Simple tips to take care of your skin
this monsoon by Kaya!
Hyderabad|India|July'2009: Monsoon is the
time when the rains are pouring, gentle winds are blowing, romance is
blooming and your skin, it is just not behaving! During monsoons, we tend
to ignore our skin and hair. There is no visible sun, hence sunscreen is
not used; due to increased humidity we do not find it necessary to
moisturize our skin and protect our hair. And our skin takes its own sweet
revenge on us by behaving badly.
Summer is the season for growth - our skin cell turnover increases;
this leads to piling up of dead layers of skin by the time monsoon begins.
Also, the UV rays that harm the skin are invisible but do penetrate the
clouds and harm the skin. Without right skin care, our skin starts looking
dull and lifeless in the monsoon. Acidic water adds to our woes and hair
tends to get rough and frizzy.
Here are a few tips from Dr Snehal Sriram (MD), Kaya Skin Clinic on
taking care of your skin and hair this monsoon:
Skincare:
- Cleanse your skin daily using a soap free cleanser. Also make use of
a gentle scrub (with uniform mild beads) once a day to get rid of dead
cells.
- Cleansing should be followed by toning using an alcohol free toner,
since increased humidity could open up your pores
- Use a sunscreen even on a cloudy day since the harmful UV radiations
are capable of penetrating the clouds
- Use a light lotion based moisturizer or serum with a lightening agent
as well as lactic acid – this will gently rehydrate your skin and also
brighten it up
- Avoid heavy makeup and use waterproof make up when necessary
- Remember to nourish your skin - eat salads blanched in boiling water
to disinfect them. Vegetable soup, consumed regularly, will also keep you
warm and healthy.
- Just because it is raining, don’t reduce consumption of water. Drink
your usual 8-10 glasses of water. Your skin is always thirstier than you
are!
Care of Feet
- Effective cleansing of feet is very important as they would be
exposed to lot of grime and muck
- Do not forget to completely dry your feet so as to prevent fungal
infections
- Avoid wearing boots as these would hold water for longer duration
sogging your feet
- Effective cleansing of the inside of your nails using orange stick
dipped in hydrogen-peroxide would help prevent nail infections
- Home pedicure should be done once a week. It would consist of soaking
feet in warm water to which you can add 3-4 drops of Savlon, for 15-20
minutes, followed by cleansing the inside of the nails with orange stick
dipped in hydrogen peroxide and scrubbing the feet with foot scrapper.
Complete the pedicure by applying light glycerine based moisturizer
- When you go for pedicure to a beautician, ensure that the instruments
used are sterilized/ cleansed with disinfectants. If possible use your
personal instruments. Also instruct your beautician to avoid pushing of
the cuticles as toe nail fungal infections are very common in monsoons.
Hair
- Good and effective cleansing using a volumising shampoo, twice or
thrice a week is a must as hair tends to go limp in this season
- Post-shampoo do use a volumising conditioner, once a week or as
required
- If you need to blow dry your hair, apply a leave-on conditioner prior
to it
- Avoid application of styling products, as this could make your hair
very greasy due to increased humidity
- Do not tie-up wet hair
- Oiling once a week would help
- Incorporate milk and milk products, nuts, soya products into your
diet as they help hair stay healthy
Invest in a good skin treatment at a reputed skin clinic to prepare
your skin for the rigors of monsoon. A good skin expert will advise you on
what treatments are best suited for your skin.
With these tips you can enjoy the rains and have a safe monsoon. Enjoy
beautiful skin along with the rains at Kaya Skin Clinic. Kaya is an expert
in skin care and offers treatments and packages for beautiful and glowing
skin.
