Caring For Your Skin – JJ’s Killer Skin

Please Refer to Our JJ’s Guide for Specific Product Recommendations for Each Skin Type

Intrinsic Aging Of the Skin:

There is an intrinsic genetic progress of aging within the skin. Age-associated skin changes include thinning, skin laxity, fragility, and wrinkles. Sun-exposed areas demonstrate additional aging changes, including dyspigmentation, premature wrinkling, telangiectasia (spider veins) and less elasticity.. We can however do many things to alter the visible effects of aging in one direction or the other.

Reduce Aging Skin:

Limit Sun or UV exposure: Excessive exposure to UV light (Both UVB and UVA) is one of the most studied detrimental effects to the skin. Beyond accelerating skin aging it can cause skin cancers. Lately Blue light emitted from electronic devices has been implicated in damage to the skin.

Balanced Diet: Much of the skin nutrition comes from oral intake. So, a good balanced diet with high quantity of fruits and vegetable high in antioxidants helps the skin stay healthy.

Hydration: Oral hydration and protecting the skin from water loss topically are both factors in keeping the skin hydrated.

Exercise: Exercise increase the blood flow to the skin as well as lymphatic flow which can reduce puffiness.

Manage stress: Stress has been shown in many studies to reduce skin health and vitality. Stress has been shown to also potentially increase wrinkles by having greater levels of hormones that may increase breakdown of skin collagen and elastin.

Limiting harsh cosmetics

Things That Accelerate of the Aging Skin:

Sun exposure

Smoking

Environmental exposure

Chemical exposure

Poor health Habits

Poor Nutrition

Stress

Treatment of different skin types

Dry skin

Dry skin is skin that lacks moisture and this creates a myriad of issues including flaky dry texture that is easily injured. This is worsened in extreme weather temperatures. Moisture is provided to the skin by either internal or external routes. That means that internally you need to stay hydrated. Drink plenty of water and that means water, not sodas that have extra sugars that may make you lose hydration. You must also limit water loss through the skin. Dry cracked skin has a higher tendency to lose water so it can be a vicious cycle where dry skin loses more moisture.

Here is what to do to help your dry skin!

Keep the air in your house appropriately moist. That may mean humidifiers in the winter.
Limit water loss through the skin. A good moisturizer in the winter may need to be thicker (cream) and applied more often.
Limit environmental exposure. Cover exposed areas from the winter weather. Wear gloves.
The skin tries to produce protective oils so limit washing those oils away. You might want to only lightly was your face with water in the morning thus leaving the oils your skin has produced during the night. Wash with cold or warm water not hot water. Apply dry your face rather than wiping all the oils away. A light was of you face with a gentle skin cleanser at night might be useful to remove makeup may be all you need.
Limit your time in the shower and limit hot water. Use gentle fragrance free cleaner. Close the bathroom door to keep the humidity in. Applied moisturizer immediately after the morning shower.
Use moisturizing lip covers that do not dry your lips. Some lip balms can actually dry your lips so be careful to use those that have oils and are protective.

Oily Skin

Oily skin is skin that produces more sebum than necessary. Oily skin maybe thicker and have fewer wrinkles. One has to strike a balance of reducing skin oil and maintaining the skin’s natural moisture.

Here is what to do to help your oily skin!

1. Again, an individual with oily skin needs to stay hydrated which dilutes the oily components of skin secretions.

2. In this case, washing the face in the morning with a good cleanser removes some of the oil built up during the night. Wash well after exercising. Avoid scrubbing the skin which might irritate the skin.

3. Skin products should be lighter and oil free and non-comedogenic (won’t clog the pores).

4. Use water-based makeup

5. Always remove makeup with good cleanser before bed.

6. Avoid alcohol-based cleanser

7. Good sunscreen help avoid acne breakout

8. Retinol based products may help.

Mixed Skin

Mixed skin is that skin which is the combination of oily and dry skin in different areas of the face such as the “T” areas. These include the forehead, nose and chin which may be more oily while the other areas of the face are dry. In this case, you have to treat the different areas individually for their condition.

Here is what to do to help your Mixed skin!

Correct the oil areas with a blotting pad
limit washing away the skin’s natural oils of the dry areas.
Use gentle balance cleanser.
Use the appropriate moisturizer for each area.