Sun, beach, chlorinated or salt water – they all give us a lot of pleasure during the holidays and we miss it whole year – but they not always have a good impact to our skin condition. Autumn is the best time to repair damage caused by lack of care during the holidays.

STEP 1

Specialist evaluation of all pigmented changes

Especially those on exposed body parts. Sun is very often a factor, which causes malignant pigmented lesions. All features of irritation changes: itching, burning, change of colour, rapid changes enlargement, as well as the blurring of the boundary with the surrounding skin are indications for surgical removal and sending it to histopathological examination. Only that kind of examination performed in recommended medical centre can tell if removed change had features of malignant change and if was removed entirely. Specialist dermatologist during dermatoscopy will help you to find changes that need to be removed immediately.

STEP 2

Professional and dedicated care

Skin under influence of sun and chlorinated water loses its protecting barrier. This barrier, called hydro-lipid layer, protects from loss of water from deep layers of epidermis, and what comes next dehydration of skin and epidermis. In everyday care of that type of skin you should use products that contains:

•  Ingredients with natural hydrating properties: urea, glucose, hydrophilic amino acids

•  Supplementary ingredients which supplement lipid structure: Ceramides, polyunsaturated fatty acids, cholesterol, squalene
•  Ingredients that bind and keep water in epidermis: glycerol, glycols, sorbitol

•  Proteins with a fibrillary structure, which carries water deep into the skin: collagen, elastin

•  Peptides – ingredients that regenerates cells

• Glycosaminoglycans, including hyaluronic acids, which are part of intercellular substance

• Vitamins which regulate water and fatty balance of the epidermis: vitamin A, E, H, provitamin B5

• Ingredients with soothing properties, boost regeneration of epidermis: allantoin

STEP 3

TREATMENTS WITH ACIDS

Worth recommending and indicated even for very young skin, and for skin with problems are treatments that use fruit acids, vitamin C or resveratrol which eliminates after sun damages.

Remember that after-summer skin care should include proper diagnosis of sun damages, properly selected every day care and treatments at the beauty salon.