Healthy Shower

How To Keep Healthy Skin By Showering

Many of us, on a regular basis, take a bath, wash our hair and shave. For most people, hygiene and personal grooming are good habits that many people perform on a regular basis. Would you be willing to change your routine if doing so made your skin appear more attractive and created a better-looking you?

Many adults whom are over 30 make one big mistake when it comes to washing: They do too much of it. Many adults take a shower before work, after going to the gym, and sometimes before going to sleep as well. Twelve minutes in the shower is far too long for your skins sake and it is important to try and reduce this time to five minutes.

Bathing too often can result in removing much of your skin's natural oil, causing it to become irritated; this is particularly common during the winter and for people who don't have a water filter in the shower. This is because exposing yourself to too much continuous water flow results in a lot of unnecessary chlorine residue on your skin.

Including below is a listing of tips that can help preserve your skin:

1. Steer clear of using a washcloth on fragile areas, particularly the mucous membranes. Instead try using soft sponges or loofahs in a rounded motion along your skin, using glycerine type soaps.

2. Adjust the water temperature so that it is warm instead of hot; cooler water is better, just don't make it cold.

3. If you have normal to dry skin, use fragrance-free or sensitive skin soap on your body and either a soap free cleanser or nothing at all on mucous membranes.

4. If you tend to have oily skin, then use a gylcerine soap. Using this type of soap is beneficial and it removes simply enough oil without drying out the skin.

5. Miss out a shower as frequently as you can. Many people will find this odd advice, but it's good to add to the amount of time in between showers. Skipping a shower for a whole day once or twice a week, especially in the winter allows your skin to produce and maintain its natural oils.

6. Make absolutely sure you use shampoos that contain mostly natural ingredients. A lot of commercial products contain synthetic chemicals, petrochemicals, and various dyes and artificial coloring. All of these un-natural chemicals are really bad for you health.

Re-examining your hygiene and shower practices can sincerely help your skin by lowering your shower time, using water filters, gently massaging your skin in a rounded pattern with a soft sponge, and using natural skin and hair products.