When entering a new season, it’s important that you properly adjust your skincare.
Climate and temperature can have different impact in the skin. For example at high latitude the skin tend to become dryer and rigid. While in the humid climate with hot temperatures and an aggressive UV index, the skin becomes more oily and dull.
In some way seasonality changes our internal biological structure because our body have to properly respond to the different external agents that is immersed to it.
Seasonal and Environmental Skin Changes
It’s crucial, to maintain the tone of the skin be aware of how climate affect the skin and what measure are necessary to protect it.
In the Winter season, skin tend to be drier and more sensitive due to cold weather and indoor heating.
In the Summer we experience Increased oil production, exposure to UV rays, higher humidity, and more sweating.
Of course a lot it depends on on latitude and location you live in. People that lives close to the equator will have a different skin from people who live close to the Icelandic area and their skincare will be completely different.
Key Skincare Adjustments for Summer
In the season change its important that you change your habits for your skincare and here are some suggestions of what you can do
- Switch to a Lighter Cleanser: Winter cleansers often focus on hydration, which might be too heavy for summer. In contrast it would be more effective some gel-based or foaming cleansers that effectively remove excess oil and sweat.
- Opt for Lightweight Moisturizers: Lighter moisturizer help prevent clogged pores and allow the skin to breathe. You would feel your skin lighter and refreshed by using oil-free, non-comedogenic products with ingredients like hyaluronic acid for hydration without heaviness. Use the best that fit your skin type.
- Introduce Antioxidants: Using antioxidant serums (like vitamin C) to protect against environmental damage and enhance sun protection. You could try starting with 1g of Vit C and progressively raising the dose until you have an diarrhea episode. That is your body alerting that you have overpassed your tolerance level. Behind that there’s your optimal daily dose.
- Exfoliate Regularly: Regular exfoliation its important to keep pores clear from sweat and sunscreen buildup. Gentle exfoliants like AHAs or BHAs that are suitable for more frequent use.
- Sun Protection Is Key Emphasize the increased need for sun protection in summer due to higher UV exposure. Broad-spectrum SPF 30+ sunscreens that are lightweight, non-greasy, and suitable for daily use. It is good practice reapplying sunscreen every two hours, especially when outdoors.
- Special Treatments and Masks – Mattifying Masks: For special treat aren’t and mas mattifying masks once or twice a week are a good skin habit to control excess oil and shine. Try searching ingredients like clay or charcoal.
- Soothing and Cooling Treatments have tremendous benefits of soothing treatments for sun-exposed skin, such as aloe vera or cucumber masks.
Night Routine
Probably it is the most important time of the day to take care of your skin. Taking count that you gonna pass from 5 to 9 hours without drinking or eating your body will absorb the excess of liquidity to keep itself alive.
That’s how nature works. You want to avoid dehydration and to protect your skin here are few tips to do so.
First, switch to a lighter night cream or gel-based moisturizer to avoid clogging your pores. Look for ingredients like niacinamide and antioxidants for overnight skin repair.
Opt for hydrating serums instead of heavy creams to provide moisture without the weight.
Summer Skin Issues
It’s easy with the hot temperatures of the summer to uncover the skin and be more exposed to the UV index. For people who have white skin this is when sunburn occurs.
Some ways you can treat that might be using cool compresses, aloe vera, and over-the-counter anti-inflammatory cream.
Another important factor to consider is the redness you see on your skin after a sunburn. This redness is caused by essential radicals released by your body.
To mitigate such effect you can try introducing NAC N-acetyl L cysteine, that works as a precursor of the glutathione the most powerful ant-inflammatory product your body produces.
To avoid sunburn, wear protective clothing and use a broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30. Additionally, seek shade during peak sun hours and wear sunglasses to protect your eyes.
Lifestyle Tips for Summer Skin Health
Having a balanced diet by Incorporating hydrating foods into the diet, like watermelon, cucumber, and berries. These foods are rich in vitamins and antioxidants and can help you stay hydrated.
Your gut health plan a pivotal role in your overall health. It influence both your hormone balance and also your mind health.
It’s important that you pay attention to it by making the proper analysis and taking the right probiotics if it’s necessary.
Conclusion
In summary, pay attention to the climate and location you are living in. How it affect your skin?, what measurement you can take to mitigate the potential negative effect of this environment?
Learn to listen to your body and cultivate a sense of self deep and spontaneous.
Listen to your body. Try coltivate this habit times to times. You will only have that body, before judgment, opinion, changes, it’s the most precious thing you have.
Take responsibility of it, sometime it ain’t about having the most of this or that, but actually evaluating and cultivating what we already have, that makes the difference in our health and life.
Don’t be a sub product of the self image industry, be the author of your life.
And you? How is your seasonal transition going, what specific problems is your skin facing. Let me know in the comments section below what’s your thoughts about it.
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