Why is skincare so important?
Why is skincare so important?
There’s loads of advice everywhere you look about the best skincare to use for your skin type, which is great, but I think sometimes we forget what are skin actually does for us!
The skin is our largest organ and is very complex. There’s different layers, it controls our temperature in different ways, protects us and constantly regenerates.
Protection
The skin offers protection from harmful environmental aggressors like UV rays. and bacteria.
It has an acid mantle, which helps prevent bacteria entering our bodies and causing an infection.
It also has Melanocytes which are responsible for protecting skin from UV rays. These are what produce Melanin which give us our skin pigmentation - the more Melanin, the darker our skin, hair and the iris’s in our eyes.
Pores
The outer layer of our skin is waterproof and repels water, but it can choose certain oils to absorb, in order to penetrate through to the cells. Basically we can absorb anything on our skin through our pores.
Synthesizes Chemicals
The skin synthesizes chemicals resulting in complex chemical reactions. These help keep our skin strong by constantly regenerating and repairing damaged skin.
Another example is the skin converting the sunlight into Vitamin D.
Controlling Body Temperature
The Dermis layer contains blood vessels which nourish the skin with nutrients and help regulate body temperature.
When we are too hot, the blood vessels will enlarge to allow blood to circulate more closely to the skins outer layer in order to release heat
When we are cold, the blood vessels narrow to retain heat better
The skin does a whole lot more than this too but this is a quick overview for you to understand how amazing our skin is!
What can we do to help our skin?
Use the right products for your skin type - talk to an expert if you’re not sure what your skin type is.
Wear SPF everyday, even in winter and on cloudy days.
Eat more healthy, whole foods and keep hydrated.
Get enough sleep.
Look into taking good quality supplements and probiotics
Stop smoking
*anything to do with diet changes or supplements, please consult your GP first
I’ll go into more detail for future blog posts but I hope this helps for now. Will you be making any skincare changes? Comment below.
If you need any help with your skin, please send me a message for a free consultation.