Transform Your Complexion: Top Methods for Skin Renewal

 

 Cleanse it!

Wash your face morning and night. What you use and how you use it is up to you. You know when your face is clean. Cosmetic experts sometimes recommend a two- to four-step process. You may not want to make it too complicated. The complexity may encourage you to skip either morning or night. Don’t skip it. Keep it simple. Wash your face morning and night.

Some of you will use a washcloth, others will splash water on it, others will use a “cold cream” and wipe the dirt away that way, some will use a toner and some won’t. You will know what works, trust yourself.

Stop the sun

The sun is your skin’s biggest enemy. It is the “greatest destroyer” of the skin. Unless you protect your skin from the sun, no amount of treatment, moisturizer, vitamin, exercise or surgery will help.

What the sun does to your skin

The sun damages your skin in several very important ways. It does this by activating free radicals, molecules that attack the lining of all cells. Free radicals are responsible for most diseases, aging and death. They literally “tear” the skin apart. Alcohol, smoking and stress activate free radicals, but the biggest source of them, as far as the skin is concerned, is the sun.

The sun affects the structure of the skin. That’s why skin cancer is usually the result of sun exposure. But let’s think about how the sun affects the appearance of your skin.

• The sun causes the top layer of dead skin to thicken as a “protective response” and become harder and rougher.

• The sun’s rays don’t stop working because of this “protective” dead skin, they penetrate the living skin and reduce its normal layers of 20 cells to just two. This gives the skin a thin appearance.

• In healthy skin, these 20 cell layers are organized like a well-built brick wall. But the sun destroys this organization. The chaos in the structure and size of the cells shows that the sun has actually changed the DNA. This is a pre-cancerous condition. Your skin texture becomes uneven.

• The chaos spreads beneath the skin as the skin responds to the sun by forming small mounds of pigment known as age spots – also a pre-cancerous condition.

• In this lower layer of skin, elastin, the elastic network that holds the skin in place, is torn by sun exposure. This is how the sun causes skin to sag.

• Collagen is found within the dermis. Collagen is the protein – the building block – that makes up skin. The sun destroys collagen. This is how wrinkles form.

• The capillary network that supplies the skin with oxygen and nutrients is destroyed by sun exposure. The capillaries become scarce, distorted and irregular. The blood supply to the skin is cut off. The skin cannot heal. The skin turns pale.

Get rid of dead skin

Only when you get rid of the dead skin on your face will your beautiful new skin emerge and heal itself.

Where is that beautiful, glowing new skin? It’s there, you just can’t see it.

The “glue” that holds dead skin to our faces was once soft, but it hardens as we age. If you’re wondering why your skin is pale, it’s because you’re looking at dead skin. Get rid of it!

This is how to treat your living skin. Dead skin prevents oxygen, moisture, and nutrients from reaching your living skin.

Here’s another bonus: the old skin on your face tends to sag and wrinkle. The new skin underneath will be firmer and smoother, which is what you thought was gone. But it’s not gone, it’s just buried.

Baby skin is amazing, isn’t it? The truth is that babies shed dead skin every day, just by changing clothes or rubbing it with towels and cloths. With the help of exfoliating agents, we can mimic baby skin.

How to get rid of dead skin?

Brushes

Asians have been doing this for centuries using loofahs and other brushes. You can do it too. There are some questions about the uniformity of the exfoliation (or scrub) process, but many people who use a brush are very happy with their glowing skin. Try it and see if it works for you.

Exfoliants

Almost every beauty line sells a scrub. The scrub can contain oatmeal or almond pieces. Uniformity is also an issue with exfoliants. Some warn of abrasive damage to the skin, but the benefits of removing dead cells likely outweigh the abrasive effects. Again, try to see if this is right for you.

Chemical Peels, Glycolic Pe
els, and Laser Treatments

These treatments, administered by a doctor, can create radically new skin. You may want to consider these treatments (although they should not replace daily exfoliation). However, be aware that you may need some time to recover from any of these treatments as your skin will literally be “burned” to remove the top layer of dead cells. If you are impatient and want to see that new baby skin quickly, and you have time to recover, this may be a good option for you. Your dermatologist can tell you more about these procedures.

Alpha and beta hydroxy acids

These dietary acids, derived from vegetables, fruits, sugars, wine or milk, and some animal products, are very effective at “breaking up the glue” that sticks dead skin to our faces. Alpha hydroxy acids are used in creams, cleansers, and lotions. Almost every cosmetics company now has a product line that contains “alpha hydroxy acids.” They can come alone in their own treatment formula or mixed into a moisturizer.

You probably already have a favorite cosmetic brand that contains AHA. It works to remove dead skin cells from the surface, leaving a smoother, softer layer of skin. It also helps retain moisture in very dry skin. Glycolic acid is a unique substance that contains alpha hydroxy acids (AHA) as an alternative to Retin-A, without the side effects, and is found naturally in sugar cane and fruits such as papaya, apples, mangoes and pears, and in some animal products.

Glycolic acid is also found in the natural secretions that the snail "Helix Aspersa Muller" leaves in abundance on its path. Its extraction does not require the sacrifice of the snails. On the contrary, they are cared for and "milked" several times according to their natural lifespan.

The process of collecting the snail gift is a well-kept secret of the Basconian family in Chile, and the product has been patented in Switzerland.

Nourishing Your Skin

The skin is made up of three layers:

The epidermis – the top layer of the skin, which locks in moisture and keeps toxins out of the body.

The dermis – the second layer of the skin (where stretch marks appear), where the skin produces collagen and elastin fibers that give it a firmer, more youthful appearance. The dermis –

the third layer of the skin, which is made up of fat and connective tissue.

Our skin acts as a barrier to the external environment and prevents substances that may be harmful to our body from entering. These substances may include some cosmetic ingredients as well as airborne pollutants. The skin acts as a filter to evaluate and determine the relationship – usability, if you will – with the internal body itself. The skin is a highly adaptable organ. It is designed to adapt to the environment so that it can help us survive in any given climate. The most direct environment for our skin is what we apply topically to it. Yes, the skin care and cosmetics we choose.

The skin’s natural filtration system decides whether to accept or reject these products. Are they “skin-friendly” or are they toxic? The best accepted products are those that contain natural ingredients - the ingredients of the skin itself.