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Dermatologist-Proven Tips for Winter Skincare Routine

Introduction

Your wardrobe switch is important in winter, the same as your winter skincare routine as well. Summer skincare routine is different from the winter one as in winter there is less moisture in the air, as compared to summer. You need to add high moisture content cream to your skincare, to avoid any kind of dryness and breakages. Here are some tips that I can suggest to add to your skincare routine in winter.

“Happiness is a habit. So is your skincare.” — Linden Tyler

Here are Dermatologist-Proven Tips for Winter Skincare Routine


1. Ideal cleanser for skin for winter

First of all, you should know your skin, and try to type of skin you have. In winter, we have dry skin, and there is less moisture in our skin. You can add cream with thick moisture to your skin.

Milk is an amazing cleanser as it contains lactic acid. Milk will make your skin soft and supple. In general, using cleanser-rich moisturizers, Rather than going for a foamy or bubbly cleanser that contains salicylic acid, is maybe good for summer, but for winter it is always recommended to have a cleanser that has cream, blam, or oil quality. Using creamy, oily, or balm cleansers will make your skin hydrating and help to avoid any rupture of your skin.

If you suffer from acne in winter, it's recommended to use salicylic acid or mild benzoyl peroxide to your cleanser but try to add moisturiser in it as well.

So it's always suggested to use PH-optimised skincare, whether it's winter or summer.

If you want to read about the summer skincare routine link is below

2. Shower time and water temperature

While in winter weather seems like the optimal time for a long, hot bath. Studies show that prolonged contact with hot water will make your skin drier as will will take out all natural moisture from your skin. So it's always suggested to go for lukewarm water rather than hot water.

It is always suggested to go for a quick lukewarm shower in winter to resume your body moisture. And after a bath, it's suggested to apply moisture-rich moisturizer to your skin.

If your skin is flakier then go for a thick moisturizer and apply it in circular motion.

One of the best heck for extra dry and flaky skin is to go for self-massage.

This is one of Dermatologist-Proven Tips for Winter Skincare Routine


3. When to exfoliate in winter

The benefits of exfoliation, when done right, can leave your skin glowy and with no pores. As exfoliation will help to remove dead skin cells, that got accumulate in dry winter weather.

The post-exfoliation is very important, as it will be more effective when you apply thick moisturizer after exfoliation.

It's always suggested to exfoliate your skin once a week, to do it not more than 15 mins.

After always applying sunscreen in the daytime.



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4. Best winter moisturizer

If you take away one thing, it's always suggested to add a hydrating winter skincare routine.

Unlike in summer, it's good to use lighter lotion, in winter it's recommended to use thick moisturizer to avoid dryness and flakiness of skin.

In any moisturizer, these three ingredients should be there:

Humectants- Namely hyaluronic acids and glycerine with low molecular weight, will help to retain water molecules in your skin. Help you to feel hydrated and moist the whole day.

Emollients - They mainly come in the form of cream or lotion, which helps with skin barrier function.

Occlusives - These are. oil and waxes that form layers on the skin and physically block water from escaping.

Some hot ingredients to look out for in the cold are:

  1. Ceramide

  2. Hyaluronic acid

  3. Niacinamide

  4. Botanical oils.


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5. How to layer winter skincare

Layering allows you to address multiple skin concerns with different products at the same time. For a quick explainer on How to layer skincare, a good thumb rule is to layer lightest to heaviest :

  1. Watery toner first

  2. Serum second

  3. Moisture third

Please don't forget, sunscreen in day time,

6. Why overnight masking is important for winters.

  • Overnight is very important, especially in the winter. The overnight mask is designed as the final step in your overnight skincare regime as it will help lock in all those serums, creams, and oils applied earlier.

  • As our skin goes circadian rhythm, the skin hydration level will start to decline in the afternoon and will be more in overnight. So adding masks overnight along with a humidifier definitely helps you in winter, as it will make your skin nourish and hydrated.

  • Overnight masking also helps in other skin treatments, People with eczema can add an overnight mask after treating their skin with ceramide or aloe, and other people who have opted for antiaging treatment can use an overnight mask after applying retinol, as it will add on the effects of a particular treatment to their skin.

Conclusion

So from cleansing, and exfoliating to layering up and masking, all these are the steps that you can follow while doing skincare. These are steps that have been recommended by the dermatologist to do in winter, to make your skin supple and nourish in winter.

 
 
 

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