Winter Skin Care

  1, bathing should be used mild preferably weak acidic body wash, avoid using too strong cleaning power of alkaline soap, because even if the neutral body wash relative to the human skin is also alkaline. Should also avoid using too hot water bath, it is best to use a similar water temperature with the body temperature (not more than 40 degrees).  2, and to moderately shorten the bathing time, so as not to lose too much water and fat due to heat. Do not brush hard when bathing, because overheated water and hard scrubbing will wash away the sebum, keratin and other protective layers of the skin, which will easily hurt the skin, and even cause local inflammation of the skin, making the nerves more excited, which will aggravate the itching. Beijing Changping District Hospital Dermatology Department Zhou Yu 3, ten minutes after the shower, the skin surface of the water is basically dry before applying moisturizing body lotion, especially the limbs and other particularly dry parts, which can help the skin to restore the oil balance and form a film on the skin to prevent water evaporation, and because the pores are still slightly open when you take a good bath, skin care products are easier to absorb and penetrate. After applying the skin care cream, you should put on clothes and socks as soon as possible, not only to keep warm, but also to prevent the epidermis from losing moisture and sebum, helping to strengthen the effect of improving the dry skin condition. After the skin is effectively moisturized, it can effectively reduce the dry and itchy phenomenon.  4, if you usually feel dry skin should always use lotion in order to timely moisturize dry skin, focusing on the calves and arms, the front of the shin of the calf is the part of the body with the fewest sebaceous glands, so the most prone to itching and flakes, while the arms are often exposed to the air, but also the most prone to dryness.  5. Reduce the frequency of exfoliating products to avoid overly diligent exfoliation that destroys the skin’s protective film. Skin care products should also be adjusted and updated in time with the change of seasons. If your current skin care products will feel a tingling sensation in your skin after use, or even red and itchy, it is time to replace them immediately. You should choose a low irritating and nourishing skin care lotion/cream that is higher in function and should enhance moisturization. It is recommended that you can use a nourishing cream or cream lotion that contains hyaluronic acid, collagen and other moisturizing ingredients to lock in water and moisturize.  Daytime should pay attention to sun protection, although the autumn sun does not seem to be as powerful as summer, in fact, the power of ultraviolet rays in autumn is still not to be underestimated, because the concentration of atmospheric ionosphere in autumn is thinner than in summer, the amount of ultraviolet rays absorbed is also less than in summer, so ultraviolet rays are still quite strong, it can be said that the skin is more vulnerable to ultraviolet damage during this period, and ultraviolet rays are also the culprit of dry skin One of the, so after applying moisturizing lotion during the day, do not forget to still use sunscreen to protect the skin from various wavelengths of ultraviolet and visible light damage.  6, in order to avoid the evaporation of skin moisture caused by dry indoor air, should try to improve indoor humidity, usually humidity is maintained at about 50 degrees will be more appropriate. If you stay in an air-conditioned room for a long time, it is recommended that you can use equipment such as air humidifiers indoors; or you can also take an economic approach, such as putting a few fish tanks and aquatic plants is also a good choice to increase indoor humidity to help maintain skin moisture. Every night before going to bed can also be put on the bedside a small pot of water, can also play a certain role in humidification.  7, intimate clothing should choose loose cotton products, preferably sweat-absorbing and breathable, so as not to produce contact friction or hot sweat caused by itchy skin. You should also avoid wearing sweaters, nylon, chemical fiber clothing, so as not to stimulate the skin caused by allergies. Beware that some thermal underwear is made of composite laminated material, which is in the middle of two layers of ordinary cotton fabric more than one layer of fluffy chemical fibers to achieve the purpose of warmth. And this chemical fiber composition wear on the body is prone to friction and electrostatic, these electrostatic around the body can produce a large number of cations, it will stimulate the skin, so that the human skin moisture reduction, increased dander, will also cause skin itching, so the skin is prone to allergies should try to choose to wear cotton, silk and other underwear not easy to generate static electricity.