Especially if you live in a cold climate,
what happens to our skin in the winter?
Well, the skin really likes consistency.
So when the weather changes,
it can really wreak havoc with our skin.
Like you were saying.
And one of the big things is when the humidity lowers,
when the temperature drops
is the water evaporates from our skin
and our skin dries out.
And when our skin dries out,
it's no longer a great barrier to the environment.
So it's more prone to inflammation and irritation.
And we see this like in this picture here
where you see dryness,
especially around the lips and the nose.
You see redness, which is signs of irritation inflammation,
and you see breakouts, which can happen year-round
that can be especially problematic in the winter.
Because your skin is extra kinda of raw.
Extra kinda raw and exactly.
So you know, why does our skin become dry in the winter?
People ask me that all the time
and I'm seeing tons of people right now with itchy, dry skin
and the real
And flaky
And it's flaky
Yeah. And that's really this top layer.
So what happens in this model is that our skin,
the water evaporates because the humidity is very low
in the environment.
And so the water leaves our skin
to try to go the environment.
But then that desiccates the skin layers
to give you that dry, itchy skin on the surface.
So we're going to talk about how to stop that evaporation.
A lot of people in the winter
want to jump into a nice warm shower
and spend hours in there.
They don't want to get out.
But that's the worst thing you can do for your skin
because that's
You take cold shower in cold weather,
take a tepid, warm short shower,
just to try to reduce that hydration.
And then when your skin is still wet,
you want to try to apply moisturizers
to seal in the moisture in our skin just evaporates,
you know when it's cold outside
and especially when you're in that hot shower.
And so what moisturizers do
is they add more water to it and then they seal it in.
And that's the most important things
that there's hydrators and sealants and moisturizers.
What you wanna do when you get out of the shower
is you've got about 60 seconds
to just Pat off quickly
and you're going to apply a really great lotion.
This is one that has Ceramides
and Glycerin and Hyaluronic acid in it.
And that's, you're going to put that everywhere
to seal in the water.
And then the other thing that's super important
is that nighttime is the bomb.
So this is the bomb you wanna use at nighttime.
And I leave this next to my bedside
and I put it on my fingernails,
I put it on my lips right before I go to sleep.
And you're looking for ingredients like lanolin and glycerin
and you want it goopy and greasy.
And then don't forget you have to exfoliate,
you know, even, but you can't use harsh things
You gotta get the dead off.
You gotta get the dead off
before you could get the water in.
And you don't wanna exfoliate it with scrubs
and acids this time of year.
Cause that can be too irritating
and drying.
Yeah, but do you know what these are?
No but am gonna take one.
They're micro fiber washcloth.
Like you buff your car
Yeah you buff your car, cleaned your house and,
but these are like extra gentle versions
that you can use just once a day in the shower
on your face and your body.
And that's enough exfoliation for the winter.
and then don't also,
don't forget you want to stay hydrated in the winter
and you wanna hydrate your environment.
If you have the humidifier on,
you gotta make sure you fill it
and wash it and then keep water next to your bedside table
and drink water frequently because
I think about a litre at night
and a litre before you go to the gym.
Yeah, if your nasal patches passages dry out,
if your throat dry is out,
you're gonna be more susceptible to cold
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The next problem. So if your skin is dry,
it's then gonna be more prone to irritation
and inflammation and that shows up as redness.
So a lot of patients come in the office and they say,
"I don't know why I have red hands,
red elbows red around my mouth."
Those are signs of inflammation.
And how do we combat inflammation
is we look for ingredients that help to just calm the skin.
So not only are the moisturizers are important,
but inflammation ingredients like Calendula and Feverfew
that are found in moisturizers all over the country,
those are good ones to use.
And then, you know, the other problem I see in my office
and patients come up all the time and say,
"why do I still get breakouts in the winter?"
And with that dry season,
your skin is kinda of working over time to create more oil.
But that more oil causes more breakout,
Right, right. Because they've close get clogged.
Yes the pores get clogged and then how do you treat them?
Because sometimes the acne treatments are more,
are more irritating as well.
So it's really important to have a stepwise treatment
and that's what we have here.
You wanna use a gentle cleanser on your acne prone skin.
And then I always say on clean skin
is when you apply your acne treatment.
And this one's Adapalene, it's one of my favorites.
You apply a very thin layer,
mostly in the middle of your face
where the breakouts will be,
and then a hydrating a serum,
and then an oil free moisturizer on top of that.
So that's like really a four step process
Morning and night, morning and night for it.
And that will help control breakouts
And never sleep with dirty skin.
No, no. You've got to take off the makeup,
the oil and all those things every single day yeah.
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Final tips
The final tips is that don't forget that sun damage
happens all year round.
That's right you know me, I love a high SPF.
Yes and it's also a good time to treat sun damaged
because people aren't in the sun as much.
People don't think of that
Yeah, so it's a good time to try to fade those sunspots,
treat their wrinkles,
but also get into a good skin routine
for summer by wearing that SPF 30 every single day.
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