Have a piece of paper and pen ready for a tally sheet: We have collected nine typical skin care mistakes that are definitely! many do. Nobody here will finish reading with zero lines.n.
1. Go to bed in the evening without face cream
The skincare mistake
After a stressful day, you just throw yourself into your bed and fall asleep.
Why this is a problem for your skin
You risk new wrinkles if you keep sticking to your face all day including dirt, bacteria, and free radicals. For your face this means that the stresses and strains of the day continue into the night: Your skin leaches and free radicals weaken your tissue. In the long run, you will get new wrinkles from this skin care mistake..
What to do for your skin instead
Treat yourself to a facial cleanse in the evening: Use a suitable oneFacial cleanser for your stressed skin and complete the whole thing with yoursMoisturizer for demanding skin from. If you use the right care products, you will cleanse your skin intensively and give it what it needs: important nutrients and moisture so that it is prepared against wrinkles.
2. Skin creams with vitamin A.
The skincare mistake
As a little miracle cure, skin care products sell vitamin A also known as retinol in their creams. The effect: It renews the upper layer of the skin and is supposed to smooth the skin. It should also help against pimples and acne.n.
Why this is a problem for your skin
Our body produces vitamin A itself relatively easily, which means that we can overdose on vitamin A with prepared creams. Too much vitamin A has side effects on the skin: it becomes dry and rough, lips pop more easily, and hair becomes thinner. Headaches, dizziness, tiredness and vomiting are also possible.
What to do for your skin instead
With care products, make sure they arevitamin C included: This candidate deserves the miracle cure title! Vitamin C fights free radicals, thus counteracting wrinkles and also fights pimples.
3. For ages in the hot shower
The skincare mistake
Long hot showers feels great, but your skin suffers.
Why this is a problem for your skin
There is something on your skin in two senses) finerFilm consisting of fats, sebum and bacteria, among other things.This film protects your skin from dangers from outside, but also from dehydration from within. If you take long hot showers and excessive amountsSoap (or if you use the wrong one, you wash off this body's own protective shield. The result: Your skin dries out and is more exposed to external hazards. This leads to inflammation, skin diseases and wrinkles..
What to do for your skin instead
Set the water to lukewarm and not so on yourself. Use the water sparingly in the shower: get wet, turn off the water, do not lather more aggressively, but rather with itsurfactant-free soap and wash off thoroughly at the end. Finished. This way you do little damage to your skin.
4. Dry off incorrectly after showering
The skincare mistake
After the shower, you want to make sure that you dry yourself off properly. So you rub yourself dry intensely with your towel.
Why this is a problem for your skin
Here, too, it's about your body's own protective barrier: you rub it off your skin with your towel and provide a basis for free radicals, inflammation and wrinkles.
What to do for your skin instead
Use a towel, howeverdabDeal with it. That is enough.
5. Use the next best facial care product
The skincare mistake
Because it's convenient, you say: Soap is enough for your face and any face cream on the shelf will do the same.
Why this is a problem for your skin
In case of doubt, your skin is sensitive and accordingly you are more likely to cause damage with the wrong care product than to do it something good: You do not know how aggressive the agent is and just as little whether it is notdubious ingredients contains. In addition, you do not need to count on effective care if you choose the cheapest oneCosmetics instead relies on well-designed care products for demanding skin.
What to do for your skin instead
Use skin creams and cleansers that follow a toxicological and pharmacological approach and do extensive research before putting any product on your skin. We're big fans ofCode check: Here you can scan your care product via app and find out immediately whether it contains questionable ingredients.
6. Remove facial hair like a beginner
The skincare mistake
It has to be done quickly, so you pluck away your eyebrows or individual hairs quickly or you take the old razor with the three blades and quickly run it over your face. Finished.
Why this is a problem for your skin
Congratulations on skin irritation and on the new razor burn. In addition to the many small, unsavory pimples, you also added skin damage with the blunt blades, which will cause dryness and become inflamed. And when you plucked your hair you worked particularly carelessly and irritated the hair roots.
What to do for your skin instead
Shave with enough time in your luggage and proceed as follows: Soak your face with a damp cloth and then use shaving foam or soap. Take oneSafety razor with super sharp blades and move them easily and with the growth over the skin. At the end you wash off the soap residue and use a mild, nourishing oneAfter shave. They areMinimum requirements for a good shave.
You proceed in a similar way when plucking: Prepare your skin, approach the matter carefully and then take care of the area.
7. Squeeze pimples and blackheads
The skincare mistake
You see a new pimple and quickly pinch it out before it gets bigger.
Why this is a problem for your skin
The pimple is getting bigger. Blemishes such as pimples and blackheads create new inflammation on the face. So if you tinker with it with unclean fingers, you will only worsen the problem and even spread it further.
What to do for your skin instead
You should only remove pimples and blackheads under strict conditions and ideally with professional help. It is much better, however, if pimples and blackheads do not appear at all. So look at how you docarefully against blackheads and pimples going ahead.
8. Without sun protection in front of the door
The skincare mistake
The sun is shining: time to get tan!
Why this is a problem for your skin
If you haven't applied sunscreen, then you have a good chance of sunburn, leathery skin, wrinkles and, in the worst case, even skin cancer. This is ensured by the UV rays, which work deep into the skin, create free radicals and can damage your genetic material..
What to do for your skin instead
Avoid UV radiation on your skin as much as possible, because it is the most effective protection against sunburn and wrinkles. However, you don't want to be a spoilsport: Apply plenty of sunscreen with UV protection when you are in the sun. After the sun, be sure to apply a moisturizing face cream for men to keep your skin hydrated.
9. The same bed every night
The skincare mistake
You wash your bedding every few months.
Why this is a problem for your skin
Let's enumerate what accumulates on a pillow: mites, the excrement of mites, sweat, bacteria, dirt from every single day, sebum particles, dust, dandruff, saliva - all of this lies on your pillow, waiting to clog your sleeping pores . It's no surprise you wake up with pimples the next day..
What to do for your skin instead
Get your bed fresh on a regular basis: You should wash your bed linen to 60 degrees every 6 weeks and your pillow twice a year. This will kill bacteria that make you sick and you will have a clean sleep.
Caught?
And how many of the mistakes you have made in the past. To be honest: We are also not perfect and we have, of course, touched our own noses with clean fingers when we made some mistakes. The good news, however, is that we can do better every day. If you see it that way, you will have something of your young skin for longer. #staysoberber
Simon