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Winter Alert! Solutions to Overcome "Super Dry" Skin Aging

 How Do We Prevent Skin from Drying/Aging?

 The core of "wintertime skincare"  is to prevent the main cause for aging-dryness. One of the ways to prevent skin from drying is to use exfoliating gel, peeling cream or scrub to remove the "dead skin cells" on the skin surface. It is important to exfoliate because when dead skin cells stay and are accumulated on the skin surface, it first hinders perspirations, which is the process of eliminating/excreting wastes from the body. Then this leads into skin troubles. This is why many women exfoliate once or twice a week to maintain clear, healthy skin.

However, one should also remember that excessive exfoliation can irritate the skin. This is because in case of too much exfoliation, newly created cells can be as well removed with dead cells, thereby removing the protective shield or layer of skin. Thus, one must provide adequate amount of moisture and nutrients. Also, during winter, one experiences the reduction in production/secretion of sebum. This means that our body needs moderate amount of both moisture and oil in skin, and balance needs to be maintained to keep it elastic and well-moistured.

Aside from applying different skin-care products such as moisturizing creams, one of the most important solutions to overcome super dryness of skin is to control moisture inside the body. Also, using a humidifier in a room can be another know-how to fight super dryness of body and skin.

Last but not least, probably the easiest and the most effective way to deal with skin drying and again is TO DRINK WATER. You don't have to spend lots of money buying expensive cosmetic products. Drinking adequate amount of water (good water such asAntioxidant Alkaline Water with abundant minerals) is "THE WAY." When a person drinks more than two liters of water every day, this enables smooth blood circulation and prevents skin from drying.  Strongly supporting the necessity of drinking water to maintain skin health, two Korean actresses Kim Min-jung and Lee Young-ae revealed that their secret of having particularly young, healthy skin is drinking more than 10 glasses of water per day.


Did you just think that "It is too hard for me to drink 8-10 glasses of water per day! I'm not used to it"? Let's start with 5, 6.  Then add up each glass per day or even per week. Count the glasses of water you drink everyday! Do not stop. Keep in mind that one more glass makes you look one year younger!
  

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