If you think you can get acne only in summer, think again. Acne is prone to attack skin even in winters; with the symptoms being more pronounced, owing to dryness and dehydration caused by the chill winter air outside. Therefore, if you want to protect your skin from breakouts in the winter, here are some foolproof tips that can help you out.
Let’s start with the things that you absolutely need to avoid during winters. These include fragrant products that can cause skin irritation and breakouts, waxy or oily makeup that can clog up skin pores and cause acne, hot showers that can exacerbate skin dryness and vigorous toweling that can spread bacteria over the skin.
Keeping your skin clean constantly during the winter season would be the first step to preventing acne breakouts. Use a mild cleanser to wash your face every morning and night, as well as every time you return home from outside. Cleansers with hydrating properties will also help clean your skin and hydrate it as well in order to prevent dehydration and ensuing acne breakouts.
The cold air in winder would suck out the moisture from the skin and cause dehydration, which would in turn lead to cracks forming on the skin surface. So make use of a moisturizing lotion to hydrate the skin at regular intervals throughout the day. If you have over sensitive skin, opt for a hydrating lotion or gel.
Although exfoliating your skin is something that needs to be done religiously, overdoing it would tend to dry out the skin and cause breakouts. Make it a point to scrub your skin with a mild exfoliating agent only once a week during the winter season.
Nourish you skin internally as well as externally on a regular basis. While eating foods rich in Vitamin C can help your skin, rejuvenate and recover from acne breakouts, fruit face packs can be used to remove dead skin cells and replace them with new cells, thereby preventing acne breakouts.
Let the fresh air into your home every morning. Free from dirt and pollutants, this air would rejuvenate your skin and make it look radiant naturally. Letting fresh air in the house would also ensure that the dry air, cooped up inside the room all night, is pushed outside. Thus, you would be able to stay safe from acne breakouts.
