Saturday, March 23, 2013

Useful and hassle-free tips for healthy skin



Are you looking for effective and hassle free skin care tips? Sick of expensive medications and skin care products? If so, finally you have reached to a right place. Here in this article we are going to discuss a few useful home remedies to prevent various skin infections like acne, pimples etc.

The first and the most useful preventive measure in this regard is to keep your body away from sun light. Sunlight may cause redness, age spots, wrinkles and other skin related problems.  For sun light protection, it is always recommended to make use of sun screen. Use a sun screen having SPF of minimum 15. If you are out of home, reapply the sunscreen for about two hours, similarly, enhance this duration up to three hours if you are perspiring or swimming.

One should also avoid direct sunlight during 10 AM to 4PM as sun rays are very strong in this time period. Likewise, you should also cover your body with woven sleeve shirt, wide-brimmed hats and long pants. You can also consider wearing certain laundry additives that offer an additional layer for protection against sun light, these and other similar measures should be adhered in order to ensure healthy and fresh skin.

If you are a smoker, you have to decide whether you want fresh, wrinkle and acne free skin or not. If your answer is yes, you have to quit the habit of smoking, as it makes your skin look older, narrow the blood vessels of outer skin layers resulting in decreased blood flow. Likewise, smoking also cause damage to your elastic and collagen. These are the fibers that give skin elasticity as well as strength. There are certain treatments and rehab techniques that may certainly make a difference in quitting smoking habit.

Another good way to make your skin fresh and healthy all the time is to drink 8 to 12 glasses a day. Water eliminates your waste products thus preventing constipation and bathes your cells. Another common reason for various skin ailments and infections is lack of fiber in your body. According to numerous researches and studies, it is highly desirable for men aging 19 to 50 years, to make sure 38 grams fiber intake whereas for men over 50, 31 grams fiber intake is recommended. In case of women aging 19 to 50 years, 25 grams fiber intake is quite desirable, while women over 50, should take around 21 grams fiber every day.

Skin experts suggest giving whole grain preference over the refine food items, similarly, brown rice should be preferred over white or at least, 50, 50 combinations should be used. It is also very much desirable to have at least one apple in your diet every day as it keeps your skin fresh and pimples free. Likewise, snack on seeds, nuts and as many dried food items as you can, such dry food items may include prunes, figs and dates.

Skin experts also recommend walnut or flaxeed oil along with vinegar as salad dressing. Here a little caution should be taken that keep all these oils always in refrigerator. In addition to these easy methods, there are many other useful home based tips as well that can make a difference in keeping your skin free from various infections and ailments particularly acne. 

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