STRATUM CORNEUM

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Is Your Skin prepared for Winter?

Environmental factors, such as cold weather and low humidity cause a terrible impact on your skin, such as dryness and irritation. Dry skin can occur at any age however, the severity of the dryness increases with age. Dry skin can trigger a larger number of skin ailments such as dermatitis, itchiness and irritation and can be characterized by flakiness, roughness and reduction in elasticity.

Inappropriate skin care products can also cause skin dryness in some cases throughout winter.

For example, most every day cleansers, especially household cleansers contain harsh surfactants (detergents) that can have a terrible impact on your skin. Be aware of detergents that include items such as sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureth sulfate in the product's ingredients list.

Due to cold weather and unrest in the lipids residential structure of the skin cells, personal soaps and cleansers can just penetrate the outermost skin layer (stratum corneum) leading to cell damage.

The use of products with high pH (alkaline) - like soaps - can lead to dryness. The impact of the alkaline pH on the stratum corneum, that has faintly acidic pH, induces rapid tightness, that generates skin cracking.

Cold weather promotes a significant reduction in skin hydration. A cleanser without any moisturizing ingredient can reduce the level of fatty acids and cholesterol out of stratum corneum even after a single wash.

The removal of such lipids can impair the maintenance of the skin. Humectants, such as vegetable glycerin in the formulation of the cleansers are especially tiny to draw the moisture into the skin.

To prevent weather-induced skin damage, you need to consider extra skin care.

Here are some levelheaded ideas for your consideration.

Use an extremely mild cleansing formula, such as a cleansing product without harsh detergents.

Remove totally the soap from your skin during the winter months.

Apply creams that have a high physiological lipids content, such as: cholesterol, ceramide and free fatty acids, such as palmitoleic acid. These lipids ease the ingredients into the skin and help reform the lipid's skin structure. Ingredients that can promote the synthesis of ceramide, like linoleic and gamma linoleic acids are furthermore of great importance in maintaining a healthy skin.

A night cream instead of a daily moisturizer is recommended during the winter to condition, replenish and balance the moisture of your skin.

In conclusion, don't forget to adjust your skin care to suit cold and dry weather conditions. Top

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