5 Reasons Your Skin Isn’t Staying Clear

Everyone dreams of clear, shiny skin like the models on magazines covers. A clean face can be essential for improving your self-esteem and showing others that you are okay with yourself – physically and psychologically.

But maintaining a glowing face is not so easy. And the result of unhealthy habits or lifestyles can be tired-looking skin with several imperfections. Let’s take a look at five reasons that might explain what is happening to your skin and how you can remedy each of them.

1. You’re Stressed Out

Chronic bouts of stress and anxiety affect your body in many ways, causing sleepless nights, loss of appetite, and even skin rashes. This happens because stress increases the production of the hormone cortisol, whose excess can affect the blood flow to the skin and the consequent skin repair.

If you’re dealing with a stressful situation right now, here are some simple tactics to try to soften the impact on your health:

• Get seven to nine hours of sleep every night and avoid naps during the day.
• Exercise at least 30 minutes before going to bed to sleep better.
• Set aside a few minutes a day for breathing exercises and yoga.
• An aromatherapy bath with bath salts or aromatic oils helps you relax.

2. You’re Using Too Many Products

If you don’t leave the house without filling your skin with beauty/skincare products, and you tend to wear heavy layers of makeup, it is only a matter of time before you start to manifest acne and other skin issues.

The only way to avoid this is to be more balanced in your choices and the number of substances you apply. For example, always use cosmetics with a moisturizer and avoid the heavier ones, absorbing the skin’s natural oils.

Always remove makeup and cleanse your skin before bed, but not with alcohol makeup removers. The substance can drain moisture from the skin and worsen it instead of relieving it.

3. You Changed Your Skincare Routine

Many people keep the same skincare routine for years, while others change the formula frequently in search of quick, miraculous results. It’s not a healthy practice: changing skincare routines regularly can damage your skin in several ways.

According to dermatologists, the ideal is to wait six to 12 weeks to check if new skincare routine results instead of changing periodically.

However, some signs can be a warning that the treatment adopted may be doing more harm than good – such as very dry, oily skin, or acne worsening.

4. You Touch Your Face a Lot

Even though the pandemic routine has alerted us to the risks of touching the face frequently, the habit is still more common than it should be. Sometimes even unintentionally.

Among other problems, hands can cause skin irritation when you accidentally get oil, debris, and other substances onto your face. When you touch or pop a pimple, for example, you expose your skin pores to even more bacteria, increasing the risk of infection (and even scarring).

In addition to keeping your hands away from your face, avoid using glasses frames for women or face masks that haven’t been cleaned in a while, and be careful with dirty brushes and sponges when applying makeup.

5. Your Diet Could Be Better

You must have heard or read several times about how diet and nutrition are important to the quality of your body in general – and, of course, your skin. “You are what you eat,” right?

To keep the skin always clean and radiant, avoid processed or salty foods (which help cause fluid retention) and excess sugar. Foods rich in fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants are healthy for your stomach, body, and skin.

Adopt the following diet and see how your shape will improve as a whole:

• Decrease consumption of processed carbohydrates, such as white bread.
• Avoid consuming sodas and sugary sweets.
• Fruits, vegetables, and whole grains should be part of your daily menu.
• Fruits and fatty cereals like avocados and nuts can replace fried foods.
• Quit smoking, as nicotine smoke is a poison for your skin. 

Secrets to Cleaner and Rejuvenated Skin

Cleaning the skin to keep it fresh, beautiful, and glowing requires some sacrifice and dedication. But all the work won’t help if you do not pay attention to what you put on your face: too many products, dirty hands, lots of makeup, and other factors can compromise the situation.

Remember that your skin is also a reflection of your lifestyle. When you sleep little, eat unhealthy foods, and live under stress, the look on your face will go along with your state of mind.

If the above tips don’t remedy the situation, make an appointment with a dermatologist to determine the exact cause of the problem.