Friday, May 1st, 2009 at
11:00 pm
When should you start using eye anti wrinkle creams? The answer is usually different for each person, although the very idea of preventive skin care dictates that you should be using it as early as the time you hit your twenties.
If you regularly use moisturizing products for hydrating your skin, you have to realize that its effects do nothing for the area around your eyes. The pores around the eyes and eye socket are one of the smallest and tightest in the body. As such, they need their own special products in order to receive the same benefits as the rest of your face.
Eye anti wrinkle creams, while they work the same as many hydrating moisturizers, are formulated differently due to the eye’s special requirements. Typically, they should be applied before your regular moisturizers, to ensure that your eyes get the proper care before the rest of your face.
Should you be at a point where a dermatologist has suggested that you need to incorporate hydration and moisture retention into your skin regimen (e.g. you have dry skin), it usually also means starting with the use of eye anti wrinkle creams. If damage is becoming apparent to other areas of your face, it only makes sense that your eyes are probably suffering the same way.
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at
11:45 pm
While you can use under eye wrinkle creams any crazy way you want, it’s usually best to follow prescribed practices to ensure ideal results. If you are a first time user, expect some initial difficulty. Rest assured, it will get way easier, though.
Under eye wrinkle creams will rehydratre dry skin cells by pulling the moisture directly to the areas of your eyes that require it. It’s a great product to include in your daily regimen, right before applying your facial moisturizer.
A lot of people avoid under eye wrinkle creams because of their propensity to get in the eyes. If that happens to you, it usually means that you’re applying the product closer than you should be doing. Whatever you’re doing, stop right it now and follow this recommended application instead:
1. Take a small amount of the under eye wrinkle cream and place it on your ring finger
2. Rub your two ring fingers to spread it equally as well as warm it a bit. A warmer cream promotes deeper penetration.
3. Dot the product around the outer edge of your eye, along the ocular bone.
4. Rub the outer corners vertically, with a gentle massaging movement.
5. Sweep the fingers under the eye, in an arching left to right movement three to four times.
6. If your eyes are drier than most, you may also need to sweep it around the entire eye socket.
Monday, April 6th, 2009 at
7:36 pm
Moisturizers are among the most common skin care products that a large number of people regularly employ. More than being mere dry skin treatments, they are nourishing therapies designed to supply health to your skin day in and day out.
Creams And Lotions
A quick trip to any beauty aisle should turn up a whole suite of moisturizing products, mainly in the form of topical creams and lotions. Upon first glance, most of them will look the same - even their ingredients seem cut from similar formulations. A closer inspection, though, should turn up the differences that will facilitate your final choice.
Dry Skin Treatments
The richest moisturizers, especially those with the most potent active ingredients, are usually designed as dry skin treatments. Since dry skin sufferers are the most prone to damage, they need as powerful a treatment as they can get.
Folks with combination and normal skin will usually require a different type of moisturizing agent for their regular use. However, certain conditions, like weather and sun exposure, may require them to use stronger dry skin treatments on occasion.
Do Your Research
To save yourself the trouble of having to wade through confusing labels and ingredient lists on moisturizers and dry skin treatments, make sure to do your research before strolling down the store. Look for products designed for your skin type and write down the ingredients. That way, even if you don’t find the exact brand, you can look at the labels and, hopefully, find something with a similar preparation.
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at
7:38 pm
Prescribed facial skin treatments for dry skin can vary for each individual, depending on several factors. While some differences in people probably account for a huge effect in the treatments that work best for them, some others that may seem relevant do not.
Ethnicity, for instance, may seem like an important aspect to consider. In reality, though, the variations for dry facial skin treatments between different ethnic groups is less than what it might seem at first glance. The mechanisms for dry skin formation in all races are actually the same - it usually just appears more prominent for those with darker pigmentations.
If color doesn’t play a factor in the differences in facial skin treatments, then what does?
Skin Type. The four common facial skin types - normal, combination, oily and dry - require different levels of moisturization. Additionally, the variance in facial skin treatments is heightened when you factor in sensitive skin, which usually affects up to 50% of female consumers in the cosmetic industry.
Age. Skin changes as we age and, as such, segmentation is encouraged when it comes to facial skin treatments for people in varying age groups. Older individuals, obviously, will need more healing substances to care for the more pronounced damage their skin usually suffers through.
A few other factors can play a part in the facial skin treatments you should choose for your skin, with most of them involving highly individualized factors, such as your travel schedule and local climate conditions where you live. As such, a brief consultation with a dermatologist is usually advised when trying to determine the best way to handle your dry skin.
Friday, March 27th, 2009 at
5:41 pm
The older we get, the more that dry skin treatments become a necessity. As we age, our skin produces less natural oil, causing it to retain less and less moisture. This natural development can also be aggravated by many factors, including sun exposure, dry air and a few beauty regimens that are actually damaging in the long term.
Excessively bathing in hot water, for instance, will tend to leave skin very dry over the long term. Similarly, regular use of loofah sponges tend to scrape natural oils from the skin. The result is dry and flaky skin that retains less of the moisture that it needs to show off its luster. As with loofahs, you will need to watch out on using topical exfoliants. While they do help remove dead skin cells, your skin’s natural moisture tends to peel off, along with it. Both loofahs and exfoliants should be fine used once a week. Any more than that and you’re risking dryness.
As such, avoiding these moisture-stripping activities should be the first line of defense in your dry skin treatments. Apart from that, other dry skin treatments you can look to include moisturizers (try a eucerin-based lotion), alpha-hydroxy acid-based products and antioxidant-based creams (especially those with vitamin C and beta-carotene) to promote collagen growth.