your nose, and on your feet. You also want to put more on throughout the day as you will sweat or wash much of it off.

2.Don't Go Out During Peak Times

We get the most direct sunlight between 10am and 2pm. If you can wait to go out until this, you will avoid the most dangerous time and thus greatly reduce your chances of developing skin cancer.
Also, don't stay out for too long at a time. If you stay out too long, you risk getting too dehydrated and could experience the dizziness or headaches caused by heat stroke. Again, drinking plenty of liquids - preferably water - and giving your body time to recuperate every so often in the shade will help you avoid this.

3.Don't Expose More than You Have To

Wearing cool, but long clothing can help protect your skin from the sunlight. Probably the most important thing to keep covered, though, is your head. Wear a cool hat to keep the sun off your head and face. Also, wearing sunglasses can help reduce your need to squint in the sunlight and thus stave off the development of wrinkles later in life.

Following these three easy guidelines will help you reduce your chances of developing skin cancer, aging signs, heat stroke, and skin damage from sunburns. Keep you and your skin healthy by 1) using sunblock lotion, 2) not going out during peak times, and 3) not exposing more of your skin than you have to.

About the Author:
Matthew Smith has a keen interest in skin care and provides assistance at Keratosis Pilaris Treatment



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