Know your Skin Structure before Skin Care Treatments
We need to understand skin care basic knowledge before you apply any skin care treatments. So, you need to understand your skin structure as beauty always begins here.
The skin is our largest organ, a perfectly fitted, living and breathing suit to protect your internal organs from environmental insult. It needs moisturizing and protection to be healthy and youthful-looking. This is the main reason we use all sorts of skin care products.
Basically, our skin can be divided into 3 main sections: Epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. Knowing them will help you in choosing a good skin care products that suit you the most.
Epidermis
- This is the body’s first defense system against harsh external elements
- Skin care always works from here
- Two of the most important skin tissue are stratum corneum (your skin surface) and stratum basale (the healthy living skin cells)
- Stratum corneum: Consists of 50 – 100 layers of cells and it acts as a protective shield for the body. When it thickens, skin will looked rough.
- Stratum basale: New cells start to reproduce from here. As time goes, new cells will move upwards to the skin’surface to replace dead skin
Dermis
- Dermis provides structure and support to the skin
- Contains collagen, elastin, hair follicles, sweat and oil glands
- When we age, a decrease in collagen and elastin production in this layer will lead to the first wrinkle
- So one of the skin care treatments we need to buy is focus on this part
Hypodermis
- It functions as a cushion to insulate and absorb shock
- Fat cells is a place to store nutrients and energy for a healthy skin
Knowing the skin structure is the first step towards a healthy skin. Of course, you can always make use of quality skin care products to maintain the good looking skin besides take care of your life style and build a well-balanced diet habit.
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July 22nd, 2009 at 4:20 pm