Did you know that the skin is considered an organ? Not just any organ either. It is the largest organ on our body and so it has some very specific job duties such as keeping our internal organs safe from the elements, keeps everything in place, protects the internal organs from disease and infections and acts as an indicator to health problems that may occur internally. Your skin does so much for you that you probably never think twice about and so today is your day to start treating it right.

Now that you have a clearer understanding of the important roles your skin has, its time to think about the daily toxins and exposures to the elements it is receiving. Your skin faces various elements from day to day such as the heat, cold, wind, sun, rain and pollutants. Knowing that your skin is exposed to the elements and pollutants, it should be no surprise that your skin is having moisture stolen from it. Moisture and oils that are necessary to keep it looking healthy and feeling smooth.

You may know already that your skin is made up of billions of skin cells but what you may not realize is that as your body is making up new skin cells you also lose skin cells. It’s natural to lose dead skins but when you expose your skin to damage like UV rays you speed up the death of skin cells and you damage deep skin cells which result in the skin sagging and ultimately develops into wrinkles.

If you watch TV then you have probably seen a slue of infomercials and regular commercials advertising products that swear to zap wrinkles or repair damaged skin even from years of sun damage. Now I am not saying that these products are falsely advertising or that their products do not work. There are many products on the market that have been found to be effective on wrinkles and prevention of new wrinkles but with so many products that are absolute scams, you have to be careful. many of these products on TV offer cleansers and moisturizers that have natural herbs which are very common in just about every skin care product world wide.

For thousands of years, people have taken care of their skin with herbal products. Take a look at the Egyptians back in 3000 BC, they were using herbs such as fenugreek and roses as an ant wrinkle measurement. Skin care products today use natural herbs that are quite effective such as Aloe Vera. Aloe Vera is commonly used in skin care products for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and immune stimulating properties.

Many people have a general idea that you should take care of your skin and they do so by occasionally lathering up with a sunscreen or washing their face with soap and water. Washing with soap and water is much to harsh on the skin. You need to use a product that is gentle enough for your face. I am not going to go over how important sunscreen use is but you should be using a daily sunscreen on your face and neck. It can be in the form of a daily moisturizer that contains SPF, a tinted moisturizer with SPF, makeup such as cover-up that uses SPF or sunscreen alone.

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