Dry Skin Care

Dry Skin, Aging and Wrinkles

Sunlight is The Number one, major cause of the undesirable skin changes we see in people over age 40. These are typical of the changes that come with age, wrinkles, crease lines, loose hanging facial skin, leathery skin, dryness of the skin, blotchiness of the skin, yellowing, or pebbly skin texture. These age related changes to our skin often cause people to feel self-conscious and much older than they really are. Fortunately there is very effective skin care therapy that we can all use at home to combat this.

Everyone's skin naturally changes with age, you sweat less and your skin takes longer to heal. You certainly can delay these changes by staying out of the sun, however if you already have age related wrinkles and dry skin there is very good news. Read on. Over time, the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation damages our skin fibers known as; elastin.

Nothing will completely negate sun damage, however, there is good evidence to support the belief that the aged and dry skin can significantly repair itself with a little help from you and microdermabrasion which exfoliates the dead skin cells, unblocks pours as well as conditions your facial skin with many helpful ingredients.

Regardless of your age or facial skin condition, the number one best and easiest way to keep your skin from further deteriorating and to improve skin texture is to perform daily microdermabrasion treatments and avoid sun exposure, especially during the peak hours of 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. If for whatever reason you absolutely must be in the sun at the hottest part of the day, always wear protective clothing; a hat, long-sleeved shirt, and sunglasses.

Walk under an umbrella if you can. Stay on the shady side of the street if possible. Anything you can do to avoid the direct sunlight and minimize your exposure will help. Always use sunscreen lotion (SPF 20 or higher) before going out into the sun and do reapply your sunscreen lotion as often as needed. Even men can find a tiny enough bottle to keep a small supply of sunscreen unnoticed in a pocket.

Skin Sun Damage

You will recall there is a huge hole in the ozone over the poles. Ozone helps block the cancer causing UV rays from our sun. That huge hole over the poles also indicates that what remains of the ozone in our atmosphere is universally thinned out. This is why the hole exists in the first place. So that, in turn, means there is more UV radiation getting through to ground level everywhere. It is now far more destructive to your skin to be exposed to direct sunlight than it was fifty years ago and this is unlikely to improve. Skin sun damage is a reality we must all be prepared to face not only to reduce wrinkles but also for protection from exposure to UV light.

Shea Butter - A Primary Dry Skin Treatment

Sun exposure causes more than wrinkles (and cancers), it is the major cause of dry skin. Shea butter is a natural produce of the Karite tree. West Africans have used it to protect their skin from the burning sun and from the effects of premature ageing for at least five hundred years. (Some claim over 2500 years of use.) That is why we put generous amounts of Shea butter and other helpful ingredients into Donna Lisa's Marvelous Microdermabrasion Cream. Modern pharmaceutical science has been completely unable to approximate Shea butter.

The Karite tree is a solitary tree found in West Africa. It requires a minimum of fifteen excellent growing seasons before it will start to produce nuts and an additionally fifteen more good growing seasons before it will produce a reasonable crop of nuts, from which the Shea Butter is harvested.

Shea butter is absorbed quickly and will not block pours. It helps restore skin elasticity and luster. It has high levels of cinnamic acid, a natural sun screen and it is also a natural anti-inflammatory, making it particularly useful on dry, itchy skin. Shea butter contains the very same oils found in healthy living skin, so applying it to dry skin or aged skin is like returning some of the very moisturizers that were removed by the sun and the nature ageing process.

Dry Skin - What you can Do

The kind of dry skin that is so common in later life is almost entirely preventable, nevertheless, the vast majority of older people will still continue to develop dry, itchy skin. This is usually due to a combination of things, again, most of which are preventable. First, as we mentioned is exposure to the sun. Secondly is the sociological phenomenon of generalized declining interest in personal care that comes with age. Combine these with the normal attrition rate of the sweat and oil glands as we age and the whole process worsens dry skin.

Obviously, anything that further dries the skin (like soaps, antiperspirants and perfumes) will compound the problem. Dry skin itches because it is irritated and the pours are blocked with dead skin cells. Exfoliation with Donna Lisa's Marvelous microdermabrasion Cream helps solve all of these problems! If your skin is dry and itchy, take the following simple and inexpensive steps to maintain it in a more youthful condition. Fortunately it is not difficult or time consuming.

The Four Easiest Ways To care for Dry Skin:

1) Perform home microdermabrasion daily.
2) Use your best moisturizing creams on your face and neck immediately after your daily
microdermabrasion treatment.
3) When you shower, do so quickly with non drying soap and rinse well. Then have a luxurious bath
using moisturizes if you have the time.
4) Apply moisturizing lotions by themselves to the rest of your body at least twice a day.

For more information about dry skin care contact:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 31, Room 10A24
Bethesda, MD 20892
1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/skin

The Skin Cancer Foundation
245 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2402
New York, NY 10016
1-800-SKIN-490 (1-800-754-6490)
http://www.aad.org/public/DermatologyA-Z/atoz_d.htm

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