Sunny summer days – don’t we just LOVE them? Yet, as we enjoy the charms and pleasures of the summer, we tend to overlook the consequences our skin is in for. As a result, it may simply turn against us, protesting the amount of sunshine lavished on it. Too much sun exposure, and the skin turns dry, dehydrated and more susceptible to lines forming. Now, the key questions are how to take proper care of it so as to revive it and restore its balance after holidays, and what to avoid on a daily basis so as its condition does not alarm us in the future.
So, what does it mean that skin craves water?
To begin with, we need to put straight two different skin descriptions that tend to be mixed up, namely of skin being dry and skin being dehydrated.
So:
Dry skin is deficient in lipids.
Dehydrated skin – in this case it is the mechanisms responsible for holding a sufficient amount of water in the epidermis that are impaired, leading to skin dehydration.
It is not difficult to cause skin dryness, for instance by eating a wrong diet or using cosmetics or washing clothes in detergents, products containing soaps, SLS, and parabens. With time, we are bound to notice skin discomfort, itching, irritation, redness and roughness.
With dehydrated skin, the biggest problem is inadequate water distribution, that is loss of water surpassing its supply. The main underlying reasons for impaired mechanisms of skin hydration include inadequate skin care, rough weather conditions like wind or excessive UV radiation, environmental pollution, daily fatigue and stress, unbalanced diet, and hormonal disorders. As a result, even normal skin that is characterized by smoothness and suppleness and a lack of imperfections and break-outs may become more sensitive, thinner, less elastic, scaly, and / or feel very tight. All the more so as skin drying is a natural process, so disorders in water distribution to its various layers show their mark.
Hydration – the foundation of healthy skin
Have skin that does not cause you any major worries? Well, then do appreciate this Mother Nature-given gift and take care of it properly to keep it this way and not cause any harm. Do not let it be drained of water by inhibiting the hydration mechanisms at work. Use what state-of-art biotechnology has on offer along with the resources that are the effect of long-term research.
As early as in the early 1990s, an American biotechnician Peter Agre described in his publication aquaporins or water channels present in the keratinocytes of the epidermis, whose role is to distribute water. AQP3 (aquaporin-3) is responsible for the transport of water and glycerol which, in turn, binds and thus holds water. When those channels are missing or are reduced in number, the skin suffers disorders in its cellular structure, ion balance, lipid level and NMF amino acid content. Arkana has put the properties of AQP3 to use, employing it as the main active ingredient of the professional skin care Hydrospheric Therapy line. The line features a hydrating cleansing cream for face and eye makeup removal, hydrating toner, deeply cleansing mask, and two unique creams – one intensely hydrating cream for night-time therapy, and its gentler equivalent for day-time care.
The products are designed for men and women alike, troubled by dry and / or dehydrated skin craving proper hydration. For detailed information, please see Hydrospheric Therapy Arkana
Even though holiday season is now coming abruptly to an end, our skin having been exposed to intensive UV radiation is need of extra support and care. A professional oxygenating treatment received in one of Arkana’s salons will no doubt work wonders, as can be seen in the clip you find under this link. It will leave the skin hydrated, its protective barrier enhanced, and hold its aging processes at bay.
It’s time to take action and restore your skin’s much-needed balance!
