Sunday, April 24, 2011

Special cosmetics for summer skin care


Summer season is very hot and humid. The mercury sour high and make life very difficult to move on.  What would happen to our skin during summer? Do we need any special skin care during summer months? And if so, what are they?  This is the most common question of all most all consumers across the globe.

Like us, our skin also suffers a lot during summer.  The skin takes the maximum responsibility of protecting our system during summer. This is all about science.  But summer is the best harvest season for many personal care industries.  Starting from prickly talc, deo, antiperspirant, antidandruff shampoo, sun screeners, skin lightening products, anti aging products, moisturizers etc., will flood the market to give eternal salvation to the skin from the scorching heat of summer.    

The advertisement and communication of most personal care industry during this period would be highly influential to an extent the consumer will essentially feel the acute necessity of such special protection and special products to the skin.  Skin must be left free during summer that is the best thing the skin needed.  Skin sweat heavily during summer for the purpose of thermoregulation.  Adding more products on skin will make it to malfunction and hinder its functioning.  Any product is added on the skin, it tends to clog the pores of the skin and cause occlusion.  These products occlude both sweat glands and sebaceous glands and make the skin to suffer. 

The best care one can offer to their skin during summer months is to leave the skin absolutely free.  What the skin gently with water and pat dry it.  Use prickly talc if necessary.  Forecasting the possibility of prickly rash and using such products is not necessary.  Use of deo and antiperspirant should be restricted and required only when malodour due the Corynebacterium species is expected to be common.    

Similarly sun screeners are required only when sun exposure is imminent.  Skin that are non photosensitive does not require sun screeners.  It is a myth that skin lightening products will offer a lot of benefit to the skin.  These products do less to the consumers than to the marketing company. 

Best protection tips for skin during summer are

  1. Use less or no cosmetic products to skin and hair
  2. Wash the skin gently twice or thrice daily
  3. Pat dry the skin and avoid hard rubbing
  4. Pat dry the scalp skin when itching
  5. Use mild surfactants/soap for cleaning the skin
  6. Change the dressing pattern to suite to the season
  7. Avoid sun exposure to the possible extent
  8. Use cap, sun glass or umbrella during outdoor activities
  9. Use sun screeners only when there is going to be a prolonged sun exposure
  10. If the skin is photosensitive, use sun screeners and avoid/minimize the sun exposure.
  11. Use prickly talc as reactive than proactive approach
  12. Wash your hair and scalp daily and dry it neatly
  13. Do not use skin lightening products
  14. Minimize the use of deo and antiperspirant

Realize that your skin needs freedom from cosmetics not burdened by cosmetics.  This is what your skin is begging to you.  You don't need any special care to your skin during summer

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