Keeping The Skin Hydrated...Why?

Keep your skin hydrated is important because it will make your skin look plump, radiant, healthy and resilient. Hydrated skin will also help protect us from harmful UV rays, toxic agents and microorganisms. Once the protective barrier of our skin is damaged from dehydration, it will cause skin irritations, infections, redness and in worse cases wrinkles and dark spots will start to emerge.

Even oily skins are not spared from dehydration problems. Yes, even oily skin needs hydration as they are two different things. This is common in teenagers and young adults aged below 28 years old. The individual that uses the anti acne drying products, and the skin gland defend the skin by producing more oil. So why does the skin produce more oil as one uses product to decrease oil, because oily skin attracts moisture and poorly hydrated skin is not good for the skin health. 

The body's defense mechanism for the skin is: as product removes oil, moisture is depleted in the skin, and if skin moisture is not replaced by a topical moisturizer then the skin gland will produce increased oil. The skin reacts to the oil, which hold moisture, being removed from the skin by producing more oil. To prevent this in a skin system for oily acne prone skin, a moisturizer specific to the skin condition must be included.

We hope you will now appreciate the importance of hydration is to your skin. You are welcome to give us a call or walk in for a skin analysis if you have problem understanding your skin conditions and what steps needed to maintain the well-being of your skin.