Friday 15 July 2011

Skincare: Vital Step for Healthy Lifestyle

With things getting more fined and perfect, people are also becoming more conscious about their health and their outer look. Skincare is part of a healthy and beautiful lifestyle. Has one ever wondered why taking proper care of skin is so important? Actually skin plays a major role in the healthy functioning of the body.
Skin is termed as a protective layer of the body, thus making it most vulnerable to dust, pollution, seasonal changes will certainly affect the skin. The skin is also affected by the mental stress and physical stress. The effects on skin by certain reasons is clearly visible through skin problems like increased eruptions of acne and pimples, increase in wrinkles, skin dryness leading to skin peeling and the loss of moisture form the skin.
Skincare can be done in two ways. Firstly, is done by external methods and secondly, it is done by consuming right type of food. External care of the skin is entirely dependent upon the type of skin, the person actually holds. The human skin type can be defined in three basic forms such as oily skin, dry skin and combination skin. Apart from it, skin can also be categorised as a sensitive skin.
People having oily skin tend to be more prone to environmental changes, pollution and dust. Thus, oily skin attracts more dust and pollution that gets stick to the skin causing skin related problems like acne, pimples and many others. People with oily skin should also try to avoid moisturising as it will add to the oil level and since the oily skin highly susceptible to outside dust, then proper care should be taken.
At the same time, it will be always advisable to the individuals to use moisturizing lotion if they have a dry skin as it might cause skin peeling and other diseases like psoriasis and etc. Dry skin often gets tight after washing so it should always be washed with mild and gentle face wash. People with dry skin are not prone to problems like clogging of pores and acne, but they do require moisturizing for proper balanced skin.
On the other hand, combination skin is basically a mixture of dry and oily skin.  Thus, people having such type of skin tend to face more problem as they can either go for oily products or for moisturizing that might affect the areas having opposite skin type.
However, people do not need to worry about their skincare as there are several brands that are focusing on producing products catering to the needs of all skin types.