summer: 9 gestures to adopt for good personal hygiene

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Preserving your skin requires simple reflexes and good habits to adopt on a daily basis. You4health.com makes you discover 9 tips to take care of your body.

1. One shower per day.

The skin is covered with a lipid film (= fat) that it takes to protect itself from drying out and microbial aggression. One shower a day, not too long, and with not too hot water allows you to get rid of dirt, sebum, or sweat without attacking the skin and drying it out. If you practice a sport, do not hesitate to take a second warm shower to rid the skin of toxins evacuated during the effort, but no more, at the risk of damaging your skin. As for the face, wash it with a suitable product, different from the one used for the body.

2. Hair in great shape.

Few people know this, but it is not recommended to wash your hair daily, as it tends to re-wash faster. If the hair is dry, greasy or dandruff settles, a treating shampoo can be used alternately with a normal and soft shampoo. This helps to preserve the effectiveness of the treating shampoo and not to attack the hair or scalp. It is especially necessary to think about rinsing the hair well to prevent the remains of shampoo or care from turning into dandruff. Rinsing the hair thoroughly with clear, cold water will make it shinier.

Please note:

For drying, tap your hair with a towel before using a hair dryer, and remember to keep a distance of 15 cm between the hair dryer and the scalp or hair. Do not dry your hair with too hot air.

3. A clean and protected face.

The skin of our face is, along with that of the hands, the most exposed to external aggressions. Sensitive, it is necessary to know how to clean it, moisturize it and take care of it. At the beginning of the day, you can lightly cleanse the skin of sweat and sebum produced during the night with a make-up remover, a cleansing lotion, or a foaming gel adapted to its skin type: dry, mixed, or oily.

Hydration is equally important and will allow the skin to protect itself from external aggressions, toxins, wind, sun, or cold. Makeup or shaving products, just like moisturizers, should be chosen according to the type of skin. If your skin is prone to blemishes, consider choosing products labeled 'non-comedogenic. Conversely, if your skin is dry, prefer products suitable for sensitive and reactive skin.

Finally, makeup removal and cleaning, in the evening, will allow the skin to breathe and get rid of impurities accumulated especially because of pollution, throughout the day. Once again, the use of a moisturizing treatment at the end of the cleaning is essential.

4. Gentle intimate hygiene.

Our intimacy does not need more attention than the rest of our bodies. Washing in the shower is enough, and most women do not need special care.

Still, prefer products with a neutral pH that will not irritate the vaginal flora. The vaginal flora is made up of a set of germs and bacteria that help defend against external aggressions and possible female inconveniences such as Mycoses. 

Beware of antiseptic products based on soap or alcohol that can damage this flora and prevent us from defending ourselves naturally. Prefer dermatological bread without soap or products with a neutral pH.

5. Regularly washed hands.

One of the most obvious steps to prevent the spread of the most diverse diseases is hand washing. 

Soaping your hands for at least 15 seconds protects you from multiple viruses and bacteria and avoids easily contagious diseases such as colds or gastroenteritis. Many people forget the importance of this simple gesture.

Hands should be washed after going to the toilet, before each meal, after a manual activity, after taking public transport, etc. Instilling this rule in children protects them from many diseases.

 Prefer soap and water.

Washing your hands with soap and water is enough, antiseptic products are to be reserved in case of the absence of soap or in case of epidemics of influenza or gastroenteritis. The latter attacks the skin more and can cause eczema or small pimples.

6. Healthy feet.

Just like the hands, the feet have the right to special attention. Whether in winter because of the cold or in summer because of sweating, the feet are subjected to severe hardship.

Good foot hygiene requires gentle washing, careful drying, and regular hydration. A good drying avoids the risk of Mycoses of the feet (= feet of athletes). Hydration can be preceded by a scrub that removes dead skin or accompanied by a massage that relaxes and participates in good blood circulation.

Do not forget to change socks every day or after each period of sweating, this is another way to avoid Mycoses.

7. A suitable hair removal.

Hair removal at home has become a common practice for many women. From razors to waxes to electric Epilators, the methods vary and adapt to the sensitivities of each. The only things that should not change are good hair removal habits.

Good hair removal is done on clean and hydrated legs. Hydration helps prevent small red pimples that can appear after hair removal. To avoid problems with ingrown hair, it is important to follow the hair removal tips of the chosen tool: shaving is always done from the bottom up, waxing the same. Consider using a moisturizer after each hair removal or shaving.

8. The secrets of good hydration.

Optimal hydration lies above all in the choice of the product. Choose a product that suits your body or facial skin type, as the skin of the body tends to be dry for a good number of women.

The technique of applying the product is also important: the skin must be clean, otherwise, the pores will clog and cause pimples, especially in the face. To enhance the effect of the cream, massaging is just as important. Massage allows the product to penetrate deeper and reactivate blood circulation.

Good hydration also requires, and this is all too often forgotten, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and sufficient water consumption.

9. Never 'too much' wash.

With the proliferation of shower gels, beauty products, or deodorants that are increasingly attractive from a sensory point of view, we tend to use these products excessively. Apart from the hands, which must be washed several times a day, the rest of our body is damaged by washing it too much, erasing it, waxing it, etc.

Complaining about having skin that pulls often comes from the fact that we wash it too much because we alter the lipid film created by the skin to protect itself, without necessarily offering it an alternative solution. Moisturizing your skin is good, not attacking it is better. It is therefore essential to choose quality products, adapted to our skin and its fragility. Remember to read the labels carefully and avoid, among other things, products with parabens and alcohol, shampoos with silicones, and antiperspirants with aluminum salts.