Winter Skin

Winter's in the Pacific Northwest can be harsh to your skin. Dry air, wind💨, and cold 🌡all lash at the tender armor that covers us leaving it dry and cracked. Here are some great home spa tips to help keep your skin in peak condition throughout the winter months! A simple way to remember - Three Ts and two Ds of winter skin care - DTTTD.😜

1. DOOR closed. Moisturize immediately after showering or bathing with the door 🚪 to the bathroom shut. The additional humidity helps moisturize your skin and good creams will draw water from the air into your skin.
2. THREE minutes. You only have 3️⃣ minutes to lightly towel off and apply moisturizer. After that the moisture in the skin escapes and cannot be locked in.
3. TUB creams. To help keep your skin from getting dry with winter ❄ weather, use creams that have to be scooped. They often come in a tub or jar. Do not use lotions from a pump. They have less emollients and often have added alcohol that will actually dry your skin.
4. Take TIME ⏳to center daily. Try using an app that has you breath, center, or meditate daily. Try it for 7️⃣ days. See if it changes this holiday 🎄 season for you. Studies show that mindfulness, meditation, and yoga are all beneficial for health. It can decrease the sensation of stress, heart 💗rate, blood pressure, and pain. There are many app to try. Dr. Lani uses Relax by Andrew Johnson available at the iTunes store and Google Play. If you are saving for presents, check out free CDs or digital books from your local library. A well known book to promote sleep by Dr. Andrew Weil and Rubin Naiman is available through Multnomah County Library called, “Healthy Sleep: Fall Asleep Easily, Sleep More Deeply, Sleep Through the Night, Wake up Refreshed.”
5. DON'T skip sunscreen. Even when the days are cloudy ⛅ and you're bundled up from head to toe, wear sunscreen. It protects your skin from aging radiation ☢ that gets through even when the days are dim.

Have a safe, happy, and healthy holidays from the cast and crew at SkinWise Rx!