About Dry Skin
Hi there – and Happy Easter, I hope you all had a great long weekend!
I seem to have been flat out but not doing anything much exciting…. Which is a bit sad – for me anyway! And how fast is this year going? I cannot believe that we are already at Easter. One good thing though, I have had lots of orders and questions and lovely feedback from my lovely customers and I always enjoy that!
So following on from combination skin I thought this week I would move on to dry skin.
Dry skin is the result of underactivity of the sebaceous glands. When exhibited in younger individuals, it is predominately hereditary. The layers of the stratum corneum are thinner, promoting greater stress for this skin type. The protective barrier is somewhat compromised and becomes more difficult to retain water, which in turn causes dehydration. The primary culprit is the lack of oil. Without sufficient amounts this ‘cellular cement’, the top layer doesn’t retain the cells, hence the thinner skin. Likewise, the amount of water retained is also impaired.
Aside from genetics, dry skin is also the consequence of the normal aging process. Unfortunately as we all know with the progression of time, all bodily functions begin to slow. Cellular turnover, the time it takes for new cells to journey from the germinative to the stratum layer, is greatly reduced. At the same time the skin’s water retaining abilities have diminished, resulting in thinner and dryer skin over time.
Dry skin tends to be filled with tiny, superficial lines, and usually prone to wrinkles. Pores are almost invisible; there is less elasticity and poorer skin tone, as well.
Dry skin problems are exacerbated by exposure to the sun, heat, wind and dramatic shifts in temperature. It is also prone to premature aging, so the early use of Treatment masks will be helpful and beneficial.
I guess we can also sometimes confuse dry skin and dehydrated skin so I will talk about that next week!
Did I tell you that we are going to be on TV? “Good Morning” is going to have the Gingi Oscar’s Luxury Gift Pack in their goody bag for a couple of lucky viewers to win and I am really excited about that so I will let you know when.
So till next week
Love Your Skin!
Lisa
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Quote of the week
“If a woman is meant to have wrinkles, they should at least be put on the soles of her feet.”
Ninon de Lenclos, seventeenth-century courtesan