10 Commandments for Beautiful, Clean and Healthy Skin

Maintaining beautiful and healthy skin is a virtually unanimous desire among women. When this goal cannot be achieved naturally, it is common to appeal to make and disguise minor imperfections. But before resorting to makeup, why not treat the skin and leave it the way you always dreamed?

Skin care is part of a daily beauty and health routine. To ensure the perfect complexion, care must be internal and external. In addition to lotions and treatments, you need to have proper nutrition and hydrate a lot. These and other tips for maintaining flawless skin you will find below.

1. Drink water

Drinking water is critical to maintaining beautiful and healthy skin. It's a big cliche, but at the same time it's something that should always be remembered. Doctors recommend drinking eight glasses a day or about 2 liters. Water hydrates better than any other liquid, stimulates bowel action and releases toxins.

2. Use sunscreen

Pedro Bial could not be more right. Using sunscreen is critical! When buying the product, choose one that protects against ultraviolet rays. In addition to preventing the skin from turning red and burning, the lotion is a great ally of health.

According to Dr. Marcia Linhares, specialist in dermatology by the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB) and the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD), the item is indispensable in everyday life. "The use of sunscreen should be daily independent of the weather, because the effect of sun radiation is cumulative, which can cause the aging of the dermis and skin cancer," he says.

3. Eat a balanced diet.

You know that saying, are you what you eat? So he is totally true. Wrong nutrition will reflect not only on your hair and nails, but also on your skin. No wonder that with the excessive consumption of processed products, fatty and high sugar, the skin becomes greasy and ends up producing pimples and acne. For a beautiful complexion, avoid fried foods and throw yourself in fruits and vegetables.

4. Cleanse skin daily

Even if you don't sweat a lot and don't use makeup, cleaning your face daily is essential because the dermis itself produces greasiness. According to Dr. Marcia, the ideal is to wash your face twice a day with the specific product for your skin type. After all, wiping the face with body soap or using oily skin product on dry skin can cause the rebound effect.

5. Avoid sunning outside of recommended hours

It is difficult to avoid the sun in summer or on hot days, but it is important to follow this maxim. The most appropriate time is before 10am and after 16h. Overexposure to the sun can cause skin conditions and spots that are difficult to eliminate.

Warning: The sun is still important for the production of vitamin D, which stimulates calcium absorption and prevents osteoporosis. So do not exterminate it from your life, just expose yourself at the right times for about twenty minutes at least three times a week. This will make you look beautiful and healthy.

6. Remove makeup before bed

No laziness. Going to sleep with makeup on your face clogs your pores and prevents the skin from breathing. Without breathing, the result is problematic skin. "Sleeping with makeup is sleeping with dirty skin, which can cause acne and other dermatitis," said the dermatologist.

Also, don't just remove make. You have to use the right product. Biphasic or cream make-up removers are recommended for eye makeup. When used on the face, they can increase sebum production. Remember that you need to wash your face after makeup.

7. Take good care of pimples

That's right. There are certain times in life when pimples appear even if you are past puberty. It can be during PMS, in a time of stress or after overeating chocolate. Squeezing should never be an option.

Be patient, clean your skin normally and if you want to speed up the process, use a drying product and anti-acne soaps. If the appearance of pimples becomes frequent, follow the advice of Dr. Marcia Linhares, "Consult a dermatologist for the causes and the best treatment," he said.

8. Moisturize

There is no reason to stop hydrating. Whether in summer or winter, the moisturizer should be part of your daily care routine. In summer it helps replenish the lost fluid through sweat and improves the dry appearance that the sun can cause. In winter, it also helps to end dryness, only this time caused by low temperatures.

9. Exfoliate

Exfoliation is good because it removes the dead cells that accumulate in the body and face. Gently massage the skin? without rubbing? with the scrub, which can be in the form of soap, gel or granule lotion.A sponge can assist in the process. Exfoliation should be done at most once a week, otherwise it may harm the skin and cause the production of oil.

10. Be happy

That being happy is good, everyone knows. But in addition to being good within, happiness also interferes with the outside. The skin reflects the emotional state of the human being, so problems, sadness and stress end up being transformed into dermatitis. "The embryological origin of the skin is the same as the nervous system and most dermatological diseases are influenced by the emotional," explained the expert.

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