Dry skin can make people go crazy! Like we talked about in one of our prior blogs this month, dry skin is one of the most common skin conditions/skin types out there.
Having a damaged protective barrier of the skin is what causes dry skin and your sebum production to be limited. If you want your skin to withstand the assaults our day-to-day lives bring it, you need to reinforce your skin’s natural defenses and strengthen its protective barrier.
Today, I wanted to cover how to strengthen your skin’s protective barrier to make sure everything is healthy!
Strengthening Your Protective Barrier
Strengthening your skin’s barrier is easy: you just have to give back to your skin the lipids it has lost. Two of the most common things you can do are right here:
- Replenish your skin with lipids: Use products with fatty acids, ceramides, cholesterol, and all those things that make up the glue that holds the skin’s barrier together.
- Stimulate lipid production: Use ingredients, like hyaluronic and niacinamide, that trigger the production of ceramides and other building blocks of the mortar, helping skin repair itself.
It really comes down to those two things. Using products and methods to either replenish your skin with lipids by utilizing proper products or stimulating lipid production will help to protect your skin and get rid of that dry skin look!
If you want to know how to truly defend against dry skin and strengthen your skin’s protective barrier, make sure to call us today to schedule an appointment for a FREE Consultation today! We look forward to seeing you soon!
