5 Healthy Skin Habits

Since your skin is the largest organ of your body, you should take care of it.  There are 5 Healthy skin habits I would recommend for you.

Your Skin – your largest organ

Did you know that your skin is your largest organ?  According to healthline.com, it make up a good part of your overall body mass.  So, in order to have healthy skin here are 5 things you should do right now to start to have healthy skin…

5 Healthy skin habits

Here are the 5 healthy skin habits I would recommend you start doing so that your skin stays in tip top shape.

1. First and foremost is:  Manage your stress – stress takes a huge toll on us and you should take steps to control it.  Learn how to manage stress because there is support for you.
2. Eat healthy and drink lots and lots of water.
3. Protect your skin from the sun – choose a good sunblock with UVA and UVB protection.
4. Stop smoking.
5. Be gentle with your skin.  Washing 2 times per day is usually sufficient.

Stress and what it does

Stress affects us in many ways.  There are emotional signs of stress, physical, behavioral, and other signs of stress.  Whatever the effect, stress does take a toll.  That means that it can affect how we look.  I’ve talked about it so much because of what it can do to your face.  To read more, see:  Stress kills your face.  The stress induced skin issues can really become a problem – for example, stress acne.   The bottom line is that we need to manage our stress in order to look and feel better.

Eating habits

Eating healthy food and drinking clean water can go a long way to having healthier skin and healthier hormones.  There’s no two ways about it.  When you eat junk food (AKA process foods), you’re not helping yourself at all.  Strive to eat well.

Sun damage skin

We all know we shouldn’t spend time in the sun – especially without sunscreen.  Trust me on sunscreen, you’ll be happy you did.  Also, make sure you are using coral friendly sunscreens and ones that have the best ingredients.

Smoking

If you’re a smoker, this is a habit you’ll want to stop.  Smoking causes so many health issues and it’s one of the biggest reasons why skin grows old.  Don’t contribute to your aging.  Stop smoking today!

Skin care routine

Next, is our skin care routine.  Washing each day with a gentle cleanser is ideal.  You don’t need to wash 3 times or more a day.  A couple times a day is enough.  Use a gentle cleanser and see how great your skin will look.

Here are the steps to a skin care routine you can do.

All these suggestions can take time to implement…but, it can be done.  Do it in small incremental steps and you will achieve your goal.  Be persistent and think of the end goal.  You can do it!!!  And, if you slip up, don’t beat yourself up.  Just start again and do better next time!

So, there you have it, the 5 healthy skin habits for healthy skin.