How to moisturize your skin at home

The causes of dry skin include an unbalanced diet, poor-quality cosmetics, genetics, high-handed taking of antibiotics, complications due to an allergic reaction and a violation of the water balance in the body. There is also an individual feature when the epidermis naturally contains little moisture. The reasons are clear, now it remains to find a solution to the problem, which consists in the use of folk remedies and compliance with practical recommendations.

Keep track of nutrition

Proper diet is the foundation of healthy skin. Due to the lack of vitamins and minerals contained in healthy products, the epidermis becomes dry, the skin loses its elasticity. To prevent this, you need to analyze the daily menu, eliminate all unnecessary things and focus on the right food.

1. Make a diet with the optimal ratio of BJU, which is calculated in percentage and looks like this: 40/20/40. If the amount of protein consumed is above 40%, the skin will become even drier, so do not abuse them. The right fats will help moisturize the epidermis, do not be alarmed at the 20% mark.
2. Focus on chicken and quail eggs, fish and other seafood. Do not forget about the pork pulp, beef, chicken fillet. Of carbohydrates, it is worth giving preference to beans and cereals, whole grain crops. Regarding the vitamins and minerals that should be contained in the products: A, B6-12, C, D, E, Omega acids, copper, zinc, iron, phosphorus, calcium.
3. Never skip breakfast. Otherwise, the body "will not wake up" on time, and the skin will lose precious moisture. Start the morning with dairy products (cottage cheese, smoothie, yogurt) or with oat / linen porridge. Add fresh berries and fruits, marmalade, nuts, seeds.
4. In the pharmacy you will find badger and fish oil in capsules, get them and drink the full course. These drugs can be replaced with a complex of vitamins and elements, which are produced in 60 tablets (duration of admission 2 months).
5. Be sure to monitor the amount of fluid you drink. Use filtered water (at least 2.5 liters per day), green tea. It is also allowed to drink natural juices without sugar (cabbage, carrot, tomato, citrus, cucumber) and fruit drinks. If it’s difficult to keep track of drinking, download the application to your smartphone, which will signal you about it.

Use folk remedies

Masks, lotions and tonics will help you moisturize your skin. All incoming ingredients are in the public domain, so do not be lazy to prepare formulations at least 3 times a week.

1. Cottage cheese. Cover the skin with fat cottage cheese (from 18%) 3-5 times a week, the exposure time is 45 minutes. The composition perfectly fights dryness, relieves inflammation and redness.
2. Cucumber. Grate the vegetable on a fine grater, combine with 60 gr. oily sour cream. Distribute evenly on face, hold for at least an hour. If possible, carry out the procedure every day.
3. Aloe. Remove the peel from one stalk of aloe vera, pass the base through a blender or meat grinder. Make a mask of the obtained porridge, cover with gauze on top, leave for half an hour. The procedure must be carried out 3 times a week, at least.
4. Vegetables and fruits. It is especially important to make compresses in the summer. Choose any product of your choice (cabbage, carrots, watermelon, melon, tomatoes, etc.), squeeze juice out of them, moisten gauze and apply on face. The procedure can be performed daily, the exposure time is 25 minutes.
5. Strawberry. Take 10 berries of frozen or ripe strawberries, place in a blender and mash. Add 20 ml. liquid glycerin, 120 ml. hot water and 10 gr. honey.Stir, wait for cooling, pour the mixture into a jar. Dampen the swab and wipe the skin 2 times a day.
6. Medicinal herbs. Brew in 125 ml. boiling water 20 gr. lemon balm, 20 gr. oak bark and 10 gr. sage. Insist 1 hour, after the expiration, strain. Pour into a bottle, wipe the skin with a moistened cosmetic disc every day in the evenings.
7. Poppy and milk. Bring to a boil 50 ml. fat milk, fill them with 20 g. poppy seeds, wait 3 hours. After the time has passed, strain through cheesecloth, dip the cotton cloth into the composition, wring it out and apply on the face. Keep about half an hour, the frequency of the procedure - every other day.
8. Honey. Brew in 85 ml. boiling water 35 gr. thyme, wait 25 minutes, then strain through gauze and cotton wool. Add a spoonful of honey, dissolve it, dip a cosmetic swab into the mixture. Treat your skin once a day if you are not allergic.
9. Eggs and flax. Beat 1 egg in a bowl, beat it with a mixer. Pour flaxseed porridge, wait until it swells. Carry out the procedure in 2 stages: first peel with the mixture obtained, then wash and apply a new composition, soak for 20 minutes.
10. Dill and parsley. Squeeze the juice from a bunch of dill and a bunch of parsley, add some water, then pour the mixture into ice molds. Freeze, wipe the skin every day in the morning and evening. In the summer, you can do without parsley, it has a whitening effect.
11. Rosehip. Take 50 gr. rosehip berries, rinse them and pour over boiling water. Insist 4-5 hours, then pass through a colander or sieve, wipe the skin with a decoction. You can also use the composition inside (no more than 150 ml. Per day).
12. Wax. Buy in a pharmacy vitamin A or E in ampoules, pour into a container. Grate beeswax, add to vitamin. Put in the microwave for 20 seconds, after the expiration date, remove, mix with a toothpick, cool to an acceptable temperature. Make a wax mask, hold for 20 minutes.

Moisturize your skin with pharmacy creams

Today, there are many ointments, creams and gels that can cope with any imperfections in the skin. Take advantage of this; purchase a drug with hydrocortisone in a pharmacy (concentration not more than 0.5%). Read the instructions for use, and then follow it strictly. In addition, it makes sense to consider drugs with panthenol in the composition. It is not forbidden to use the component in its pure form, but, as a rule, it is very expensive.

We give effective creams that do not give way to anything not mixed with panthenol: Pantoderm, De Panthenol, LaCree, Bepanten, Panthenol Spray, Elidel. In addition to moisturizing the skin, they also fight peeling, inflammation, microcracks, burns, ulcers and abscesses. For this reason, such ointments should be in the first-aid kit of every housewife. Read the manufacturer's recommendations, most drugs are allowed to be used by young children (up to a year), pregnant and lactating women.

Practical tips

1. It is known that high temperatures dry the skin, so you need to wash your face with cold water. After this, do not rub your face much, pat it with a soft towel, let the remaining moisture soak in.
2. You can wash your face in the morning with decoctions of herbs. To prepare them, it is enough to brew linden or chamomile flowers in boiling water, insist, strain and dilute with water in a 1: 1 ratio.
3. Choose gentle washing gels and mousses in which there are no hard components such as peroxide, salicylic acid, alcohol, activated carbon. Based on your skin type: the drier it is, the more fat and water should be contained in cosmetics. The ideal option is serum and hydrogels.
4. Get thermal water, it is available in cylinders of 500 and 1000 ml. Spray her face, even if you are wearing makeup, makeup does not spread.
5. Lovers of tanning beds must necessarily use protective equipment with a high UV filter. The same applies to prolonged exposure to the sun: grease your face with cream, wear a cap or hat with wide brim.
6. Do not use scrubs with absorbent particles. Make gentle peels from crushed apricot kernels and sour cream. The frequency of the procedure is 1 time in 10 days. Moreover, if due to insufficient moisture the skin begins to peel off, do not try to tear off the departed layers of the dermis.

Moisturize the skin with folk methods, review the daily diet. Make sure that the air in the apartment / house is not too dry. Buy a special humidifier, hang a wet towel on the radiators, or put a pot of cold water on the stove to make it boil away.

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